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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
956 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
956 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS...SOUTHWEST 
  MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
  SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND UPPER GILA REGION TONIGHT AND THEN
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP TOMORROW OVER THE AREA.
  THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN TONIGHT IS ALONG THE COUNTY BORDER...
  HOWEVER..LOOK FOR THE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO SLOWLY
  EXPAND AS THE DAY PROGRESSES TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE
  EVENING HOURS. 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.
 
* 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. 

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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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-
956 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

...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 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. 

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
  PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN AREA OF
  CONCERN TONIGHT IS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...INCLUDING...
  CURRY...ROOSEVELT AND CHAVES COUNTIES. ON THURSDAY...HEAVY RAIN
  WILL REDEVELOP...HOWEVER THE FOCUS WILL SHIFT WESTWARD. THE
  HEAVIEST RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD SHOULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF
  THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHICH INCLUDES THE MANZANOS AND
  SACRAMENTOS AS WELL AS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. 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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