1 thunderstorm wind, 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 12, 1:50 PM MST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 250 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2003 RECENT DIURNAL CONVECTIVE PATTERN TO PERSIST UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WHEN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN TO SEE MORE ACTIVITY. THE 500 MB HIGH CENTERED OVER AZ WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM THE GILA MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH TUE. THE BDCF ORIGINALLY EXPECTED IN THE NE TODAY ONLY MADE IT TO KCAO THEN RETREATED. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL PROBABLY BACK INTO THE NE SUN MORNING THEN RETREAT SUN NIGHT. THUS...WE NO LONGER EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT E WIND LATE TONIGHT IN THE RGV...HOWEVER AN EARLY EVENING BOUT OF CONVECTIVELY INDUCED EASTERLY GUSTS STILL SEEMS PROBABLE. I RAISED A FEW TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHEAST ON SUN...SINCE WE NO LONGER EXPECT THE FRONT TO HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT. STARTING WED...GFS AND ECMWF SHIFT THE CENTER OF THE 500 MB HIGH TO SOUTHERN CO. AS A RESULT...THE STEERING FLOW WILL INCREASE THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE RGV AND NORTHWEST CORNER AND DECREASE THE ACTIVITY OVER THE NORHTHEAST. HOWEVER...ANOTHER BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NORTHEAST LATE WED AND MAY LINGER NEAR OUR NORTHEASTERN BORDER UNTIL THU. I LEFT THE SCHC FOR TSTMS IN THE NE WX GRIDS UNTIL FRI WHEN THIS POTENTIAL TRIGGER WILL RETREAT. DLC PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... FARMINGTON................ 060/100 060/099 060 44000 GALLUP.................... 052/097 051/096 053 44000 GRANTS.................... 058/095 057/095 058 44010 GLENWOOD.................. 058/102 058/102 058 44111 CHAMA..................... 046/088 047/088 044 44010 LOS ALAMOS................ 060/089 060/089 058 44010 RED RIVER................. 043/082 047/082 046 44111 TAOS...................... 054/091 055/091 053 44010 SANTA FE.................. 058/091 058/091 056 44111 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 060/094 060/094 058 44010 ESPANOLA.................. 058/095 059/095 057 44010 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 070/099 070/099 070 44010 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 065/102 068/102 065 44010 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 065/097 065/097 064 44111 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 070/100 070/100 070 44010 SOCORRO................... 063/104 063/103 064 44010 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 058/089 058/089 058 44111 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 055/093 055/093 055 44111 CARRIZOZO................. 060/102 060/101 061 44111 RUIDOSO................... 053/090 053/088 054 44121 RATON..................... 055/092 056/092 054 44121 LAS VEGAS................. 055/091 056/091 054 44222 ROY....................... 064/096 065/096 064 44222 CLAYTON................... 063/097 063/095 064 44121 SANTA ROSA................ 065/099 066/098 065 44313 TUCUMCARI................. 066/100 067/100 067 44313 FORT SUMNER............... 066/098 067/098 067 44303 CLOVIS.................... 067/097 068/097 068 44303 PORTALES.................. 067/098 068/098 068 44303 ROSWELL................... 071/102 071/100 071 44202 .ABQ...NONE.
NMZ001>021-026-131200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HAIL...AND STRONG MICROBURST WINDS WILL BE COMMON WITH STORMS IN THE NORTHEAST TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY EVEN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GUSTY MICROBURST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH COULD OCCUR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EVERY DAY IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 182 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A dry microburst on the west side of Gallup caused power outages and roof damage to several homes or small businesses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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