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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1156 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-
1156 AM MDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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

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...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. 

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL
  DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A BACK DOOR COLD
  FRONT INTERACTS WITH ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE ALREADY IN
  PLACE OVER NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO
  INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
  PAST THE NOON HOUR...THEN MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEASTWARD ONTO THE
  EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...SHOWERS
  AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS PUSH
  THROUGH GAPS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP AS STRONGER
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE RAIN AT RATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
  LOCATIONS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ON SATURDAY WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING TODAY.

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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