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FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 409 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 2013 SAN MIGUEL-SANTA FE- 409 PM MDT SAT ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 615 PM MDTJUL 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN * * AT 408 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITHIN THE AREA ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN GLORIETA AND PECOS NORTHWARD INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DRIFT NORTH AND IMPACT THE AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 63 NORTH OF PECOS TO THE TRES LAGUNAS BURN SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THE HEAVIEST PORTION OF THESE STORMS...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THIS WILL IMPACT THE TRES LAGUNAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOLY GHOST CREEK AND SUMMER HOME AREA...DAVIS CREEK... FOREST ROADS 92 AND 572...SOLDIER CREEK...COW CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...TERERRO...WINDY BRIDGE...TRES LAGUNAS...LOWER DALTON...AND AREAS SOUTH ALONG PECOS CANYON...INCLUDING STATE ROAD 63. * STRONG FLOWS AND HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED IN ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RAPID RUNOFF CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IMMEDIATELY OVER AND DOWNSTREAM FROM WILDFIRE BURN SCARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE BURN AREA. 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.