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WGUS65 KABQ 051754
FFAABQ

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1154 AM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006

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CATRON-CHAVES-CIBOLA-CURRY-DE BACA-GUADALUPE-LINCOLN-MCKINLEY-QUAY-
ROOSEVELT-SAN MIGUEL-SOCORRO-TORRANCE-VALENCIA-
1154 AM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON

* FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

* UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH DEEP MOISTURE OVER
  THE REGION SHOULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...RESULTING IN
  HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE HEAVIER RAINS MAY FALL AT THE RATE OF ONE
  TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR...AND OVER AREAS WHICH MAY HAVE ALREADY
  EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL AND SUBSEQUENT LOCALIZED FLOODING.

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

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DPORTER/SHY