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Sandia Park Forecast

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SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
532 AM MDT SAT AUG 30 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY 
  HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY...ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND SANDIA/MANZANO 
  MOUNTAINS. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
  ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW
  MEXICO TODAY AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE PUSHES INTO THE REGION.
  ONGOING STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO
  INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL SPREAD TO THE
  NORTH AND NORTHWEST. 

* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF CHAVES AND
  ROOSEVELT COUNTIES YESTERDAY...AND THE SATURATED GROUND COMBINED
  WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT
  FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
  SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PUSH OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL
  MOUNTAINS...MANZANO MOUNTAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE ESTANCIA
  VALLEY WHERE FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THIS INCLUDES THE
  TRIGO...OJO PEAK...AND BIG SPRING BURN SCAR AREAS OF THE MANZANO
  MOUNTAINS WHERE RUNOFF WILL BE INCREASED AND EXCESSIVE.

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.

Note: In order to comply with National Weather Service safety tests, occasionally this product will display test alerts, which are normally conducted during calm, quiet weather.