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WGUS65 KABQ 041004
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NMC007-019-021-033-037-047-049-055-057-059-042200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
400 AM MDT THU AUG 4 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 EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO EFFECTIVE THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY
MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW MEXICO...

COLFAX...GUADALUPE...HARDING...MORA...QUAY...SAN MIGUEL...SANTA FE...
TAOS...TORRANCE AND UNION

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BY MIDDAY...WITH
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT.  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WILL BE SLOW MOVERS AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.  THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
GREATEST ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
EXTENDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40
CORRIDOR. 

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

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO
HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS...
ARROYOS OR SMALL WASHES. PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE
MOVEMENT AND TO RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW.

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KJ/DPORTER