1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 1:50 PM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 250 PM MDT SAT AUG 11 2001 NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISCUSSION DUE TO ONGOING SLOW MOVING CONVECTN. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE MOIST AND WILL MAINTAIN SCT SHRA/TSRA MOST AREAS THRU THE PERIOD. MOISTURE AROUND DURING THE EXTENDED AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE OF DIURNAL PRECP THRU THE WEEK. ABQ BB 063/088 065/089 063 44424 SAF BB 059/082 058/085 055 44424 TCC BB 065/088 067/088 064 44443 .ABQ...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief landspout was reported along the outflow of a small thunderstorm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Mexico, 2001Warnings in New Mexico, August 2001
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