1 flash flood, 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 13, 8:00 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 900 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001 WILL GO AHEAD AND DROP FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NW NM PER COORD WITH FLG AND GJT. NOTHING TOO EXCEPTIONAL ON RADAR OR SATELLITE TO SUPPORT CONTINUING WATCH. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE NW FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. HEAVIEST RAIN THIS EVE ACUALLY IN WRN HALF OF SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AND CURRENTLY ACROSS GUADALUPE COUNTY. WILL TINKER WITH THE POPS AS USUAL FOR THE OVERNIGHT...LOWERING MOST ZONES. EXCEPTION WILL BE NE QUARTER WHERE MUCH OF THE ACTION GOING ON. 40 .ABQ...NONE. CHJ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
546 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0444 PM 8 SW CAPULIN NM TORNADO
08/13/01 UNION *** 0 DEAD, 0 INJ ***
LANDSPOUT OBSERVED BY SPC
FCSTR FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong and slow moving thunderstorms which produced estimated rains of 4-6 inches in several hours across rural western and central Guadalupe County moved into Santa Rosa with widespread and heavy street flooding.
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 historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5263414.