Expires:201506271700;Remove:201506271700;746028 FPUS75 KABQ 271554 NOWABQ SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 954 AM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015 NMZ520-524>526-538>540-271700- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRIZOZO...ELK...GRAN QUIVIRA...PICACHO... ROSWELL...RUIDOSO...SOCORRO 954 AM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015 .NOW... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH ACROSS EASTERN SOCORRO...LINCOLN COUNTY...AND WESTERN CHAVES COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. SMALL PEA SIZED HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER CELLS AS WELL. RAINFALL ACCUMULATION BETWEEN A TENTH OF AN INCH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS LIKELY...AND UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THROUGH 11 AM...SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED INCLUDE GRAN QUIVIRA...ANCHO... RUIDOSO...AND ARABELA. $$