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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
640 PM MDT SUN JUN 3 2007

NMZ002-040200-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
640 PM MDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RIO ARRIBA COUNTY...

A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEAR DULCE SOUTH AND EAST
ACROSS HERON LAKE STATE PARK...AND HIGHWAY 84 FROM TIERRA AMARILLA
SOUTH TO ABIQUIU RESERVOIR. MORE STORMS ARE ALONG 84 FROM ABIQUIU
EAST TO HERNANDEZ.

EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...A FEW MINUTES OF SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AS THESE STORMS MOVE
THROUGH ABIQUIU...GHOST RANCH...AND EL RITO.

TIE DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE
WIND...AND DRIVERS OF LARGE OR TALL VEHICLES SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY AND
SHIFTING WINDS. HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL BOOST WATER LEVELS IN
DITCHES...ARROYOS...AND CULVERTS. IF DRIVING...EXPECT PATCHES OF
WATER COVERING THE ROAD. DO NOT USE FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER.

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