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WGUS65 KABQ 050957
FFAABQ

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
357 AM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATRON-CHAVES-CIBOLA-CURRY-DE BACA-GUADALUPE-LINCOLN-MCKINLEY-QUAY-
ROOSEVELT-SAN MIGUEL-SOCORRO-TORRANCE-VALENCIA-
357 AM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

* SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAIN AT RATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES
  PER HOUR TODAY...AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CROSS THE AREA IN A
  DEEP SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 
  SLOWLY...AND A FEW SPOTS MAY EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE STORMS DURING
  THE DAY. LOCATIONS THAT RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ARE 
  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING TODAY.

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

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