Expires:201008011215;Remove:201008011215;526815 WGUS65 KABQ 011103 FFAABQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 503 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES... .THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS PERSISTS FORM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WESTWARD TODAY. MEANWHILE...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT DROPPED INTO THE PLAINS SATURDAY IS LOSING ITS STRENGTH THEREBY REDUCING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. MONDAY...THE SURGE OF MONSOON MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL LIFT NORTHWESTWARD AND PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO...CAUSING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING TO LINGER FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY. SOME WEATHER MODELS NOW SUGGEST THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN COULD PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NEW MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY. AREAS WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING AS NEW STORMS PASS. NMZ530>532-011215- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-100801T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY- 503 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH NEW MEXICOS NORTHEAST PLAINS WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 AM MDT THIS MORNING. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HELPED FOCUS PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY...THEREBY DECREASING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. $$