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WGUS65 KABQ 082121
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
321 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008

NMZ001-008-014-090400-
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NORTHWEST PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
321 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO. THE POTENTIAL
  FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTS DUE TO ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE
  ATMOSPHERE. IN ADDITION...SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY
  RAINS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RUNOFF AND INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD
  POTENTIAL FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOURLY
  RAINFALL RATES MAY REACH OR EXCEED ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN
  THE STRONGEST STORMS.

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.

$$

NMZ004>007-011-012-016-017-026-090400-
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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-
321 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2008

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND
  ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THROUGH
  PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE SACRAMENTO AND THE
  CAPITAN MOUNTAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR
  THE REST OF 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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