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FPUS75 KABQ 190001
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

NMZ510-512>516-527-190200-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CHAMA...
PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...RED RIVER...TAOS
600 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH SUNSET...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH. A FEW
OF THIS AFTERNOONS STRONGER CELLS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF
SHOWER WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

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NMZ528>532-534-190200-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-UNION COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CONCHAS...LAS VEGAS...RATON...
SPRINGER...ROY...TUCUMCARI
600 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH SUNSET...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
TRACK EASTWARD AND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AT
SPEEDS FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. SOME OF THIS EVENINGS STRONGER STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...UP TO AN
INCH OF RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS
COULD TURN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THROUGH 8 PM
MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD FAVOR COLFAX AND UNION COUNTIES...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER.

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