1 hail, 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 Apr 3, 10:34 AM MST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1034 AM MST SAT APR 3 2004 .UPDATE...SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE MAX TEMPS. REFRESH POP WORDING FOR RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS SW/TS CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG A CONVERGENCE AREA ALONG THE RIVER. THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS WILL BE SOGGY. .PREV DISCUSSION...300 AM MST SAT APR 3 2004. DEEP MOIST S TO SE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUN NIGHT AS UPPER LOW WOBBLES OVER AZ AND KEEPS STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING FOR VERTICAL MOTION OVER NM. ISOLATED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET... WILL CONTINUE AREA WIDE. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA IN WAVES. THE FIRST WAVE IS ALREADY IMPACTING THE NORTH AND EAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARD THE NORTH TODAY. THE NEXT WAVE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE S TIER OF ZONES LATE THIS AFTN OR EARLY THIS EVE THEN SWEEP NWD TONIGHT. SUN...THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL FOCUS ON THE EASTERN HALF. LATEST PROGS SLOW THE UPPER LOW/S PROGRESSION...FINALLY DRAGGING IT ACROSS THE STATE LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ATTM...LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE DEEP MOISTURE AND HEAVY PRECIP W/ THIS SYSTEM WILL ADVECT TO THE EAST OF THE AREA BY SUN NIGHT...W/ SCT TO ISOLD ACTIVITY LINGERING IN NM THROUGH TUE. WILL CONTINUE W/ SNOW ADVISORY N MTNS ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGH TODAY...W/ E AND SE SLOPES OF SANGRES FAVORED. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY ABOVE 7500 FEET THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND...WITH 2 OR FEWER INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED PER 12 HOUR PERIOD. EAST WINDS STILL LIKELY SAT NIGHT IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...30-40 MPH W/ GUSTS AROUND 50 OR 55 MPH BREAK IN THE WX STILL LIKELY WED...BUT ANOTHER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA WED NIGHT AND MAY REACH THE SW BORDER BY THU NIGHT. A TROUGH ALOFT WILL ALSO SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE NW DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...SO LOOK FOR MORE UNSETTLED WX THEN. DLC && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 7500 FEET TODAY NMZ002-004-005. && 23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1110 AM MST SAT APR 3 2004 NMZ001>021-026-041300- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-WESTCENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1110 AM MST SAT APR 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS...ACROSS CHAVES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE ...AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7500 FEET IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE. SEE THE LATEST SNOW ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED LATE THIS MORNING FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EAST WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF CANYONS MAY BLOW FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 OR 55 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER DARK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGH TERRAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TRIGGERING THE WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MONDAY. REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CHAVES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail to one inch diameter reported as covering the ground at the old Oscura Army Air Field in southwest Lincoln County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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