Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

NMZ001>032-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
1110 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

...SNOW ADVISORY NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE JEMEZ AND THE
   SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TODAY...
...WIND ADVISORY OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEAR
   THE BORDER TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
SOUTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND BY EARLY SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE
LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MEXICO.  THIS
UPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A VARIETY OF SPRING AND WINTRY
WEATHER TO THE STATE.

SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR INCHES OR MORE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET.
FIFTEEN TO 25 MPH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS
OF NEW MEXICO.  THUS THE POSSIBILITY EXIST IN THIS AREA FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND LARGE HAIL.  CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE
AND COULD EVEN APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS OVER ISOLATED AREAS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO
BE OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST
BORDER.  WINDS WILL INCREASE STATEWIDE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 30 MPH
OVER THE NORTH AND EAST BUT WINDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE LOCALLY
STRONGER.  TWENTY-FIVE TO OVER 35 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL BORDER AREAS AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR TODAY.  THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND
AND DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE-MILE IN BLOWING SNOW AND SAND.

THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE STATE
UNTIL LATE SATURDAY AND THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
TO EFFECT THE STATES WEATHER INTO SUNDAY.  THUS LOWLAND RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE
NORTH WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE.  IT WILL BE
COOLER OVER THE EAST FRIDAY AND BREEZY SOUTH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY STILL CALLS FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.  BREEZY
AFTERNOONS WILL CONTINUE WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES 5 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL NORMS.  PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND IT WILL
BE A LITTLE WARMER IN THE AFTERNOON BUT STILL 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL AVERAGES.

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NMZ001>032-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
1110 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

...SNOW ADVISORY NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE JEMEZ AND THE
   SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TODAY...
...WIND ADVISORY OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEAR
   THE BORDER TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
SOUTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND BY EARLY SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE
LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MEXICO.  THIS
UPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A VARIETY OF SPRING AND WINTRY
WEATHER TO THE STATE.

SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR INCHES OR MORE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET.
FIFTEEN TO 25 MPH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS
OF NEW MEXICO.  THUS THE POSSIBILITY EXIST IN THIS AREA FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND LARGE HAIL.  CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE
AND COULD EVEN APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS OVER ISOLATED AREAS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO
BE OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST
BORDER.  WINDS WILL INCREASE STATEWIDE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 30 MPH
OVER THE NORTH AND EAST BUT WINDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE LOCALLY
STRONGER.  TWENTY-FIVE TO OVER 35 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL BORDER AREAS AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR TODAY.  THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND
AND DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE-MILE IN BLOWING SNOW AND SAND.

THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE STATE
UNTIL LATE SATURDAY AND THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
TO EFFECT THE STATES WEATHER INTO SUNDAY.  THUS LOWLAND RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE
NORTH WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE.  IT WILL BE
COOLER OVER THE EAST FRIDAY AND BREEZY SOUTH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY STILL CALLS FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.  BREEZY
AFTEJRNOONS WILL CONTINUE WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES 5 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL NORMS.  PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND IT WILL
BE A LITTLE WARMER IN THE AFTERNOON BUT STILL 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL AVERAGES.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1124 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0620 PM    RAGLAND                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY                           CORRECTED REPORT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1124 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0620 PM    RAGLAND                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY                           CORRECTED REPORT

NMZ001>032-250600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 PM MDT THU APR 24 1997

...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE SANGRE DE
   CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND SANDIA/MANZANO
   MOUNTAINS...
...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS
   THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND THE CAPITAN/SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST AND
   EASTCENTRAL PLAINS...
...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE UPPER...MIDDLE AND
   LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEYS....

THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE LOCATED OVER EASTCENTRAL
ARIZONA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE UPPER
SYSTEM WILL PULL MOISTURE NORTH AND NORTHWEST INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND COMBINE WITH COLDER AIR HEADING INTO THE STATE
FROM THE WEST AS WELL AS FROM THE EAST.  THE COLD AND MOIST AIR WILL
PRODUCE A VARIETY OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

THE COLD AIR HEADING SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE STRONG EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCALLY
STRONGER GUSTS THROUGH THE UPPER...MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEYS.
THUS A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

STRONG EAST WINDS WILL FORCE THE WET COLD AIRMASS UP THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND THE
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS.  UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS WHILE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS.  THREE TO SIX
INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS.  THE SNOW LEVEL ACCUMULATION
LEVEL OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE AROUND 7500 FEET.

THE NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE UNDER A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  RAINS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS
HAVE AVERAGED FROM ONE-AND-ONE HALF INCHES TO AROUND 2 INCHES AND
MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING;
THEREFORE, A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH AND BY LATE
FRIDAY WILL BE CENTERED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO BORDER THEN
MOVE FARTHER INTO MEXICO SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST TOWARD TEXAS
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY.   MOUNTAIN SNOWS AND LOWLAND
SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND IT WILL BE
UNSEASONABLY COOL FRIDAY.  PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND UNSEASONABLY
COOL WEATHER THOUGH WILL HANG OVER THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT LOWLAND SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH DURING THIS TIME.

THE EXTENDED FORECAST CALLS FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EAST AND
SOUTH ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WARMING TO MORE SEASONAL LEVELS.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND OR INTO THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS.
LOCAL STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO BELOW
ONE MILE IN BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THIS MAJOR STORM.
PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR PULLING TRAILERS THROUGH
THE UPPER...MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEYS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS WITH GUSTS POSSIBLE TO OVER 50
MPH FROM THE EAST.

RESIDENTS OR ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW
MEXICO SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMEN~TS
CONCERNING THIS MAJOR STORM SYSTEM.

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NMZ001>032-250600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 PM MDT THU APR 24 1997

...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE SANGRE DE
   CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND SANDIA/MANZANO
   MOUNTAINS...
...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS
   THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND THE CAPITAN/SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST AND
   EASTCENTRAL PLAINS...
...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE UPPER...MIDDLE AND
   LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEYS....

THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE LOCATED OVER EASTCENTRAL
ARIZONA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE UPPER
SYSTEM WILL PULL MOISTURE NORTH AND NORTHWEST INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND COMBINE WITH COLDER AIR HEADING INTO THE STATE
FROM THE WEST AS WELL AS FROM THE EAST.  THE COLD AND MOIST AIR WILL
PRODUCE A VARIETY OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

THE COLD AIR HEADING SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE STRONG EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCALLY
STRONGER GUSTS THROUGH THE UPPER...MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEYS.
THUS A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

STRONG EAST WINDS WILL FORCE THE WET COLD AIRMASS UP THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND THE
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS.  UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS WHILE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS.  THREE TO SIX
INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS.  THE SNOW LEVEL ACCUMULATION
LEVEL OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE AROUND 7500 FEET.

THE NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE UNDER A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  RAINS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS
HAVE AVERAGED FROM ONE-AND-ONE HALF INCHES TO AROUND 2 INCHES AND
MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING
THEREFORE, A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.

THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH AND BY LATE
FRIDAY WILL BE CENTERED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO BORDER THEN
MOVE FARTHER INTO MEXICO SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST TOWARD TEXAS
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY.   MOUNTAIN SNOWS AND LOWLAND
SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND IT WILL BE
UNSEASONABLY COOL FRIDAY.  PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND UNSEASONABLY
COOL WEATHER THOUGH WILL HANG OVER THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT LOWLAND SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH DURING THIS TIME.

THE EXTENDED FORECAST CALLS FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EAST AND
SOUTH ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WARMING TO MORE SEASONAL LEVELS.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND OR INTO THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS.
LOCAL STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO BELOW
ONE MILE IN BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THIS MAJOR STORM.
PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR PULLING TRAILERS THROUGH
THE UPPER...MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEYS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS WITH GUSTS POSSIBLE TO OVER 50
MPH FROM THE EAST.

RESIDENTS OR ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW
MEXICO SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
CONCERNING THIS MAJOR STORM SYSTEM.

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