Flash Flood Watch

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ...NORTHWEST PLATEAU...SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION...UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE ACTIVITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING OF SLOW MOVING STORMS TO DEVELOP. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES. FAST FLOWS ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN BE EXPECTED.