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 Sep 11, 1:14 PM MST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 214 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2002 MOISTURE PLUME CONTINUES OVER NM WITH THE END IN SIGHT AS THE UPPER LVL LOW EJECTS TO THE NE THRU UT. DRY SLOT SEEN ON W/V STARTING TO ENCROACH INTO SW NM. SH/TS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE DRY SLOT ARE FIRING THIS AFTERNOON. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE GILA AND W CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS THE TS DEVELOP. SH/TS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF WTRN NM THE BUT WITH THE GROUND SATURATED INDIVIDUAL TS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. THE BEST DYNAMICS ARE OVER THE WEST FOR TONIGHT AND THEN THE NE EARLY MORNING. THE OVER ALL PATTERN SHOWS A SLOW DRYING TREND. THE DRYING WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS AS MOISTURE WILL LINGER. WTLRY FLOW ENTERS NM MON AND HELPS DRY THINGS OUT. TEMPS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL BY THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. THE EXTENDED SHOWS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FLOWING OVER NM BY MID WEEK.AS PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... ABQ EB 056/073 057/080 056 23532 SAF EB 050/073 052/079 049 23532 TCC EB 058/079 059/085 058 23433 .ABQ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NMZ 8-14.
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 200 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:33 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain over rural southwest sections of Catron County produced a 11 foot rise in water along the San Francisco River and water over State Road 159 at Glenwood.
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