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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Flash Flood Watch in Effect for Parts of N.M.
Associated Press
A flash flood watch was in effect through midnight for much of southern and eastern New Mexico as showers and thunderstorms redeveloped over much of the state.
The National Weather Service says heavy precipitation will persist through the evening hours today before gradually waning after midnight.
The chance of precipitation is expected to slide west as the week progresses. As an upper high moves into Texas, the best threat for heavy rainfall will occur over southern New Mexico on Thursday and Friday, and will move into the western parts of the state for the upcoming weekend.
Showers and storms impacted a good portion of New Mexico on Tuesday afternoon and evening, with some of the slow moving storms prompting a variety of arroyo and small flood advisories.
Western Sandoval and Bernalillo counties received some of the heavier rainfall, along with Quay, Curry and Lincoln counties.
Some of the higher rainfall amounts since Tuesday afternoon included 1.31 inches at Dunken, 1.01 inches at Cimarron, 0.93 of an inch near Deming, 0.64 of an inch at Truth or Consequences, about a half-inch at Artesia and about a quarter-inch at Los Alamos.
Highs Tuesday stretched from the upper 60s in the high terrain to the mid-90s in the Four Corners region.
Highs ranged from 67 at Cloudcroft to 93 at Farmington. Lows range from the low 40s near Angel Fire to the low 70s in the lower Rio Grande Valley and the southeast plains.
New Mexico's monsoons are "kind of on schedule," but it depends on the part of the state, said Ed Polasko, hydrologist with the National Weather Service.
Rain has been spotty over the Middle Rio Grande from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, he said. Northeastern New Mexico around Raton and Cimarron received some moisture, and the eastern side of the Sangre de Cristos from Pecos to Las Vegas received more consistent rain over the last week than the western side.
Polasko said the state hasn't had big monsoons in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, but said August normally is the wettest month in that area.
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