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 Aug 19, 1:50 PM MST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 250 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003 FAIRLY ACTIVE DAY WITH A SEVERE T STORM WATCH BOX FAR NE NM. LOOKS LIKE SWATH FROM SW/W CENTRAL TO NE PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA TO BE MOST ACTIVE DURING EVENING...SW AND POSSIBLY W CENTRAL SECTIONS DUE IN PART TO MOISTURE ENRICHMENT AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION THAT RESULTED FROM LAST NIGHTS LARGE MCS S AZ AND NW MEXICO...NE NM DUE LARGELY TO WEAK IMPULSE TRAVERSING THAT AREA EARLY EVENING. EXPECT WED TO BE A LITTLE QUIETER NE THAN TODAY THOUGH WEAK BOUNDARY MAY BE PRESENT NE TO HELP FOCUS A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS. TEMPS ALOFT MAY BE A LITTLE WARMER THOUGH AND MOISTURE LOOKS TO DECREASE THERE A LITTLE OVER TODAY...SO KEPT JUST 10 AND 20 POPS THERE. FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AHEAD DECREASED POPS SLIGHTLY MOST OF N CENTRAL AND NE DUE TO POSITION AND INTENSITY OF HIGH CENTER ALOFT WHICH EXPECTED TO TRANSLATE OVER CO OR FAR N NM. MAY WELL BE MORE THAN ONE CENTER DEVELOPING SO TOUGH TO DETERMINE STEERING FLOW FOR ANY STORMS... ESPECIALLY N SECTIONS. NO MAJOR CHANGES BEYOND THAT TIME FRAME THOUGH SOME MINOR TWEAKS HERE AND THERE. 43 .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... FARMINGTON................ 061/092 060/093 061 43121 GALLUP.................... 060/087 054/088 054 43222 GRANTS.................... 058/089 055/092 055 43222 GLENWOOD.................. 061/094 062/095 062 43322 CHAMA..................... 047/080 045/081 044 43332 LOS ALAMOS................ 058/092 053/091 052 43332 RED RIVER................. 047/078 040/076 039 43322 TAOS...................... 054/083 050/083 050 43322 SANTA FE.................. 055/089 052/087 051 43322 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 061/090 058/090 057 43322 ESPANOLA.................. 061/093 058/092 056 43322 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 068/093 066/094 067 43221 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 065/095 064/096 064 43221 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 060/091 058/092 058 43221 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 066/093 064/096 065 43221 SOCORRO................... 059/099 058/099 058 43221 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 057/087 056/087 056 43221 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 058/091 056/091 057 43321 CARRIZOZO................. 056/093 056/091 058 43221 RUIDOSO................... 051/084 050/083 054 43221 RATON..................... 057/088 052/088 051 43322 LAS VEGAS................. 056/086 052/085 052 43322 ROY....................... 062/083 059/082 059 43311 CLAYTON................... 059/093 063/093 061 43311 SANTA ROSA................ 064/094 062/092 062 43321 TUCUMCARI................. 069/095 065/093 065 43211 FORT SUMNER............... 066/096 065/095 065 43200 CLOVIS.................... 066/096 064/093 064 43100 PORTALES.................. 066/098 063/095 063 43100 ROSWELL................... 067/098 067/097 066 43100 .ABQ...NONE.
NMZ001>021-026-201200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
NMZ005>007-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 540 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 871 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO... COLFAX...HARDING...AND UNION. KJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff deputies closed the highway as water poured over the roadway in Puerto de Luna southwest of Santa Rosa. Radar estimates of rainfall in the area was near 3 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2003
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: 5337999.