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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 AM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
426 AM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

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...CHAVES COUNTY 
  PLAINS...CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY...CURRY COUNTY...DE BACA 
  COUNTY...FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES 
  COUNTY...HARDING COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO 
  VALLEY...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE 
  VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...NORTHWEST 
  MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ...QUAY COUNTY...ROOSEVELT COUNTY...
  SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND UPPER 
  RIO GRANDE VALLEY. 

* FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A SURFACE COLD FRONT DRAPED FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL
  MOUNTAIN CHAIN INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS...COMBINED WITH DEEP
  ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO LATE THIS EVENING. THE MAIN
  FOCUS AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS WILL
  STRETCH FROM THE NORTHEAST PLAINS SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL
  HIGH PLAINS. THE COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE
  CENTRAL VALLEYS DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND PROVIDE THE FOCUS
  FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND
  ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS.

* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
  RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL
  HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS CENTRAL
  AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH
  FLOODING.

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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GUYER/BENNETT