Flash Flood Watch

...MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE PERSISTS OVER THE AREA TODAY AND COMBINED WITH A WEAK COOL FRONT MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF THE AREA EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...SHOULD HELP PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE HIGHEST FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST...AND ALSO THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. MANY OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AND A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. ...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 SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION...SOUTHERN DESERT...SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT. IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...EL PASO AND HUDSPETH. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.