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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
355 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

NMZ503-504-510>514-516>518-172330-
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMA...CUBA...DULCE...ESPANOLA...
LOS ALAMOS...PECOS...CERRO/QUESTA...RED RIVER...SANTA FE...TAOS
355 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDING THE JEMEZ AND SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT
SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE DRY...ESPECIALLY
WEST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...PRODUCING LITTLE RAIN BUT
STRONG OUTFLOWS WITH BLOWING DUST AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.
THROUGH 530 PM...AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE TRES PIEDRAS...LOS ALAMOS
AND JEMEZ PUEBLO. WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS SOME SMALL HAIL AND A BRIEF WETTING RAIN IS POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY FROM RED RIVER SOUTH TO COWLES AND MORA.

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NMZ520-524>526-537>540-172330-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRIZOZO...ELK...FORT SUMNER...
GRAN QUIVIRA...PICACHO...ROSWELL...RUIDOSO...SOCORRO
355 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

.NOW...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WITH MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AROUND
15 TO 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...A QUICK HALF INCH OF RAIN...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL. A FEW STORMS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OVER CHAVES COUNTY...COULD TURN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND A QUICK HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN. THROUGH 530 PM MDT...
LOCATIONS FROM EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...DE BACA COUNTY...
INCLUDING FT SUMNER...AND EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS ACTIVITY. RAIN MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS
AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON THE PLAINS. MAINLY DRY STORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR SOUTH OF BERNARDO AND INCLUDING SOCORRO.

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NMZ515-522-523-527>533-172330-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-UNION COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CLAYTON...
CLINES CORNERS...CONCHAS...LAS VEGAS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...RATON...
SPRINGER...ROY...SANTA ROSA
355 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

.NOW...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.
THROUGH 530 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM RATON TO
CAPULIN TO MOUNT DORA AND CLAYTON THEN SOUTH TO WAGON MOUND...LAS
VEGAS AND BUEYEROS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN CLINES CORNERS...SANTA ROSA
AND NEWKIRK.  MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TO THE EAST AT SPEEDS
AROUND 20 MPH. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...A QUICK HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...HAIL AND
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SOME STORMS COULD TURN SEVERE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. MINOR FLOODING MAY IMPACT SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS AND
LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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NMZ534>536-172330-
CURRY COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLOVIS...PORTALES...TUCUMCARI
355 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

.NOW...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST.  NEW
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AS WELL.  LOOK FOR ACTIVITY TO MOVE INTO
THE AREA AROUND 400 PM MDT...WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOWS...LOCAL MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE
LEVELS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

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