Expires:201208232300;Remove:201208232300;563103 WGUS65 KABQ 232150 FFAABQ FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 350 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012 NMZ501>510-232300- /O.CAN.KABQ.FF.A.0011.000000T0000Z-120824T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- 350 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR ALOFT IS SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE WHERE THE WATCH WAS EARLIER IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE HELD DOWN SOMEWHAT BY CLOUDS AND MORNING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL... WHICH REDUCED THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AT LEAST A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TRAVERSE THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT CHANCES FOR FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED. $$