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FPUS75 KABQ 240211
NOWABQ

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

NMZ533>540-240400-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLOVIS...ELK...FORT SUMNER...PICACHO...
PORTALES...ROSWELL...SANTA ROSA...TUCUMCARI
811 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 10 PM MDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRUGGLE
TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.
HIGH BASED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INITIATE OFF OF THE HIGHLANDS OF
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...DRIFTING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH INTO THE
MAIN PARTS OF CHAVES COUNTY. BETTER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE QUAY...CURRY...DE BACA...AND
ROOSEVELT COUNTIES WHERE ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY BLOSSOM BEFORE 10 PM.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
WILL BE THE INITIAL THREATS...BUT AS STORMS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED
INTO THE EVENING SOME HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER CELLS.

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