1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 2:05 AM MST, 11 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 305 AM MDT FRI AUG 10 2001 FORECAST ON TRACK WITH NO DEVIATION FROM THE PATH LAID OUT BY THE DAY SHIFT. 500MB HIGH NEAR SOCAL TO MOVE EAST OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS...TO THE FOUR-CORNERS BY EARLY SUNDAY. SOME DRYING ENSTORE FOR OUR CWA BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH NEXT WEEK...WITH INCREASING HEIGHTS/MAX TEMPS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE RECYCLED AND SUFFICIENT FOR CONTINUED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION NEXT WEEK...BUT MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. UNTIL THEN...LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THANKS TO THE DEFORMATION ZONE OVER NM AND ABOVE NORMAL PWS. TEMPS GENERALLY AT OR BELOW GUIDANCE NUMBERS FIRST 3 PERIODS. CA ABQ EB 084/063 086/062 088 50342 SAF TT 079/057 082/055 085 50454 TCC EB 085/065 088/064 090 50343 .ABQ...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief heavy rain caused strong runoff into Carrizo Creek below the Trap and Skeet burn area and then moved north into Ruidoso with street flooding. Some sandbagging was done to prevent curb overflow from reaching local businesses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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