1 funnel cloud, 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 25, 2:58 AM MST, 11 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 358 AM MDT SAT AUG 25 2001 THINGS QUIET FOR THE TIME BEING EXCEPT FOR A SHARPENING OF THE THETA-E RIDGE FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TO QUAY COUNTY. HOWEVER... MOISTURE...LIFT AND INSTABILITY TO INCREASE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 15 HOURS AS JET MAX NOSES OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BACK DOOR COLD FRONT ADVANCES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES. STILL EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SEPARATED AFTERNOON STORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD PEAK OVER THE PLAINS TONIGHT...WITH A MODERATE CANYON WIND EVENT LIKELY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. EXCEPT WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE EASTERN ZONES TONIGHT...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ELSEWHERE EAST OF THE DIVIDE. ONLY THE FAR WEST SHOULD REMAIN DRY SUNDAY...WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE... LIFT...AND INSTABILITY FOR WIDELY SEPARATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER EAST OF THE DIVIDE PER FWC AND MAV NUMBERS. ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST FOR THE PERIOD FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (READ CLIMO). ABQ BB 092/064 089/064 087 38-21 SAF BB 089/055 085/054 084 38222 TCC BB 093/063 087/062 089 38362 .ABQ...NONE.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Guards from the Springer Boys Ranch facility reported sighting a brief funnel cloud.
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
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