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 4, 6:00 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 700 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002 UPDATED ZONES TO LOWER POPS AND ADJUST SKY COVER ALONG THE MID AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND REMAINDER OF THE WEST AND TO INCREASE POPS INTO 60/70 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN/GUSTY WINDS MAIN CONCERN ACROSS THE EAST (MAINLY EC) ALTHOUGH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH MOST INTENSE CORES. MOST RECENT LAMP GUIDANCE FOR KABQ SUGGESTS AN EAST CANYON WIND STILL POSSIBLE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND SEEMS PLAUSIBLE GIVEN DEEPENING COOL POOL ACROSS THE EC PLAINS. KJ PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... NOT MUCH THUNDER LEFT IN THE WEST RIGHT NOW AS LINE OF STORMS COOLED OFF LOWER LEVELS AND STABILIZED THINGS. MORE STORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN THE WEST DUE TO SHORTWAVE/CIRCULATION OVHD. RAIN SKIPPED OVER MOST OF ABQ. THUNDERSTORMS DIED OFF AS THEY COMING DOWNHILL INTO ABQ THEN REGENERATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SANDIA/MANZANOS. ALL OF EASTERN PLAINS SUBJECT TO TSTM ACTIVITY TONIGHT. AVN AND ETA ALREADY FICTION AS THEY TO HAVE UPPER LOW TOO FAR SW AT 00Z. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT UPPER LOW(S) WILL WANDER AROUND CWA THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND HEATING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCT TSTM ACTIVITY AROUND CWA. STARTING OVER MTNS LATE MORNING...WORKING INTO VALLEYS AND PLAINS MID AFTN AND EVENING. TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO WANE SUNDAY AS A HUGE RIDGE IS PROGGED TO BE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH. DEEP EASTERLY FLOW TO PUSH COPIUS LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE INTO NEW MEXICO FOR SUNDAY. BOTH AVN AND MY EXPERIENCE FROM LAST SUMMER SUGGEST IT WILL BE TOO WARM ALOFT FOR MUCH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. UPPER HIGH BEGINS TO WOBBLE AROUND AFTER SUNDAY. MY BEST GUESS IS THAT IT WILL STILL BE TOO WARM FOR MUCH ACTIVITY...HOWEVER GIVEN THE LACK OF STABILITY IN THE PATTERN IM NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED FORECAST. JWS ABQ BB 063/088 064/088 068 46433 SAF TB 059/085 059/085 068 46454 TCC BB 061/084 063/081 066 46525 .ABQ...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain of 2 inches in less than an hour caused wide spread street flooding and stranded motorist in low water crossings across Clovis.
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
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