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 Jul 22, 10:15 AM MST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1115 AM MDT MON JUL 22 2002 LOWERED AFTN TEMPS ACROSS THE N FOR TDA. REMOVED HEAVY RAIN WORDING FM FCSTS FOR NE AS AIRMASS RAIN COOLED AND NOT AS UNSTABLE SPCLY WITH TODAYS FCST MAX TEMPS ONLY IN THE 70S. INCREASED POPS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FROM GUP TO FMN. CURRENT MOIST E TO W FLOW TO PERSIST INTO TUE. .ABQ...NONE. EAP
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One to two inches of rain from a slow moving thunderstorm caused wide spread street flooding in Gallup. Debris clogged city drainage which aggravated flooding in the older down town section. Water reached 18 to 24 inches deep in several business and two homes.
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