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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
331 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008

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WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
331 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

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...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA 
  REGION AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* THE REMNANTS OF ONCE HURRICANE DOLLY ARE LIKELY TO REACH
  SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THIS WILL
  BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ENOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE
  ALREADY WET NORTHERN GILA REGION AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
  NEW MEXICO THAT THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING OVER LARGER SECTIONS
  OF THAT AREA WILL INCREASE. THERE IS STILL SOME SIGNIFICANT
  UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR WEST AND NORTH THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY
  WILL GO. THERE IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL THAT IT COULD TRACK IN A
  MORE NORTH AND EAST PATH WHICH WOULD BRING MORE SIGNIFICANT
  RAINS INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AS WELL...BUT
  SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WOULD STILL BE
  SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE THAT RAINS
  HEAVY ENOUGH TO CREATE FLASH FLOODING MAY LARGELY REMAIN SOUTH
  AND WEST OF THE WATCH AREA. OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS THAT 
  TRACK SHOULD BE MORE CLEAR AND THE WATCH MAY BE ADJUSTED. 

  AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO FOR THE WATCH AREA IS TO
  EXPECT GENERALLY A THIRD OF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN SATURDAY
  THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WITH MORE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS 2 OR 3 INCHES
  POSSIBLE. THE EFFECTS OF MOUNTAIN TERRAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  FOCUS THE HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS.

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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