1 heavy rain, 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 19, 10:05 AM MST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1105 AM MDT FRI JUL 19 2002 MOISTURE PLUME EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM MEXICO INTO FAR ERN AZ AND ACROSS SRN NM SHOULD OOZE FURTHER NORTH DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WRN 2/3 OF CWA AND LOWERED MAX TEMPS SAME REGIONS FOR SATURDAY. COULD SEE SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAINERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT WRN 2/3...WITH ACTIVITY DIMINISHING BUT LINGERING OVERNIGHT. NOW YOU CAN SAY MONSOON...AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND MAYBE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE A 4 CORNERS HIGH DEVELOPS TO INHIBIT THE MOISTURE STREAM. EAP .ABQ...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain of near 1 inch an hour moved over Albuqueruque causing a quick surge into city drainage and arroyo channels. Two men were caught in an arroyo by the fast moving flow but were rescued before injury by city fire fighters who had been put on Swift Water Rescue Alert.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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