New Mexico, 2001Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 2, 2001
July 2, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 2, 2:10 PM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:10 PM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
310 PM MDT MON JUL 2 2001
12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS THE 500MB HIGH CENTERED WEST OF THE
FOUR-CORNERS ALONG THE ARIZONA/UTAH BORDER. 500MB TEMP OVER ABQ AT
12Z WAS -7C...WITH -9C SHOWING UP AT GJT/DEN/AMA. THE FLOW AT 500MB
IS GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH/NORTHEAST...SO THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME
COLD AIR ADVECTION GOING ON AT THIS LEVEL. BOTH THE NGM AND MESOETA
12Z RUNS SHOW PRECIP ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...WITH THE NGM GOING BONKERS ON THE QPF.
STORMS CURRENTLY INTENSIFYING OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTCENTRAL
MOUNTAINS WILL BE MOVING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WITH TIME. THE LATEST VAD
WIND PROFILE FROM KABX SHOWS A SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...WHICH
STORMS MOVING OFF OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL EAT-UP THIS EVENING.
GIVEN 500MB COLD AIR ADVECTION...PLENTY OF SURFACE HEATING AND THESE
SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS...HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE THAT STORMS WILL BE
ABLE TO HOLD TOGETHER THIS EVENING AND BRING SOME RAIN TO PLACES LIKE
SANTA FE...ALBUQUERQUE AND TAOS.
FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS...THE UPPER HIGH WILL WOBBLE AROUND THE FOUR-
CORNERS...ALLOWING AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TO CONTINUE WITH
SCATTERED DAYTIME/EVENING CONVECTION IN THE WEST AND ISOLATED STUFF
IN THE EASTERN PLAINS.
NO MONSOON...YET. HOWEVER...BOTH THE ECMWF/MRF SHOW THE UPPER HIGH
MIGRATING EASTWARD ON THURSDAY AND INTO TX/OK BY FRIDAY...ALLOWING A
SOUTHERLY FETCH TO DEVELOP FROM THE SURFACE UP. THIS WOULD BE A
MONSOON PATTERN...ALLOWING MOISTURE TO STREAM POLEWARD FROM
MEXICO...WHICH WOULD FAVOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON/EARLY
NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS WITH PLENTY OF RAIN ACTUALLY GETTING INTO THE
BUCKET. CA
ABQ BB 066/093 066/095 067 50422
SAF BB 061/088 060/089 060 50423
TCC BB 066/093 067/095 067 50100
.ABQ...NONE.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rio Arriba
- When
- July 2, 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Rio Arriba County, Espanola
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.983, -106.083
Espanola police reported several utility poles downed during a strong thunderstorm.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 2, 2001$3.5 million · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 2001$320,000 · 4.25 in hail · 28 events
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 2 to 4, 2001$143,000 · 0.75 in hail · 15 events
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 2, 2001$70,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 2 to 3, 2001$50,000 · 2 events
- High Wind in Nevada, July 2, 2001$25,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Montana, July 2, 20011.75 in hail · 13 events
- Flood in North Carolina, July 2, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Hail in Montana, July 2, 20011.75 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Montana, July 2, 20011.25 in hail · 3 events
- Waterspouts in Mississippi, July 2, 20012 events
- High Wind in California, July 2, 20012 events
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: 5258518.