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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1108 AM MDT FRI AUG 4 2006

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CATRON-CHAVES-CIBOLA-CURRY-DE BACA-GUADALUPE-LINCOLN-MCKINLEY-QUAY-
ROOSEVELT-SAN MIGUEL-SOCORRO-TORRANCE-VALENCIA-
1108 AM MDT FRI AUG 4 2006

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CATRON...CHAVES...CIBOLA...
  CURRY...DE BACA...GUADALUPE...LINCOLN...MCKINLEY...QUAY...
  ROOSEVELT...SAN MIGUEL...SOCORRO...TORRANCE AND VALENCIA.

* THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

* UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH DEEP MOISTURE OVER
  THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
  DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW
  MEXICO. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
  RAIN RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST
  ACTIVITY TO OCCUR DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ALONG
  AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR.

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

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