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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
958 AM MDT WED JUL 23 2008

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NORTHWEST PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
958 AM MDT WED JUL 23 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 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...NORTHWEST PLATEAU...SOUTHWEST 
  MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
  CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF
  THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
  RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. AREAS ALREADY IMPACTED BY
  HEAVY RAINFALL THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH
  FLOODING.

* 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.

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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