NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
302 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...

.FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS MUCH OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINS. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE SATURATED
GROUND CONDITIONS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE AND THIS WILL LEAD TO
THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN VERY QUICKLY PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN. THIS RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND WOULD QUICKLY LEAD TO
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-
WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA-
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN-
SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GILA HOT SPRINGS...BUCKHORN...
MULE CREEK...CLIFF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON...
FORT BAYARD...MIMBRES...FAYWOOD...HURLEY...GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT...
LORDSBURG...REDROCK...VIRDEN...ANIMAS...HACHITA...
ANTELOPE WELLS...CLOVERDALE...DEMING...COLUMBUS...HILLSBORO...
WINSTON...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...DERRY...SPACEPORT...GARFIELD...
HATCH...RADIUM SPRINGS...LAS CRUCES...VADO...SUNLAND PARK...
ALAMOGORDO...TULAROSA...WHITE SANDS MONUMENT...OROGRANDE...
WHITE SANDS RANGE HEADQUARTERS...CHAPARRAL...MESCALERO...
MOUNTAIN PARK...TIMBERON...CLOUDCROFT...SUNSPOT...APACHE SUMMIT...
MAYHILL...SACRAMENTO...PINON...CROW FLATS...DOWNTOWN...
WEST EL PASO...UPPER VALLEY...FORT BLISS...SOCORRO...
EAST AND NORTHEAST EL PASO...HUECO TANKS...LOMA LINDA...
DELL CITY...CORNUDAS...SALT FLAT...SIERRA BLANCA...FABENS...
TORNILLO...FORT HANCOCK
302 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NM...CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN...EAST SLOPES
  SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET...EASTERN BLACK RANGE
  FOOTHILLS...LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL...NORTHERN DONA ANA
  COUNTY...OTERO MESA...SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET...
  SIERRA COUNTY LAKES...SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA
  VALLEY...SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY...SOUTHERN
  GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE...SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN...
  SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY...SOUTHWEST
  DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN...UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL...UPPER GILA
  RIVER VALLEY AND WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500
  FEET. IN TX...EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...NORTHERN
  HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS...RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF
  EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES...RIO GRANDE VALLEY
  OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY...SALT BASIN...SOUTHERN HUDSPETH
  HIGHLANDS AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS MUCH OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED MODERATE
  TO HEAVY RAINS. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE SATURATED
  GROUND CONDITIONS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY. THE
  ATMOSPHERE HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE AND THIS WILL LEAD TO
  THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN VERY QUICKLY PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
  RAIN. THIS RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND WOULD QUICKLY LEAD
  TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
  RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS MAY INCLUDE: FLOODING OF AREA ROADS...ESPECIALLY LOW
  WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION WITH THE SATURATED
  GROUND CONDITIONS FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
  BUILDING S WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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.