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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1051 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2008

...POTENTIAL FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVERNIGHT OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

.LATE IN THE EVENING...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS
DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
HOWEVER... POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATCH AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
1051 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY...

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...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES 
  COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY...LOWER RIO 
  GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST 
  MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION. 

* UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY

* THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH THE
  POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
  RAINFALL RATES COULD RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH AN HOUR.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLASH
  FLOODING OF ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES AS WELL AS LOW
  LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

REMAIN ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MUCH HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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