Flash Flood Watch
Issued At: Saturday, 04 Jul 2009, 7:42 AM MDT
Expires At: Sunday, 05 Jul 2009, 3:00 AM MDT
...MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUED TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE 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/BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION AND TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT. IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...EL PASO AND HUDSPETH. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * A VERY MOIST AIRMASS ALONG WITH FAIRLY SLOW STORM MOVEMENT MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
Areas affected: Southwest Mountains, Lower Gila R, Sierra County Lakes Region, Tularosa Basin, Southern Desert, Southern Sacramento Mountains, Southwest Desert, Bootheel, Southwest Desert, Mimbres Basin, Southern Desert
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