Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM

NMZ001>004-008>011-014>017-022>026-030>032-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1236 PM MDT FRI JUL 24 1998

ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS PRESENT THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE
TODAY. THAT FACTOR COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE OVER LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL
TRIGGER SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY
FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WESTWARD TO THE
ARIZONA STATE LINE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WITHIN THIS AREA
CENTRAL...WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL LIKELY HAVE
THE GREATEST THREAT OF RAINS HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
ARROYO...STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 45
MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD DECREASE A LITTLE ACROSS THE WEST OVER
THE WEEKEND AND MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE EAST AS WINDS ALOFT SHIFT THE
MAIN SUBTROPICAL PLUME SOMEWHAT FARTHER TO THE EAST. STILL HOWEVER A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS.

BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND FAST FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS
ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. BE AWARE THAT
ARROYOS MANY MILES FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY QUICKLY DEVELOP
FAST FLOWS OF RISING WATER.

NMZ001>004-008>011-014>017-022>026-030>032-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1236 PM MDT FRI JUL 24 1998

ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS PRESENT THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE
TODAY. THAT FACTOR COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE OVER LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL
TRIGGER SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY
FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WESTWARD TO THE
ARIZONA STATE LINE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WITHIN THIS AREA
CENTRAL...WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL LIKELY HAVE
THE GREATEST THREAT OF RAINS HEAVY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
ARROYO...STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 45
MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD DECREASE A LITTLE ACROSS THE WEST OVER
THE WEEKEND AND MAY INCREASE ACROSS THE EAST AS WINDS ALOFT SHIFT THE
MAIN SUBTROPICAL PLUME SOMEWHAT FARTHER TO THE EAST. STILL HOWEVER A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS.

BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND FAST FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS
ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. BE AWARE THAT
ARROYOS MANY MILES FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY QUICKLY DEVELOP
FAST FLOWS OF RISING WATER.