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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1050 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008

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NORTHWEST PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
1050 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...NORTHWEST PLATEAU...SOUTHWEST 
  MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN
  MOUNTAINS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MAY
  PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME AREAS
  ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO HAVE RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS IN RECENT DAYS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY
  WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. HOURLY RAINFALL
  RATES MAY EXCEED ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
1050 AM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO 
  MOUNTAINS...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY...CONCHAS 
  LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY...FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS...GUADALUPE 
  MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY...HARDING COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH 
  PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND ACROSS THE
  EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AS WELL AS PORTIONS
  OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE SACRAMENTO AND THE CAPITAN
  MOUNTAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THESE AREAS. THESE STORMS HAVE
  THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES
  EXCEEDING ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

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