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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
226 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008

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WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
226 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

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 AREAS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE 
  VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS NEW
  MEXICO THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CREATE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL OVER THE WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
  VALLEY. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
  SATURDAY OVER SATURATED SOILS FROM RAINFALL THIS EVENING. 

* 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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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-
226 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

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

* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS NEW
  MEXICO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL ADD ADDITIONAL RUNOFF TO
  ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL LAST LONGEST MAINLY
  SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND BETWEEN THE ARIZONA BORDER AND THE
  SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

* 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.

$$

GUYER