000 WGUS65 KABQ 060319 FFAABQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 919 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006 NMC005-009-011-021-037-041-059-061100- /O.EXB.KABQ.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060707T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAVES-CURRY-DE BACA-HARDING-QUAY-ROOSEVELT-UNION- 919 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...CHAVES...CURRY...DE BACA...HARDING...QUAY... ROOSEVELT AND UNION. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. AREAS THAT RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. A SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND COOL AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE TONIGHT. A DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA FROM OLD MEXICO ON THURSDAY BRINGING ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE WITH IT. * SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE THUNDERSTORM DURING THIS PERIOD...AND COULD PICK UP MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. $$ NMC001-003-006-007-019-027-028-031-033-039-043-047-049-053-055-057- 061-061100- /O.EXT.KABQ.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060707T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BERNALILLO-CATRON-CIBOLA-COLFAX-GUADALUPE-LINCOLN-LOS ALAMOS- MCKINLEY-MORA-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL-SAN MIGUEL-SANTA FE-SOCORRO-TAOS- TORRANCE-VALENCIA- 919 PM MDT WED JUL 5 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... BERNALILLO...CATRON...CIBOLA...COLFAX...GUADALUPE...LINCOLN...LOS ALAMOS...MCKINLEY...MORA...RIO ARRIBA...SAN MIGUEL...SANDOVAL... SANTA FE...SOCORRO...TAOS...TORRANCE AND VALENCIA. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EAST TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. AREAS THAT RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. A SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND COOL AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE TONIGHT. A DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA FROM OLD MEXICO ON THURSDAY BRINGING ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE WITH IT. * SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE THUNDERSTORM DURING THIS PERIOD...AND COULD PICK UP MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. $$ 16