1 lightning, 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 Jul 10, 2:15 PM MST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 315 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2001 PERSISTENCE LOOKS TO BE THE BEST FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. CENTER OF UPPER RIDGE TO REMAIN EAST OF CWA WITH A DECENT SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUING ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER. WEAK DISTURBANCES WITHIN THE SHEAR ZONE OVER AZ ARE FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE GIVING THE BEST CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS TONIGHT AND WED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ZONES. A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BUT THESE WILL LIKELY BE LOCALLY GENERATED BY AFTERNOON HEATING THE OROGRAPHICS MIXING WITH MODEST MOISTURE. EASTERN ZONES TO REMAIN DRY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 36-48 HOURS. RAIN CHANCES INCREASING THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY, MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...AS THE UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADES WEST ALLOWING FOR A MORE W-WNW FLOW. AT THE SAME TIME, RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH...BUT NOT COMPLETELY...ACROSS THE WEST WITH THE UPPER FLOW LEANING TOWARDS A DRIER SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. THE 12Z AVN CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT THE UPPER RIDGE GETS SQUASHED SOUTH AND WEST AS A STRONG UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NW. SOUTHWEST FLOW BECOMES MORE EVIDENT WITH A FEW SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUATION OF DAILY DIURNAL CROPS OF THUNDERSTORMS AT MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR THE CENTURY MARK ACROSS THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY WITH A GRADUAL COOL DOWN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE MOISTURE INCREASES. THE WEST COULD SEE TEMPS A FEW DEGREES HIGHER BY END OF THE WEEK AS THE MOISTURE DECREASES AND THE CENTER OF THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE STATE. ABQ BB 067/092 067/093 067 49222 SAF BB 05a8/087 057/089 058 49323 TCC AA 066/101 069/097 069 49000 .ABQ...NONE. GB
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 203 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A water and oil separator tank exploded, sending debris over a large area after being struck by lightning.
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