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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
944 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008

NMZ008-009-121200-
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WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
944 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* 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

* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE
  RAIN AT RATES UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR AND FLASH
  FLOODING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND
  INTENSITY. HOWEVER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
  SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

* 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.

$$

NMZ010-011-014>017-026-121200-
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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-
944 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2008

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

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. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE
  RAIN AT RATES UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR AND FLASH
  FLOODING. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND
  INTENSITY. HOWEVER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
  SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

* 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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