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FPUS75 KABQ 240423
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1023 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

NMZ535>540-240600-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLOVIS...ELK...FORT SUMNER...PICACHO...
PORTALES...ROSWELL
1023 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
BEFORE MIDNIGHT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST
OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY WILL STRETCH FROM NEAR RAMON SOUTHEAST THROUGH MESA...
ELKINS AND TOWARD CAPROCK. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER.  A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ALONG WITH
BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

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NMZ518-519-521>523-240600-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...LOS LUNAS...RIO RANCHO...
CLINES CORNERS...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...
TIJERAS...SANTA FE
1023 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE EAST MOUNTAIN AREA...
AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE SANTA FE AND
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREAS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL BE
STRONGEST NEAR THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.
THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE ACCOMPANYING THE WIND MAY SPARK ISOLATED
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

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NMZ515-527>534-240600-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
UNION COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGEL FIRE...MORA...CAPULIN...CLAYTON...
CONCHAS...LAS VEGAS...RATON...SPRINGER...ROY...SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI
1023 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
NORTHEAST AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. BEFORE MIDNIGHT...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND OCCASIONAL TO
FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN SAN MIGUEL...HARDING...
AND NORTHERN QUAY COUNTIES AS WELL AS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR FROM RIBERA TO WAGON MOUND. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE
IMPACTED INCLUDE SOLANO...MOSQUERO...LOGAN...NARA VISA...LAS VEGAS
AND WATROUS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY RESULT
IN FAST FLOWING WATER OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND PONDING OF WATER
IN INTERSECTIONS.

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