Expires:201305240200;Remove:201305240200;590935 FPUS75 KABQ 232350 NOWABQ SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 550 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013 NMZ535>540-240200- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLOVIS...ELK...FORT SUMNER...PICACHO... PORTALES...ROSWELL 550 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013 .NOW... THROUGH 8 PM MDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRUGGLE TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. HIGH BASED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INITIATE OFF OF THE HIGHLANDS OF EASTERN LINCOLN AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTIES...DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH. BETTER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRYLINE WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO INFILTRATE EASTERN CURRY AND EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTIES WHERE ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY BLOSSOM BEFORE 8 PM. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE INITIAL THREATS...BUT AS STORMS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED INTO THE EVENING SOME HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER CELLS. $$ GUYER