1 flash flood, 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, 1:35 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 235 PM MDT MON JUL 12 2004 .DISCUSSION...A PRETTY GOOD AREA OF SUBSIDENCE IS HEADING INTO NEW MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF AN EASTERLY WAVE MOVING ACROSS TEXAS. THIS FEATURE IS INHIBITING GOOD VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. AS A RESULT OF THIS HAVE LOWER POPS JUST A BIT ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE DUE TO SUBSIDENT AREA PUSHING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS PROGD TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTH WITH TIME. AS A RESULT... BEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL PUSH WEST INTO WRN NM AND ERN AZ. ONCE THE HIGH SETS IN OVER THE STATE IT WILL BE HARD TO INITIATE GOOD DEEP CONVECTION. NEWEST MODELS DON/T BEGIN TO BREAK IT DOWN UNTIL LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD...BUT I AM SKEPTICAL EVEN THEN HOW MUCH PRECIP WE WILL SEE. HAVE REDUCE POPS IN THE EXTENDED FROM SCT TO ISOLD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 064/095 063/093 064 16212 GALLUP.................... 055/090 055/089 058 16212 GRANTS.................... 055/089 056/087 057 16222 GLENWOOD.................. 060/095 062/094 066 16223 CHAMA..................... 049/085 047/085 051 16323 LOS ALAMOS................ 056/086 055/089 057 16222 RED RIVER................. 045/080 043/079 049 16322 TAOS...................... 054/088 051/090 055 16322 SANTA FE.................. 057/089 057/090 059 16222 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 059/090 059/091 060 16222 ESPANOLA.................. 053/093 054/093 061 16222 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 068/093 067/094 069 16212 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 062/094 061/096 069 16212 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 066/091 065/091 068 16212 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 067/094 067/095 069 16212 SOCORRO................... 061/094 061/095 067 16212 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 059/087 058/088 060 16211 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 058/089 057/089 060 16221 CARRIZOZO................. 063/091 063/090 064 16221 RUIDOSO................... 056/084 060/083 059 16221 RATON..................... 055/091 053/092 055 16111 LAS VEGAS................. 053/085 054/087 057 16111 ROY....................... 059/090 058/091 061 16000 CLAYTON................... 063/092 064/094 065 16000 SANTA ROSA................ 063/093 062/094 065 16000 TUCUMCARI................. 066/096 067/098 069 16000 FORT SUMNER............... 065/094 064/096 067 16000 CLOVIS.................... 065/093 065/095 065 16000 PORTALES.................. 065/094 065/096 066 16000 ROSWELL................... 066/094 067/095 069 16000 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON JUL 12 2004 NMZ001>021-026-131200- 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 JUL 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WESTWARD. RAPID RISES OF WATER IN STREAMBEDS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS ARE POSSIBLE FROM BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINS. OTHERWISE...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. A WEAK FRONT FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE SATURDAY OR EARLY SUNDAY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN UPSWING IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN ACROSS THE PLAINS...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:06 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced widespread street flooding in Albuquerque with south valley areas reporting 8 inches of water in streets and several homes where ponding problems exist.
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