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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
208 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
UNTIL 300 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN NEW MEXICO...

COLFAX...GUADALUPE...MORA...SAN MIGUEL...SANTA FE...
TAOS AND TORRANCE


SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON INCREASING ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND THE
ADJACENT HIGHLANDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT HAS BACKED
UP AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH A DEEP MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW TO
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALLOW THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING
IN FLASH FLOODING. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE GREATEST ALONG
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. 

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

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR WATCH UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR YOUR
COUNTY.

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