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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
216 PM MST TUE DEC 13 2011
...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY RAINS TO SOUTHWESTERN
NEW MEXICO...
.A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS
ACROSS ARIZONA THIS EVENING AND ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO
THE REGION AS THE LOW APPROACHES RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALLS... ESPECIALLY OVER THE GILAS WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
ALREADY APPROACHED 2 INCHES OVER ISOLATED AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT.

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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...LORDSBURG
216 PM MST TUE DEC 13 2011
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL AND SOUTHWEST 
  MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION. 
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT
* A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS
  ACROSS ARIZONA THIS EVENING AND ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO
  THE REGION AS THE LOW APPROACHES RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY
  RAINFALLS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE GILAS WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  HAVE ALREADY APPROACHED 2 INCHES OVER ISOLATED AREAS WITH
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT. THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS OF
  UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH MAY HELP BRING SOME SMALL STREAMS
  AND CREEKS OVER THEIR BANKS.
* TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING 
  BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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JMG