Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Albuquerque NM
Issued: 2013-07-24T16:26:18-06:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T17:30:00-06:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 5:30 PM MDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
CENTRAL VALENCIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT

* AT 424 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF SAN ACACIA…OR
ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOCORRO. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH OR NORTHWEST LESS THAN 10 MPH.
Instruction: DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Area Description: Socorro; Valencia