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Published: 14 July 2013 14 July 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN

* ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 349 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE MILLER FIRE BURN SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES
  INDICATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL
  HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.


  THIS WILL IMPACT THE MILLER FIRE BURN SCAR INCLUDING THE SCORPION
  FOREST SERVICE CAMPGROUND ALONG STATE ROAD 15 NEAR THE GILA CLIFF
  DWELLINGS.

* 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 MILLER FIRE BURN AREA.