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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
439 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING CONCERNS CONTINUE ACROSS
FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...

.PLENTY OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER FAR WEST
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE SYSTEM THAT WAS FORMERLY
HURRICANE DOLLY HAD EXITED THE REGION...BUT DAYTIME HEATING AND A
WEAK UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH HAVE DESTABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE CREATING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. MANY OF THESE
STORMS WILL CREATE LOCALIZED INTENSE RAINFALL. THIS RAIN FALLING
ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL BE QUICK TO RUNOFF CAUSING
FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND ROADWAYS AS WELL AS PONDING IN LOW SPOTS.
EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE-HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS
OF AN INCH ...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF TWO T0 THREE INCHES POSSIBLE
IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.


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SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...ALAMOGORDO...
MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO
439 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST
  TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW MEXICO...SIERRA
  COUNTY LAKES REGION...SOUTHERN DESERT...SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO
  MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN AND TULAROSA
  BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT. IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...EL PASO.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT

* MOIST TROPICAL AIR WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SCATTERED
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING RESULTING IN LOCALIZED
  FLOODING.

* FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND URBAN AREAS ARE POSSIBLE. MOST AREAS
  HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS AND ANY
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-
HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...LORDSBURG...
SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
439 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWEST TEXAS WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT THIS EVENING. ISOLATED
STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
MAY OCCURR WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT.

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