1 thunderstorm wind, 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 11, 2:29 PM MST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 329 PM MDT THU JUL 11 2002 NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE PREVIOUS FORECAST...EXPECTED ANOTHER ROUND F THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CWA AGAIN THIS EVENING...AFTER SUNSET SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE A DECREASE IN THE ACTIVITY. AS UPR LVL RDG BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE A DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STILL CANNOT RULE OUT AN OCCASIONAL SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO HANG AROUND...SO AFTERNOON HEATING MAY KICK OFF SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY...HOWEVER MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED BY SUBSIDENCE UNDER THE H5 RDG. FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL NOT MAKE MAJOR CHANGES. AVN ADVERTISING AN UPR LVL LOW MEANDERING AROUND THE STATE...HOWEVER IT DOES NOT SHOW ANY PROGRESSIVE SIGNS. THIS LEADS ME TO CONCLUDE THAT MODELS MAY NOT BE HANDLING THE SITUATION WELL AT ALL...SO AT THIS TIME WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED...AS I HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT SUCH A CHANGE THEREFORE I WILL NOT WAFFLE. ABQ BB 066/093 066/094 067 16412 SAF BB 058/088 058/089 059 16433 TCC BB 065/089 065/089 066 16321= .ABQ...NONE. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Marble sized hail covered Interstate 25 up to eight inches deep at mile marker 350-352 north of Las Vegas.
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