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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
311 PM 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-
311 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008

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

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
  MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING WILL STALL OUT OVER THE LOWER RIO GRANDE
  VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL COMBINE
  WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST
  NEW MEXICO TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
  THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL 
  TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 
  INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 
  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 SOUTHWEST 
  MOUNTAINS AND UPPER GILA REGION.

* 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