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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
115 PM MDT FRI SEP 18 2009
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR
WESTERN TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECASTED FOR THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES OVER A FEW LOCATIONS
RESULTING IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG
ARROYOS AND STREAMS.
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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...
ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...LORDSBURG...
DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
115 PM MDT FRI SEP 18 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
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.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT
* HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
WESTERN TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECASTED FOR THIS REGION AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL EXCEED 2 INCHES OVER A FEW LOCATIONS
RESULTING IN FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER LOW LYING AREAS AND
ALONG ARROYOS AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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