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WGUS65 KABQ 051716
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 5 2006

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BERNALILLO-CATRON-CIBOLA-COLFAX-GUADALUPE-LINCOLN-LOS ALAMOS-
MCKINLEY-MORA-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL-SAN MIGUEL-SANTA FE-SOCORRO-TAOS-
TORRANCE-VALENCIA-
1116 AM MDT WED JUL 5 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW 
  MEXICO...BERNALILLO...CATRON...CIBOLA...COLFAX...GUADALUPE...
  LINCOLN...LOS ALAMOS...MCKINLEY...MORA...RIO ARRIBA...SAN 
  MIGUEL...SANDOVAL...SANTA FE...SOCORRO...TAOS...TORRANCE AND 
  VALENCIA.

* FROM 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE
  AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST POTENTIAL
  FOR FLASH FLOODING STRETCHES FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL
  MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY AREAS THAT
  RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. A SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
  AND COOL AIR WILL PENETRATE CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FROM THE EAST
  THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE A DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVES
  NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA FROM OLD MEXICO. THE DISTURBANCE WILL
  ALSO BRING A SURGE OF MOISTURE WITH IT.

* SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN
  AROUND AN HOUR LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY
  RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE THUNDERSTORM DURING THIS PERIOD...AND
  COULD PICK UP MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL BY SUNRISE
  THURSDAY MORNING. 


A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA.

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