1 flash flood, 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 20, 1:38 PM MST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 238 PM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006 .DISCUSSION...RAIN...RAIN...AND MORE RAIN. ANOTHER ACTIVE...ALTHOUGH NOT AS ACTIVE...DAY ACROSS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. GOING INTO THE THE EVENING HOURS...EASTERN PLAINS WILL BE THE MOST ACTIVE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME VERY HEAVY...POSSIBLY FLOODING...RAINS. AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE WEEK...RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AS THE UPR LVL RDG GETS SHOVED WEST PUSHING THE BEST MOISTURE PLUME FURTHER WEST INTO ARIZONA. STILL CANNOT RULE OUT SOME VERY HEAVY RAINS THROUGH ABOUT MID WEEK AS PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND MORE OF A RECYCLING OF THE MOISTURE WILL OCCUR. BY LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...AREA MAY ONLY SEE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO CYCLE UNDER THE UPR LVL RDG WHICH WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE STATE. GOOD MAKE FOR A HOT AND MUGGY WEEKEND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE NEAR TERM OR EXTENDED FORECASTS AS THEY REPRESENT THE CURRENT MODEL TRENDS QUITE WELL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 59 88 61 90 / 10 20 20 30 GALLUP.......................... 54 83 55 83 / 20 20 30 40 GRANTS.......................... 52 79 55 80 / 20 20 30 40 GLENWOOD........................ 59 84 59 87 / 20 50 30 40 CHAMA........................... 45 76 47 78 / 40 20 30 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 50 76 52 80 / 40 40 30 50 RED RIVER....................... 42 68 44 71 / 30 30 30 40 TAOS............................ 49 79 50 82 / 30 30 30 40 SANTA FE........................ 52 78 54 80 / 40 40 30 50 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 55 79 56 82 / 40 40 30 50 ESPANOLA........................ 53 83 57 86 / 30 30 30 50 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 62 82 63 85 / 30 40 30 50 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 61 84 61 86 / 30 40 30 50 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 58 83 59 86 / 30 30 30 50 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 60 84 61 88 / 30 40 30 50 SOCORRO......................... 61 84 60 83 / 30 40 30 40 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 47 76 53 79 / 40 40 30 50 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 54 79 54 81 / 40 50 40 50 CARRIZOZO....................... 57 80 57 81 / 30 50 30 40 RUIDOSO......................... 52 73 52 74 / 40 50 30 40 RATON........................... 53 80 52 84 / 30 30 20 30 LAS VEGAS....................... 52 75 53 80 / 50 40 40 50 ROY............................. 57 78 61 81 / 40 40 30 40 CLAYTON......................... 59 81 61 84 / 50 40 30 30 SANTA ROSA...................... 60 84 60 87 / 30 30 30 40 TUCUMCARI....................... 63 86 64 88 / 40 40 30 40 FORT SUMNER..................... 64 85 63 87 / 40 30 30 40 CLOVIS.......................... 64 85 65 88 / 50 40 30 40 PORTALES........................ 63 87 64 88 / 40 40 30 40 ROSWELL......................... 66 88 67 89 / 30 30 30 40 && .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. && 16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 550 AM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006 NMZ001>021-026-211200- 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- 550 AM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH MID WEEK. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION AS SOILS WILL BE SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS. 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 417 PM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006 NMZ020-021-202300- CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- 417 PM MDT SUN AUG 20 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHERN CURRY COUNTY... AT 413 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR PORTALES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY AND RURAL NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. 40
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain of two inches in less than an hour flooded homes in Portales and closed county roads south to Dora.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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