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 26, 1:56 PM MST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 256 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2001 TODAYS BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS A LITTLE SLOWER IN GETTING GOING THANKS TO THE ENERGY DIVERTED TO EVAPORATING THE MOISTURE LEFT BY LAST NIGHTS RAINS. HOWEVER...THE AFTERNOON DISTRIBUTION OF STORMS ABOUT THE SAME AS RECENT DAYS...WITH SURFACE THETA-E VALUES 4 TO 8 DEGREES HIGHER (RANGING FROM 343K TO 353K AT 20Z). ADDED LIFT FROM SEVERAL MESO ALPHA FEATURES SHOULD KEEP THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY GOING WELL INTO THE NIGHT OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ZONES. IF MESO ETA OUTPUT CLOSE TO RIGHT...MID LEVEL VORT LOBE ASSOCIATED WITH AN EJECTING LOW TO OUR NORTHWEST SHOULD SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ZONES DURING THE NIGHT WHILE A COUPLE OF VORT CENTERS MOVE INTO THE EASTERN ZONES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MOST OF FRIDAYS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ZONES AS DRIER AIR FORECAST TO SPREAD OVER THE NORTHWEST. ADDITIONAL DRYING SHOULD TRANSLATE TO FEWER THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. THE PERIOD FROM SUNDAY TROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD SEE A DAY TO DAY INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON TRENDS TOWARD A STRONGER SIGNAL IN THE MRF OUTPUT. WILL GO CLIMO FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ABQ BB 065/089 066/091 066 38423 SAF BB 056/086 056/088 056 38423 TCC BB 067/095 067/093 067 38314 .ABQ...NONE.
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 40 year old male operator at the city waste treatment plant was injured by a lightning strike. A report of a lightning fatality in Rio Rancho during the same storm was later determined to be a death from self-inflicted wounds.
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
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