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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1241 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
1241 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...CENTRAL 
  HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY...CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS...CONCHAS 
  LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY...CURRY COUNTY...DE BACA COUNTY...GUADALUPE 
  MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO 
  VALLEY...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...QUAY COUNTY...ROOSEVELT COUNTY 
  AND SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS. 

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT

* MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
  PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE
  NEAR TERM. LOOK FOR THE AREA OF MODEATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO SLOWLY
  EXPAND WESTWARD AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE
  EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD SHOULD
  AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHICH INCLUDES THE
  MANZANOS AND SACRAMENTOS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE
  VALLEY WHICH INCLUDES VALENCIA AND SOCORRO COUNTIES. RAIN RATES
  OF THREE QUARTERS TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
  STRONGER SLOW MOVING STORMS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH
  FLOODING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH WILL BE COMMON
  ACROSS THE REGION...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3
  INCHES POSSIBLE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND EXTREME FIRE
  SCARRING MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING AROUND THE TRIGO AS
  WELL AS THE OJO PEAK AND BIG SPRINGS WILDFIRE AREAS.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING 
  OF ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND 
  POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. COMMUNITIES AND HOMES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE 
  TRIGO...OJO PEAK AND BIG SPRINGS WILDFIRES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS INCLUDES MANZANO... 
  TORREON...TAJIQUE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 55. 

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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