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 Sep 26, 9:45 AM MST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1045 AM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004 .UPDATE...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT UNDERWAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST...AND PATTERN LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR CONTINUED RAIN THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT. INCREASED POPS ACROSS OUR EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ZONES TO CATEGORICAL AND LOWERED MAX TEMPS ANOTHER COUPLE OF DEGREES THROUGHOUT THE EAST PLAINS. A BROAD AND IMPRESSIVE RAIN SHIELD OVER THE EC/SE PLAINS CONTINUES TO EXPAND WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF MDT/HVY RAIN ROTATING N-NWWD. NO LIGHTNING BEING DETECTED ANYWHERE IN THE ENTIRE REGION. AS A RESULT...HOURLY RAINFALL RATES REMAIN UNDER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. CERTAINLY POTENTIAL FOR SOME RUNOFF/PONDING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CHAVES...ROOSEVELT AND CURRY COUNTIES WHERE HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN PAST TWO DAYS. REALIGNED THE AXIS OF HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WHERE THERE WILL BE A SHARP EAST-WEST GRADIENT. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND WEST...HAVE LOWERED POPS ACROSS MOST OF THIS REGION WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE MOST AREAS. KEPT IN SCATTERED AREAS OF CONVECTION HIGHER TERRAIN SW AND NC. KJ && .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PARKED OVER NM THIS AM AND WILL ONLY DRIFT SLOWLY E THROUGH MON. MAIN LOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH OVER SW NM PER IR AND WV SATELLITE IMAGERY. DECENT BAND OF SHOWERS OVER SE AND EC NM DRIFTING N. ERN ZONES SHOULD BE MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TODAY...AT LEAST THIS AM...WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AND A LITTLE HEATING TO HELP GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE W THIS PM. A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN ACTIVITY FOR MON AS TROUGH SLIDES TO THE E. AGAIN THOUGH ERN ZONES FAVORED AREA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THERE...AND ISOLATED IN THE W. MODELS BRING A SURFACE FRONT S INTO THE ERN PLAINS MON AND MON NIGHT WITH E WINDS INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL MON NIGHT. THIS LIKELY TO ENHANCE PRECIP FOR TUE AND WILL ADJUST POPS UP AND TEMPS DOWN. THEN NEXT UPSTREAM TROUGH ENTERS CA TUE NIGHT AND WED. SW FLOW DEVELOPS OVER NM WITH GENERAL SLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. UNSETTLED PERIOD THUS POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. HAVE TRENDED SOME POPS UP AND TEMPS DOWN FOR THE WED THRU FRI PERIOD. LR GFS BRINGS ANOTHER FRONT S INTO THE STATE FRI AND FRI NIGHT WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY REPLENISH THE MOISTURE FOR NEXT WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY IN THE E. CHJ && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004 NMZ001>021-026-271200- 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- 556 AM MDT SUN SEP 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO CAN CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND RAPID FLOWS IN ARROYOS...AS WELL AS RUNNING WATER THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ON HIGHWAYS. .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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CHJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches swept across southern Roosevelt County filling ditches and causing water ponding in many roads and dangerous high water of 3-5 feet at arroyo crossings.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, September 2004
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