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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
137 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 136 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
NORTH OF RUIDOSO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA
BETWEEN BONITO LAKE...ALTO...AND ANGUS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WILL PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH
AT LEAST 230 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 70 FROM BISCUIT HILL TO RIVERSIDE OR FROM MILE
POSTS 267 TO 300...AND HIGHWAY 48 FROM RUIDOSO TO ESCUDILLA RANCH
OR FROM MILE POSTS 0 TO 17. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE HIGHWAY
48 AT SKI RUN ROAD...EAGLE CREEK...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 37 AND
48...RIO BONITO...AND ESCUDILLA...MAGADO CREEK.
EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL IN UPSTREAM WATERSHEDS WILL RESULT IN RAPID
AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOWS ALONG THE RIO RUIDOSO...EAGLE
CREEK...LITTLE CREEK...MAGADO CREEK...RIO BONITO AND THE RIO HONDO
FROM THE HIGHWAY 70 AND 380 JUNCTION TO RIVERSIDE. PLEASE CONTACT
LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND ROUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 10565 3339 10584 3353 10585 3353 10557
3342 10560
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GUYER