Flash Flood Watch

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING * ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED OR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RAIN RATES OF ONE OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG STORMS ACROSS AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES. FAST FLOWS ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN BE EXPECTED... AND PONDING OF WATER COULD ALSO OCCUR ON SOME ROADWAYS.