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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
400 AM MDT WED MAY 14 2008

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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
400 AM MDT WED MAY 14 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TRIGO WILDFIRE
AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST TODAY OVER THE SANDIA AND
  MANZANO MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE TRIGO WILDFIRE AREA. ONE HALF
  TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL...WITH UP TO ONE
  INCH NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PASSING
  THUNDERSTORM.  THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
  EXTREME FIRE SCARRING COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING
  AROUND THE TRIGO WILDFIRE AREA.

* COMMUNITIES AND HOMES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE TRIGO WILDFIRE WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING FROM THIS RAIN EVENT. THIS
  INCLUDES THE AREA BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF MANZANO AND
  TORREON. DRAINAGES OF CONCERN INCLUDE THE NEW...CUERVO...JARAL
  AND TORREON CANYONS. WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
  POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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