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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1145 AM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008

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WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
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-
1145 AM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...
  SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION 
  AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING

* A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
  MOUNTAINS COMBINED WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING
  EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...WILL ALLOW
  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
  THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
  PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES PER HOUR. IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE
  FOCUSED ALONG THE MANZANO AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING
  THE BIG SPRING...TRIGO...AND OJO PEAK BURN SCARS...AS WELL AS
  THE REGION FROM EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO WESTERN
  SOCORRO AND EASTERN CATRON COUNTIES.

* 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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GUYER