1 debris flow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 20, 1:50 AM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 250 AM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006 .DISCUSSION... ...AND THE RAINS CONTINUE. THIS IS THE SECOND WETTEST JUNE 1-AUGUST 18 PERIOD ON RECORD SINCE 1931 AT THE ABQ SUNPORT WITH 6.99 INCHES OF RAIN. THE WETTEST JUNE 1-AUGUST 18 PERIOD WAS 7.44 INCHES IN 1933. 08Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A 1012MB LOW PRES OVER EXTREME SE NM WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING NORTH ALONG TX/NM BORDER. A 1021MB HIGH PRES OVER NW IOWA EXTENDS SW THROUGH NB...KS...INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLES...AND WEST INTO NORTHERN NM. NH WATER VAPOR LOOP ONCE AGAIN SHOWS MOISTURE PLUME OVER NM WEDGED BTWN TROUGH ALONG N CAL COAST AND UPPER HIGH OVER TX. AN ELONGATED UPPER WAVE OVER SE NM HAS AIDED CONVECTION FIRING ALL NIGHT IN THAT AREA. LATEST 400-200MB ACARS WIND PLOT CONTINUES TO SHOW 40-60KT JET OVER AZ ALONG WESTERN EDGE OF MOISTURE PLUME AS WELL AS THE WAVE OVER SE NM. A CHALLENGING FORECAST IS IN STORE AS UPPER LEVEL PATTERN BEGINS TO CHANGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. 00Z GFS/NAM MODELS DIFFER WITH EVOLN OF ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL WAVE OVER SE NM THIS MORNING. 00Z NAM SHOWS WAVE A LITTLE TOO FAR WEST INTO S CENTRAL NM HOWEVER OVERALL PATTERN LOOKS GOOD. 300MB WINDS COMPARE FAVORABLY WITH 400-200MB ACARS DATA. 00Z GFS SHOWS ONE WAVE OVER N CENTRAL NM EARLY THIS MORNING SHEARING NE INTO SE CO BY SUN AFT BUT NO SIGN OF SHORTWAVE OVER SE NM. NOT AS IMPRESSED WITH UPPER LEVEL WIND PATTERN IN 00Z GFS WHICH IS A CHANGE FROM PAST SEVERAL DAYS. NONETHELESS... BOTH MODELS SQUEEZE OUT BULK OF PRCPN OVER CENTRAL AND E NM THRU 12Z MON. WILL RAISE POPS IN THE EAST WITH EXPECTATION THAT BEST ENERGY WILL REMAIN FROM CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EAST AND CONTINUE FFA FOR ENTIRE CWA EXCEPT SAN JUAN COUNTY. MODELS SOLNS DIVERGE CONSIDERABLY WITH RESPECT TO 500MB PATTERN EARLY IN THE WEEK. 00Z GFS RETROGRADES MID LEVEL HIGH AN ELONGATES OVER THE US/MEX BORDER WITH BULK OF MOISTURE PLUME ALIGNING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. 00Z NAM SPLITS THE MID LEVEL HIGH ALLOWING MOISTURE PLUME TO SHEAR APART AND WEAKEN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. EITHER WAY IT LOOKS LIKE CHANGES TO THE VERY WET PATTERN ARE IN STORE FOR NEXT WEEK WITH MOISTURE RECYCLING PROCESSES TAKING OVER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 87 59 88 61 / 20 10 20 20 GALLUP.......................... 82 54 83 55 / 30 20 20 30 GRANTS.......................... 77 52 79 55 / 40 20 20 30 GLENWOOD........................ 87 59 84 59 / 40 20 50 30 CHAMA........................... 72 45 76 47 / 40 40 20 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 72 50 76 52 / 50 40 40 30 RED RIVER....................... 64 42 68 44 / 50 30 30 30 TAOS............................ 74 49 79 50 / 50 30 30 30 SANTA FE........................ 74 52 78 54 / 50 40 40 30 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 75 55 79 56 / 50 40 40 30 ESPANOLA........................ 80 53 83 57 / 40 30 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 79 62 82 63 / 50 30 40 30 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 80 61 84 61 / 40 30 40 30 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 80 58 83 59 / 50 30 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 81 60 84 61 / 50 30 40 30 SOCORRO......................... 80 61 84 60 / 40 30 40 30 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 71 47 76 53 / 50 40 40 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 75 54 79 54 / 50 40 50 40 CARRIZOZO....................... 79 57 80 57 / 30 30 50 30 RUIDOSO......................... 71 52 73 52 / 40 40 50 30 RATON........................... 74 53 80 52 / 50 30 30 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 72 52 75 53 / 50 50 40 40 ROY............................. 74 57 78 61 / 50 40 40 30 CLAYTON......................... 77 59 81 61 / 60 50 40 30 SANTA ROSA...................... 79 60 84 60 / 40 30 30 30 TUCUMCARI....................... 82 63 86 64 / 50 40 40 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 83 64 85 63 / 50 40 30 30 CLOVIS.......................... 83 64 85 65 / 50 50 40 30 PORTALES........................ 84 63 87 64 / 50 40 40 30 ROSWELL......................... 87 66 88 67 / 30 30 30 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NMZ002-NMZ003-NMZ004- NMZ005-NMZ006-NMZ007-NMZ008-NMZ009-NMZ010-NMZ011-NMZ012-NMZ013- NMZ014-NMZ015-NMZ016-NMZ017-NMZ018-NMZ019-NMZ020-NMZ021-NMZ026. && GUYER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 549 AM MDT SAT AUG 19 2006 NMZ001>021-026-201200- 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- 549 AM MDT SAT AUG 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS HAS BEEN EXPANDED WESTWARD AND EXTENDED IN TIME THROUGH LATE TONIGHT TO INCLUDE THE MIDDLE AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS MOISTURE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO PUSHES WEST THROUGH THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY INCREASE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS... RISING WATER LEVELS AND/OR FLOODING THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. GUYER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1005 PM MDT SAT AUG 19 2006 NMZ016-017-201600- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 1005 PM MDT SAT AUG 19 2006 ...SMALL WATER RELEASES PERSIST FROM MESCALERO DAM THIS EVENING... MESCALERO DAM OFFICIALS REPORT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WITHIN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAD NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WATER LEVELS ON MESCALERO LAKE. SOME VALUE AND SPILLWAY RELEASES OF 30 TO 35 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND CONTINUE THIS EVENING... HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE... FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE UPPER CARRIZO CREEK. HOWEVER...PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT AS FLOODING CONCERNS WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. IF HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...RUNOFF WILL INCREASE INTO MESCALERO LAKE AND INCREASE FLOWS INTO CARRIZO CREEK. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. DPORTER
1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
After several weeks of daily rains, a rocky hill side collapsed onto Hyde Park Road leading to the Santa Fe Ski Basin.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5529960.