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NMC005-007-009-011-019-021-027-033-037-041-047-049-055-057-270300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1158 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2005

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR IN CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO REMAINS IN EFFECT 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
APPROACH NEW MEXICO FROM THE NORTHWEST AS A FAIRLY STRONG BACK DOOR
COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS AND SETTLES UP
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 PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN...WHILE PERSISTANT 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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