NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
342 PM MDT WED JUL 17 2013

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND
FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING WHILE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR FLOWS
INTO THE REGION. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
EXCEED 2 INCHES OVER A FEW LOCATIONS RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING.

LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANIMAS...HACHITA...ANTELOPE WELLS...
CLOVERDALE...DEMING...COLUMBUS
342 PM MDT WED JUL 17 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF NM...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWEST
  DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN AND UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL
  NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WHILE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR FLOWS INTO THE
  REGION. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL EXCEED 2 INCHES OVER A FEW LOCATIONS RESULTING IN FLASH
  FLOODING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.