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Flash Flood Watch

Issued At: Monday, 29 Jun 2009, 3:00 PM MDT
Expires At: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 3:00 AM MDT

...MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING... .A VERY MOIST PLUME OF TROPICAL AIR REMAINS OVER THE BORDERLAND TODAY. MOISTURE LEVELS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE WELL ABOVE NORMAL. WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING...COUPLED WITH A STALLED FRONT WILL PROVIDE INSTABILITY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND BE VERY SLOW MOVING. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED TWO INCHES IN SOME AREAS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW MEXICO...SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION... SOUTHERN DESERT...SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION AND TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT. IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...EL PASO AND HUDSPETH. * 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. * PRIMARY THREATS ARE FOR THE FLOODING OF ARROYOS AND URBAN DRAINAGES. ROAD FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. FINALLY...AREAS KNOWN TO BE PRONE TO FLOOD ARE ALSO AT RISK.

Areas affected: Sierra County Lakes Region, Southern Desert, Southern Sacramento Mountains, Southwest Desert, Bootheel, Southwest Desert, Mimbres Basin, Southwest Mountains, Lower Gila R, Tularosa Basin, Southern Desert


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