Flash Flood Watch
Issued At: Tuesday, 23 Jun 2009, 11:35 AM MDT
Expires At: Wednesday, 24 Jun 2009, 6:00 AM MDT
...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A MOIST PLUME OF TROPICAL AIR ON THE WESTERN FRINGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL CENTER OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY BRINGING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED TWO INCHES IN SOME AREAS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WHILE LOCAL ARROYO AND ROAD FLOODING IS POSSIBLE... CURRENT RIVER LEVELS ARE BELOW NORMAL IN THE WATCH AREA SO RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREAS AS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND ROADS ESPECIALLY AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.
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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