1 tornado, 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 17, 10:00 AM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1100 AM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 .UPDATE...SHORT-WAVE TROUGH THAT TRACKED SW TO NE ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY/OVERNIGHT WAS BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER JUST BEFORE MIDDAY. IN WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...700 MB TEMPS HAVE WARMED SLIGHTLY BUT STILL PLENTY COOL AT 500 MB WITH RESIDULA THERMAL TROUGH ALOFT. SO LAPSE RATES MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. BEST MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL BE FOUND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND IN PARTICULAR THE LATEST ETA 12 SUGGEST AXIS OF GREATEST INSTABILITY WILL EXTEND FROM THE EC PLAINS BETWEEN KTCC AND KCVN SEWD INTO EASTERN CHAVES COUNTY. APPEARS BEST LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES WILL ALSO BE IN THIS REGION...AS LOW LEVEL WINDS REMAIN A BIT MORE BACKED TO THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST. ACROSS THE WEST...MUCH LESS ACTIVE THAN SATURDAY BUT ALREADY SEEING TOWERING CUMULUS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED TSTM ACTIVITY. KJ && .DISCUSSION...ONE MORE ACTIVE DAY IN STORE THEN TRANQUIL WX SHOULD ENSUE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO PASS TO THE NORTH OF NEW MEXICO MIGHT BRING ABOUT A FEW SHOWERS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...WARM AND DRY BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS THIS MORNING. THIS TROUGH SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE TODAY KEEPING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HIGH FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EAST. UPPER WESTERLY JET AND LOW LEVEL SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE EAST WILL INCREASE THE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY IF ENOUGH SURFACE HEATING TAKES PLACE. CLOUDS FROM ON GOING/DISSIPATING CONVECTION MIGHT BE SLOW TO DECREASE LIMITING THE INSOLATION. TIME WILL TELL BUT DID MENTION THE SEVERE THREAT IN THE GRIDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RIO GRANDE VALLEY A TOUGH CALL ON POPS. DRIER WESTERLY WINDS SHOULD PUSH TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY BUT MODELS INDICATE AN AFTERNOON NORTHWEST SURGE OF PRECIPITABLE WATER. RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MIGHT BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS...BUT LEANED TOWARDS SLIGHT CHANCES THINKING THE DRIER AIRMASS MIGHT WIN OUT AND THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS WORKED OVER YESTERDAY. ALL AREAS RAINFREE MONDAY AS WESTERLY WINDS PUSH THE MOISTURE EAST. LARGE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE EXPECTED. UNCERTAINTY SETS IN FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MODELS DIFFER ON COLD FRONT PASSAGE AND POPS. LEFT GRIDS/WX FORECAST UNCHANGED UNTIL MODELS GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. LOOKS LIKE WED MIGHT BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY MAINLY NORTH AND EAST...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER DRY PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE MED RANGE MODELS THEN WRAP UP A LOW TO OUR SOUTHWEST POSSIBLY USHERING IN ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY NEXT SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 76 41 78 39 / 0 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 74 34 75 31 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 73 37 75 32 / 10 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 82 38 82 37 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 65 29 68 27 / 10 10 0 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 67 39 72 35 / 10 10 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 59 28 62 25 / 20 20 0 0 TAOS............................ 66 35 71 30 / 20 10 0 0 SANTA FE........................ 67 38 73 36 / 20 10 0 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 70 40 75 37 / 20 10 0 0 ESPANOLA........................ 73 39 78 35 / 10 10 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 74 48 77 47 / 20 10 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 76 45 79 42 / 20 10 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 72 47 75 43 / 20 10 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 75 48 78 45 / 20 10 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 80 46 83 43 / 10 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 70 40 70 37 / 30 10 0 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 71 33 74 34 / 30 20 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 78 49 80 43 / 10 10 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 69 44 72 40 / 30 30 0 0 RATON........................... 70 38 75 35 / 30 30 0 0 LAS VEGAS....................... 66 38 73 37 / 30 20 0 0 ROY............................. 69 41 73 38 / 50 30 0 0 CLAYTON......................... 73 48 76 46 / 50 30 0 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 77 45 80 42 / 50 30 0 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 76 51 81 48 / 50 50 0 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 77 49 81 46 / 50 30 0 0 CLOVIS.......................... 74 50 78 47 / 50 50 0 0 PORTALES........................ 75 50 80 47 / 50 50 0 0 ROSWELL......................... 77 52 83 50 / 40 30 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 49
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 NMZ001>021-026-181200- 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- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 558 AM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...INCREASED SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITH A FEW PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .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 MAY BE REQUIRED FROM 1 PM THROUGH 9 PM. 49
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1009 AM MDT SUN APR 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 PM TORNADO 6 SE ALBUQUERQUE 35.06N 106.55W
04/16/2005 F0 BERNALILLO NM PUBLIC
FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN OVER OPEN SPACE
APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ALBUQUERQUE
SUNPORT. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
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KJSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 224 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 NMZ004>007-011>013-172115- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 224 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 158 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY QUAY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES HARDING SAN MIGUEL UNION INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AMISTAD...CLAYTON...DES MOINES...LAS VEGAS... MOSQUERO...NARA VISA AND TUCUMCARI. 16
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:35 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong storm produced a brief landspout over open desert.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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