1 flash flood, 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 Aug 2, 1:10 PM MST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 210 PM MDT FRI AUG 2 2002 AUGUST BEGAN WET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE...THANKS TO THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH SHIFTING E AND ALLOWING A SURGE OF MOISTURE TO HEAD NWD FROM OLD MEXICO. AT THE SAME TIME A COLD FRONT MOVED S DOWN THE ERN PLAINS AND RUSHED OVER THE CNRTL MOUNTAIN CHAIN LAST NIGHT. PLENTY OF MOISTURE THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OVER THE STATE... ESPECIALLY THE S AND E. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT ALL ZONES...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINERS IN THE ERN HALF OF OUR AREA. HAVE DECIDED AGAINST A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS BELIEVE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ISOLATED. UPPER LEVEL HIGH TO REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY WELL INTO NEXT WEEK...BEFORE POSSIBLY BUILDING BACK WEST AGAIN. SRLY FLOW TO KEEP THE MOISTURE PUMPING NWD INTO THE STATE. THUS CHANCE POPS FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH NEXT WEEK...EXCEPT SLIGHT CHANCE EC AND SE ZONES. THIS COULD CHANGE IF WAVE OVER FLORIDA WERE TO REACH NM BY NEXT TUE OR WED. TO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODELS AS TO TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THIS WAVE TO START BEEFING UP POPS YET IN THE E. ABQ WB 065/084 066/083 066 40544 SAF TB 060/080 058/084 058 40644 TCC TB 066/086 068/090 066 40643 .ABQ...NONE. CHJ
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains during the late night flooded numerous lower wather crossings and washed out several culverts in northern Socorro County.
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