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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
342 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008

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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-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-
342 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

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...SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER 
  GILA REGION. 

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAINS REDEVELOPING THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. COMMON RAINFALL RATES WILL
  RANGE FROM THREE QUARTERS TO AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR IN SLOW
  MOVING HEAVY RAINFALL. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE UP TO
  3 INCHES LOCALLY THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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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