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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
346 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 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-
346 PM MDT SUN JUL 13 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

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. 

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATCH AREA AS A
  MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER NEW MEXICO. SLOW MOVING
  STORMS MAY RAIN HEAVILY OVER THE SAME AREA FOR AN EXTENDED
  TIME...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE
  HEAVIEST SHOWERS. WITH SOILS ALREADY SATURATED... TODAYS
  RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF RAPIDLY INTO DRAINAGES...DITCHES...
  ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS. HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR OVER THE
  TRIGO...BIG SPRING AND OJO PEAK BURN SCARS IN THE MANZANO
  MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. PERSONS DOWNSTREAM OF THESE BURN SCARS MAY BE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL.

* 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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