1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 30, 1:35 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 235 PM MDT MON AUG 30 2004 .DISCUSSION...PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE STATE AGAIN TODAY. AS THE UPR LVL HIGH SHIFTS A LITTLE FURTHER WEST EXPECTING WEAK S/WV ACTIVITY COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO CONTINUE AIDING AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CURRENTLY FIRING ALONG THE MOUNTAINS. AS THEY DEVELOP THEY WILL MOVE OFF INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS. UPR LVL HIGH TO REMAIN WEST OF THE STATE THROUGH MID WEEK WHICH WILL ALLOW SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL CONTINUE SIMILAR FORECAST THROUGH MID WEEK. BY THE WEEKEND...MODELS CONTINUE ADVERTISING BRINGING IN FAIRLY STRONG S/WV WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE LATE IN THE EXTENDED. GIVEN THE TIMING ISSUES AND MODELS TENDENCY TO FLIP FLOP. WILL LEAVE EXTENDED FORECAST AS IS FOR NOW WITH SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE SW CORNER OF THE STATE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 054/088 056/087 055 16000 GALLUP.................... 045/085 046/084 049 16101 GRANTS.................... 046/083 047/083 048 16211 GLENWOOD.................. 052/090 057/088 058 16221 CHAMA..................... 043/074 042/072 043 16211 LOS ALAMOS................ 050/075 049/074 048 16321 RED RIVER................. 041/071 038/068 039 16322 TAOS...................... 044/076 043/076 043 16321 SANTA FE.................. 049/076 050/075 048 16321 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 051/079 052/078 050 16321 ESPANOLA.................. 049/082 051/082 050 16321 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 060/084 060/082 062 16321 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 056/085 060/083 062 16321 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 057/082 057/080 059 16321 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 060/084 059/082 060 16321 SOCORRO................... 057/084 058/085 060 16321 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 050/076 051/074 052 16321 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 052/078 052/077 053 16332 CARRIZOZO................. 057/076 055/083 058 16331 RUIDOSO................... 051/070 050/077 055 16332 RATON..................... 047/078 047/080 047 16322 LAS VEGAS................. 047/073 045/074 050 16442 ROY....................... 051/078 050/079 051 16332 CLAYTON................... 058/081 057/083 056 16322 SANTA ROSA................ 056/082 054/083 056 16443 TUCUMCARI................. 060/083 059/083 059 16543 FORT SUMNER............... 058/082 057/084 058 16543 CLOVIS.................... 060/081 058/082 057 16543 PORTALES.................. 060/082 058/083 057 16543 ROSWELL................... 062/082 060/085 059 16443 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON AUG 30 2004 NMZ001>021-026-311200- 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- 600 AM MDT MON AUG 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY WIDE SPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY MICROBURST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN CONCERN IS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. .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. 23
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small landspout was photographed near Belen as small thunderstorms with other dry microbursts moved through the area during late afternoon. The landspout which resembled a strong dust devil more than a weak non-supercell tornado scattered loose objects and overturned one unoccuppied RV camper.
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