1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 29, 2:10 PM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TO ADD CCF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 310 PM MDT MON JUL 29 2002 LAST NIGHTS AND THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION IN TEXAS HAS GENERATED A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH HAS BOLTED WEST INTO CENTRAL NM THIS AFTERNOON. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND MORNING ANALYSIS SHOWED A CIRCULATION FEATURE IN SONORA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AS IT HAS APPROACHED CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A SECONDARY BOUNDARY APPEARS TO BE FIRING JUST EAST OF THERE. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. ANY THAT GET GOING FARTHER SOUTHWEST MAY CONTINUE A BIT LATER INTO THE NIGHT WITH SUPPORT FROM UPPER CIRCULATION. IN ANY EVENT...CANYON WINDS LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET BY EARLY EVENING AS STORMS DROP OVER WEST SIDE OF SANDIA MANZANOS AND WILL KEEP UP MENTION IN TEXT. WHERE SOUTHERN EDGE OF BOUNDARY HANGS UP WILL DETERMINE TUESDAYS BEST CHANCES. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT DEVELOPMENT NEAR BOUNDARY OVER SE AND TO A LESSER EXTENT...NEAR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. UPPER HIGH SHIFTS EAST ALLOWING MOISTURE TO STREAM UP FROM THE SOUTH THURDSAY AND FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE TSTM CHANCES TO MOST AREAS BEFORE HIGH BUILDS BACK OVER AREA DECREASING CHANCES FOR CONVECTION A BIT OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES AFFECTED MOST IN THE SOUTHEAST NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO CONVECTIVE TRENDS. NORTHEAST SHOULD FULLY RECOVER BY WED AFTER SLIGHTLY COOLER READINGS TUESDAY. ELSEWHERE...PERSISTENCE WILL REIGN IN THE SHORT TERM. INFLUX OF MOISTURE THU/FRI COULD SQUEEZE DIURNAL RANGE BEFORE BROADENING AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. ABQ BB 067/092 066/094 066 19102 SAF BB 058/088 058/089 056 19132 TCC BB 066/090 066/094 066 19323 .ABQ...NONE. KD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
452 PM MDT MON JUL 29 2002
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0438 PM DILIA NM .75 INCH HAIL
07/29/02 GUADALUPE
CAThe Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:37 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy debris runoff and flash flooding from recent burnt areas were reported from both Ponil and North Ponil Canyons on the Philmont Scout Ranch. An archaelogical team had advanced warning and moved to safe terrain ahead of the dangerous flows.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2002
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5307770.