Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Sep 12, 1996, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)

Expired

Sep 13, 1996, 12:15 AM MDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
608 PM MDT THU SEP 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...CHAVES COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER TODAY FALLING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF
LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN FLOWING EAST IN ARROYOS AND NORMALLY DRY STREAM
BEDS OF CHAVES COUNTY. IN PARTICULAR THE RIO FELIX HAS EXPERIENCED
SIGNIFICANT RISES THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF HIGHWAY 285. THIS RUSH OF WATER
SHOULD REACH HIGHWAY 285 AREA IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE 13 BY 7PM. THIS
IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. POLICE ARE ERECTING BARRICADES IN THIS AREA.
NEVER GO AROUND BARRICADES AND ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER. MORE RAIN
IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WHICH COULD FURTHER AGGAVATE ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS
AND ARROYOS.
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER
TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
 
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE THROUGH THESE WATERS. WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES
AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.

In the hours before

NMZ001>032-122345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1210 PM MDT THU SEP 12 1996

...FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN CHAVES COUNTIES
ALONG THE RIO HONDO FROM AROUND HONDO TO THE TOWN OF SUNSET TODAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHCENTRAL...SOUTHEAST AND FROM THE
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS EAST INTO DEBACA AND GUADALUPE...

HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL
MOUNTAINS LAST NIGHT AND THE GROUND REMAINS VERY MOIST AND NEAR
SATURATED.  MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WAS NOW OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN
AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS LIKELY.

ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY OVER
THE SOUTHCENTRAL...SOUTHEAST AND THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS EAST
INTO DEBACA AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES...THEREFORE A FLASH WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ELSEWHERE OVER THE STATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.  LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS ALTHOUGH POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ARE MORE LIKELY OVER THE WATCH
AREA AND MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION APPROPRIATE ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS STREAMS...ARROYOS OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WHERE
WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH EXIST.  A FOOT OF RUNNING WATER CAN TAKE YOU
AND YOUR CAR AWAY RAPIDLY.

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Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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