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WGUS55 KABQ 080653  
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NMC041-080845-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1253 AM MDT THU OCT 8 2009  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO  
 
* UNTIL 245 AM MDT  
 
* AT 1248 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
EXTENDING OVER SOUTHEAST ROOSEVELT COUNTY. SOME OF THE  
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF  
LINGO...OR ABOUT 38 MILES SOUTH OF PORTALES. STATE ROAD  
22 FROM MILNESAND TO THE TEXAS BORDER WILL BE IMPACTED  
BY THE HEAVY RAIN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH  
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3387 10332 3394 10304 3357 10305 3357 10348  
 

 
 
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