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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1215 PM MDT TUE MAY 13 2008

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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
1215 PM MDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE TRIGO WILDFIRE AREA OF THE MANZANO
  MOUNTAINS.

* FROM MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* A STORM OVER ARIZONA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
  MEXICO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL BEGIN OVER THE TRIGO WILDFIRE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. ONE HALF TO
  THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL...WITH UP TO ONE INCH
  NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
  RAIN AND EXTREME FIRE SCARRING COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS FLASH
  FLOODING AROUND THE TRIGO WILDFIRE AREA.

* COMMUNITIES AND HOMES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE TRIGO WILDFIRE WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING FROM THIS RAIN EVENT. THIS
  INCLUDES THE AREA BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF MANZANO AND
  TORREON. DRAINAGES OF CONCERN INCLUDE THE NEW...CUERVO...JARAL
  AND TORREON CANYONS.

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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