266 FPUS75 KABQ 160732 NOWABQ SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 130 AM MDT THU SEP 16 1999 NMZ005-012-018-161100- FORT SUMNER-LAS VEGAS/RATON-SANTA ROSA- 130 AM MDT THU SEP 16 1999 .NOW... AT 115 AM MDT...SMALL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIDWAY BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND SANTA ROSA AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE-HALF INCH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. $$ NMZ020-021-161100- CLOVIS-PORTALES- 130 AM MDT THU SEP 16 1999 .NOW... AT 115 AM MDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FARWELL TX THROUGH PORTALES TO NEAR ELIDA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS OVER ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CURRY COUNTY. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE-HALF INCH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. $$