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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
211 PM 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 CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM MDT FRIDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW MEXICO...

CHAVES...CURRY...DE BACA...LINCOLN AND ROOSEVELT


SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON INCREASING ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THE
ADJACENT HIGHLANDS...PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT HAS BACKED UP
AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EXTENDING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF THE STATE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO INCREASE OVER THE
NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS WITH DEEPENING UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS. 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 NORTHEAST AND EAST
FACING SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.  

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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