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FPUS75 KABQ 232350
NOWABQ

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

NMZ535>540-240200-
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
550 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
THROUGH 8 PM MDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRUGGLE
TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. HIGH BASED
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INITIATE OFF OF THE HIGHLANDS OF EASTERN
LINCOLN AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTIES...DRIFTING
NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH. BETTER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DRYLINE WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO INFILTRATE EASTERN CURRY AND EASTERN
ROOSEVELT COUNTIES WHERE ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY BLOSSOM BEFORE 8 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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GUYER