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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
746 PM MDT SAT AUG 12 2006

NMC001-003-005>007-009-011-019-021-027-028-033-037-041-043-047-049-
053-057-059-061-131115-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERNALILLO-CATRON-CHAVES-CIBOLA-COLFAX-CURRY-DE BACA-GUADALUPE-
HARDING-LINCOLN-LOS ALAMOS-MORA-QUAY-ROOSEVELT-SANDOVAL-SAN MIGUEL-
SANTA FE-SOCORRO-TORRANCE-UNION-VALENCIA-
746 PM MDT SAT AUG 12 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW 
  MEXICO...BERNALILLO...CATRON...CHAVES...CIBOLA...COLFAX...CURRY...
  DE BACA...GUADALUPE...HARDING...LINCOLN...LOS ALAMOS...MORA...
  QUAY...ROOSEVELT...SAN MIGUEL...SANDOVAL...SANTA FE...SOCORRO...
  TORRANCE...UNION AND VALENCIA.

* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AS MOISTURE SURGES NORTHWARD
  OUT OF MEXICO AND A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTHWESTWARD
  THROUGH THE AREA. THE MOST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY
  FAVOR THE PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...THEN THE FOCUS
  WILL ALSO SHIFT INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND WESTERN MOUNTAIN
  RANGES BY MONDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN
  AND A FEW LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE STORMS. WEATHER
  MODELS SUGGEST THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY EXTEND THROUGH TUESDAY
  IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO...AS MOISTURE AND DISTURBANCES
  CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTHWARD OUT OF MEXICO.

* THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAIN AT RATES FROM 1
  TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...AND A FEW LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER 3
  INCHES OF RAIN BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS WITH
  SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING.


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

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