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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008

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UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
426 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE 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...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...
  SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND UPPER 
  RIO GRANDE VALLEY. 

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* THE REMNANTS OF ONCE HURRICANE DOLLY WILL LIKELY REACH SOUTHWEST
  OR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THIS WILL
  BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE ALREADY WET
  GROUND OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA...AND INCREASE THE RISK
  OF FLASH FLOODING. 

  EXPECT GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN TODAY THROUGH
  SUNDAY...BUT WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE
  ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

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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WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
426 AM MDT SAT JUL 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION AND WEST 
  CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* THE REMNANTS OF ONCE HURRICANE DOLLY WILL LIKELY REACH SOUTHWEST
  OR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THIS WILL
  BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE ALREADY WET
  GROUND OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA...AND INCREASE THE RISK
  OF FLASH FLOODING. 

  EXPECT GENERALLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN TODAY THROUGH
  SUNDAY...BUT WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE
  ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

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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