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 Jul 13, 9:30 AM MST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1030 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001 SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SKIES ARE CLEARING A LITTLE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL HELP DAYTIME HEATING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. WATER VAPOR AND IR IMAGERY SHOW A WEAK VORT MAX SWIRLING AROUND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO HELP SET OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY GENERATE ADDITIONAL EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS...EXPECT A NOCTURNAL MCC TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CURRENTLY STRETCHED FROM KLVS TO TCC AND KCVN. THE PRIMARY WEATHER WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD BE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH SOME LARGE HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE DURING THE FORMATION OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME WITH THE DIURNAL CYCLE DRIVING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY DIMINISHING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. .AzBQ...NONE.
NMZ001>021-026-132045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1000 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001 NORTH AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE GUST WINDS AND HAIL. BURNED AREA RAIN OUTLOOK...SMALL AMOUNTS OF RAIN CAN STILL PRODUCE MAJOR FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT SUFFERED LARGE WILDFIRES IN YEAR 2000 OR YEAR 2001. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT... IN LINCOLN COUNTY...LOW. IN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY...MODERATE. IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...MODERATE. WEATHER SYNOPSIS...SKEIS HAVE BEGUN TO CLEAR ACROSS MUCH OF NEW MEXICO. MOISTURE LEFTOVER FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE TODAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TO THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...MAY BE NEED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... UNION... HARDING... QUAY... CURRY... COLFAX... MORA... SAN MIGUEL... GUADALUPE... COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... NONE. COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... NONE. THIS OUTLOOK PRODUCT IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS OR LIFE THREATENING WEATHER. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE SPECIFIC STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS RELATED TO FLASH FLOODS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. FOR FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KMAF. FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KEPZ.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Raging water flows were reported in arroyos north of Folsom. A nearby cooperative observer reported 1.6 inch rain in about an hour. Satellite rain estimates over the rural country were as high as 4 inches in 2 hours.
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, July 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: 5258522.