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 13, 2:17 PM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 317 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001 UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING 4 CORNERS REGION WITH VORT LOBE EXTENDING SOUTH TO E CNTRL AZ. THIS ENERGY WILL INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST AIRMASS TO BRING THE CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING RAINS TO NWRN ZONES 1ST PERIOD. UPPER TROUGH MOVES TO THE PLAINS BY EARLY WED LEAVING THE FCST AREA IN A NWRLY FLOW. ALTHOUGH THE AIRMASS DRIES A BIT MIDWEEK STILL PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND FOR DIURNAL TSTMS. THIS PATTERN HOLDS THRU SAT. BY DAYS 6 AND 7 UPPER HIGH CENTER PROGD TO MOVE OVER THE STATE WITH INCREASED MOISTURE RIDING AROUND THE WRN PERIPHERY FROM THE GILA TO THE NW PLATEAU...WE SHALL SEE. FFA WITH THE DETAILS OUT BY 330 PM. 44 ABQ EB 063/086 062/088 063 44434 SAF EB 058/081 057/084 059 44545 TCC WB 066/088 065/088 064 44645 .ABQ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NW ZONES NMZ001-002-008 UNTIL 4AM TUE.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 199 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Another brief landspout was reported along the outflow of thunderstorms that formed in an environment of very weak shear.
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