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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
433 AM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

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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-
433 AM MDT WED JUL 9 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY 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...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY 
  HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...QUAY 
  COUNTY...ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS. 

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THIS
  MORNING OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. EXPECT THE
  COVERAGE OF STORMS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO
  THE EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR ALONG AND
  EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
  INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. RAIN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
  POSSIBLE WITHIN STRONGER SLOW MOVING STORMS...WHICH COULD LEAD
  TO FLASH FLOODING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH WILL BE
  COMMON ACROSS THE REGION...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
  3 INCHES POSSIBLE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND EXTREME FIRE
  SCARRING MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING AROUND THE TRIGO AS
  WELL AS THE OJO PEAK AND BIG SPRINGS WILDFIRE AREAS.

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
  OF ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND
  POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. COMMUNITIES AND HOMES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE
  TRIGO...OJO PEAK AND BIG SPRINGS WILDFIRES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE
  TO FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS INCLUDES MANZANO...
  TORREON...TAJIQUE AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 55.

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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