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 15, 1:25 PM MST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 225 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 .DISCUSSION...UPPER HIGH OVER COLORADO/UTAH BORDER THIS MORNING. UPSTREAM FLOW IS SPLITTING AROUND THIS WITH BULK OF ENERGY TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT HIGH TO THE NORTH WHILE THE REST UNDERCUTS HIGH AND TRAVERSES SOUTHERN NM. THEREFORE LOOKS LIKE BEST SHOT FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINS OVERNIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STORMS SNEAKING UP THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY LATE. THESE RAINS WILL BE FUELED BY PWS OVER 1 INCH. RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND STORMS ALREADY MOVING NWWD UP THE VALLEY AND ALSO THE SE PLAINS. INITIALLY...STORMS OVER THE NRN MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING COULD ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE HAIL DUE TO STEEP LAPSE RATES/COLD POOL ALOFT. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE WIDESPREAD MIGRATION FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN ONTO THE NE/EC PLAINS LIKE LAST NIGHT AS SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MAY BE SHUT OUT FROM THAT AREA BY UPPER HIGH. THIS PATTERN IS HELD ONTO BY THE ETA INTO TUESDAY WHILE THE GFS... WHICH HAS BEEN MORE ADAMANT WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE TROUGH PUSHING THE HIGH EASTWARD MONDAY NIGHT...IS NOW TRENDING TOWARD THE ETA SOLUTION. THEREFORE WILL RAISE POPS IN THE SOUTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND DECREASE THEM IN THE NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST. CORRESPONDINGLY WILL LOWER TEMPS SE AND RAISE NORTH...KD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 060/086 061/085 061 19223 GALLUP.................... 053/079 054/082 054 19443 GRANTS.................... 052/080 053/081 054 19333 GLENWOOD.................. 062/080 063/085 063 19544 CHAMA..................... 043/076 045/076 046 19333 LOS ALAMOS................ 052/078 054/080 054 19323 RED RIVER................. 035/069 039/071 043 19332 TAOS...................... 045/080 046/082 048 19332 SANTA FE.................. 049/077 051/080 053 19322 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 051/080 053/082 054 19322 ESPANOLA.................. 054/084 056/086 056 19322 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 062/084 064/086 065 19322 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 062/085 064/087 065 19322 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 060/082 061/085 062 19322 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 061/085 063/086 063 19322 SOCORRO................... 059/085 061/086 061 19322 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 053/077 055/080 055 19332 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 048/079 051/083 054 19432 CARRIZOZO................. 057/077 058/080 059 19432 RUIDOSO................... 053/069 054/074 056 19532 RATON..................... 047/081 049/083 050 19322 LAS VEGAS................. 047/077 049/081 051 19422 ROY....................... 053/080 055/083 056 19212 CLAYTON................... 056/083 058/086 059 19212 SANTA ROSA................ 057/083 057/088 058 19212 TUCUMCARI................. 060/084 061/089 063 19212 FORT SUMNER............... 059/081 060/088 061 19322 CLOVIS.................... 059/081 060/087 061 19222 PORTALES.................. 059/080 061/086 062 19222 ROSWELL................... 062/083 064/088 065 19333 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 NMZ001>021-161200- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-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- 600 AM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT LONG LIVED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY...SO ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY...SO ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES...AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 16
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several vehicles were damaged and a number of rooms at a guest lodge were flooded by mud and debris when a small flash flood formed along Bishop's Lodge Road in eastern Santa Fe.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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