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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
715 AM MDT THU MAY 15 2008

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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
715 AM MDT THU MAY 15 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT FOR THE TRIGO WILDFIRE BURN SCAR...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TRIGO WILDFIRE BURN SCAR. FROM ONE HALF TO 
  AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED
  TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE
  IN INTENSITY AND BECOME SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES CENTRAL NEW
  MEXICO. MOST RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT SOUTH OF THE
  SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS BY SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING. 

* HEAVY RAIN MAY QUICKLY RESULT IN HEAVY RUNOFF...FLASH
  FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES WITHIN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN SCAR. 
  THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MANZANO AND TORREON...STATE ROUTE
  55 BETWEEN THESE COMMUNITIES...AS WELL AS NEW CANYON...ARROYO DEL CUERVO...
  TORREON CANYON AND JARAL CANYON.

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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