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NMC005-007-009-011-019-021-027-033-037-041-047-049-055-057-261800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST
AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW MEXICO...

CHAVES...COLFAX...CURRY...DE BACA...GUADALUPE...HARDING...LINCOLN...
MORA...QUAY...ROOSEVELT...SAN MIGUEL...SANTA FE...TAOS AND TORRANCE


AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
DRIVE A STRONG BACK DOOR COLD FRONT THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS AND
AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST UNTIL AROUND
MIDNIGHT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND MUCH
OF THE EASTERN PLAINS.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND PERSISTENT AND DEEP UPSLOPE
FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT MAY CAUSE STORMS TO REPEATEDLY GENERATE OVER A
FEW LOCATIONS. 

THE EAST SLOPES AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SHOULD SEE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY RAMP UP DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN LAST THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
RAMP UP LATER IN THE AFTERNOON NEAR THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHEAST PLAINS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN A FEW LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY
LASTING PAST MIDNIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE
WATCH AREA.

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