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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1130 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2007

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WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
1130 AM MDT SUN JUL 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...
  SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

* UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...ALONG WITH THE
  LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. RAIN RATES OF ONE INCH IN 30 MINUTES
  ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN
  LOCALES THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THE PAST FEW DAYS.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF
  ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND
  POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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