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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
401 PM MDT THU MAR 12 2009
RETRANSMITTED FOR LUBBOCK MEDIA.
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO STILL ON TRACK...
.PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AS A BROAD UPPER LOW BEGINS TO TRACK 
CLOSER TO THE STATE. FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...A SURGE OF COOLER AIR 
WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE FROM THE GREAT PLAINS AND THE UPPER LOW 
WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE STATE. THE PRECIPITATION FOCUS... 
INTIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ON FRIDAY WILL SHIFT BACK 
TOWARDS THE WEST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS 
WILL BE FOUND ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...NORTH CENTRAL AND 
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT PLAINS TO THE CENTRAL 
MOUNTAINS SUCH AS THE ESTANCIA BASIN AND INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN LAS 
VEGAS TO WAGON MOUND. INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN CLINES CORNERS AND SANTA 
ROSA COULD ALSO RECEIVE 3 TO 4 INCHES. 

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NORTHWEST PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FARMINGTON
401 PM MDT THU MAR 12 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WATCH. 
EXPECTING GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT OF
1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES NEAR THE COLORADO
BORDER. 
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