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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
439 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012

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439 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY...
...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR...

AT 435 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING 6 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF MOGOLLON...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF RESERVE. THIS STORM IS OVER 
THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL NEAR BEAR WALLOW 
IN 30 MINUTES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH 
OF THE RUNOFF...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. 

THIS WILL IMPACT THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT   
LIMITED TO MINERAL AND SILVER CREEKS...THE MIDDLE AND WEST FORKS OF 
THE GILA RIVER...THE GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS AND STATE ROAD 15...LOCO 
MOUNTAIN ROAD...FOREST ROAD 142. THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT FOREST 
SERVICE ROADS 180...119...AND 153 AS WELL AS DEEP CREEK AND DEVILS 
CREEK NEAR BEAR WALLOW. 

ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY FIRE 
BURN AREA.

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LAT...LON 3355 10887 3359 10862 3342 10833 3320 10838
      3321 10866 3338 10871 3338 10890

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