Flash Flood Watch

...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... .THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST ATMOSPHERE...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...ANY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN THROUGH TONIGHT IS ACROSS THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN...WHERE AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY. IN TEXAS...ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES... GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...REAGAN... REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...TERRELL... UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER. * FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE REGION. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE FOCUS WILL REMAIN OVER THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS... BIG BEND REGION AND MARFA PLATEAU. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT NORTH INTO THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. MUCH OF THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE FORM OF AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. FLOODING MAY BE ENHANCED IN URBAN AREAS...WHERE IMPERVIOUS GROUND SURFACES WILL INCREASE RUNOFF. * DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS AND LESS THAN A FOOT OF RUSHING WATER CAN FLOAT MANY VEHICLES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER FLOWING ACROSS A ROADWAY...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.