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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

335 AM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013



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CATRON-

335 AM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM MDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY FROM 

THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR WEST TO 

THE SAN FRANCISCO RIVER...



AT 324 AM MDT...RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST 

CATRON COUNTY...THOUGH IT HAD DIMINISHED A BIT IN INTENSITY SINCE 2 

AM MDT. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EVACUATIONS WERE 

ONGOING IN AND NEAR GLENWOOD. THE SAN FRANCISCO RIVER HAD EXCEEDED 

FLOOD STAGE AND THE RAGING WATERS OF WHITEWATER CREEK HAD TOPPED THE 

HIGHWAY 180 BRIDGE DECK OVER THE CREEK.  



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  MOGOLLON...

  ALMA...

  GLENWOOD...

  WHITEWATER CREEK STATE PARK... 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE SAN FRANCISCO RIVER AND WHITEWATER 

CREEK. RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE GREATLY ELEVATED WATER LEVELS 

WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITEWATER 

BALDY FIRE BURN AREA.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY

FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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LAT...LON 3346 10905 3349 10905 3350 10871 3320 10869

      3320 10886 3320 10887 3320 10904 3321 10905

      3346 10906



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