New Mexico, 2001

Heavy Rain in New Mexico, July 30, 2001

July 30, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 30, 2:00 PM MST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:00 PM MST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2001

WITH OVER AN INCH OF PRECIPITABLE WATER...I AM PLANNING TO GO WITH
30 TO 50 PCT POPS ACROSS THE WEST TONIGHT. THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
AT THE LAST MINUTE THOUGH AS THERE IS LESS LIGHTNING ACROSS THE WEST
THAN I HAD EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TEMPS OF 78 AT GUP AND GNT EXPLAIN
THE LACK OF CONVECTION.

THE OVERALL PATTERN HAS THE UPPER HIGH SHIFTING EAST AS AN UPPER
TROUGH GOES BY TO THE NORTH. THEN THE UPPER HIGH BEGINS TO EXPAND
BACK TO THE WEST TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE TROF TO THE NORTH PASSES
BY...A SFC FRONT DROPS INTO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY. AM GOING WITH
CHC POPS FOR EAST ON WEDNESDAY.

AS THE TROUGH PASSES BY TO THE NORTH TOMMORROW...I EXPECT SOME
DRYING ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES. THUS WILL GENERALLY HAVE 10 TO 20
POPS ACROSS THE NORTH FOR TUESDAY AND CONTINUED 30 TO 40 POPS IN THE
SOUTHERN ZONES. LONG WAVE PATTERN CONTINUES TO APPEAR STABLE. WE ARE
JUST CYCLING THROUGH A PATTERN OF TROFS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE PAC
NW AND LIFTING OUT WITH THE UPPER HIGH SLOSHING BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES. CLIMO FOR EXTENDED. JWS

ABQ BB 068/0u91 066/092 068 46432
SAF BB 058/087 058/089 058 46442
TCC BB 068/097 069/097 069 46533

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Curry

When
July 30, 2:50 PM MST
Where
Curry County, Clovis
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.574, -103.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain of 1.5 to 3 inches moved across northern Clovis and east central Curry Country. Street flooding was reported in Clovis with several cars stranded in low intersections.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5258520.