NM FLOOD THREAT NOT OVER YET

 

GRADUALLY, WE'LL BE DRYING OUT THIS WEEK IN NEW MEXICO FOLLOWING RECORD BREAKING RAINFALL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN ARROYOS AND ELSEWHERE WILL STILL BE WITH US DUE TO ALL THE SOGGY GROUND.

JONES SAYS, ONLY HALF-WAY THROUGH THE MONTH, THIS IS ALREADY THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND HE SAYS WHILE THE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR IS NOW ABOVE NORMAL…THE LONG-TERM DROUGHT HASN'T ENDED.