1 lightning, 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 18, 1:59 PM MST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 259 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006 .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM UP ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. IT APPEARS THAT NORTHEAST AREAS AND ULTIMATELY EASTERN AREAS WILL SEE THE LOWEST COVERAGE. WENT AHEAD AND MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE WEATHER/POP FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. MANY PARAMETERS COMING INTO PLAY. SLIGHT MID LEVEL DEFORMATION REMAINS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS. SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH AND COMBINE THAT WITH PW/S ANTICIPATED TO BE AROUND AN INCH OVER ALBUQUERQUE AND PERHAPS SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACROSS THE WEST...HAVE TO THINK THAT PARCELS WILL BE MARGINALLY BUOYANT OVERNIGHT. THROW IN... WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WAVE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER HIGH OUT OF COLORADO OVER NEW MEXICO AND YOU HAVE LONG LIVED OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. GFS VERY...VERY BULLISH ON THIS SCENARIO WITH WARF MODEL MUCH LESS BULLISH. WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE A BIT HIGHER PW/S BUT DUE TO WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WITH VERY LITTLE FLOW CHANGE CANT TOTALLY RULE OUT THE GFS SOLUTION. BOTH MET AND MAV GUIDANCES ALSO INDICATE HIGHER POPS...THUS HAVE OPTED TOWARDS THE MET GUIDANCE NUMBERS AND NUDGED NUMBERS AROUND ACCORDING TOO ANTICIPATED STEERING FLOW ETC. HAVE ALSO HEDGED SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS VERSUS LAST NIGHTS READINGS DUE TO ANTICIPATED HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WHILE KEEPING NEAR PERSISTENCE OTHER AREAS. AS FAR AS HEAVY PRECIPITATION...THINKING ABOUT INCLUDING HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING WITH SOME WESTERN AND CENTRAL STORMS. BOTH SATELLITE AND GROUND BASED PW LOOPS SEEM TO SUPPORT THIS AND HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ACROSS THE NORTH RANGE HAVE RANGED BETWEEN A THIRD TO SIX TENTHS THE PAST HOUR OR SO /BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. THE DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER AIR SEEN AT THE ABQ SOUNDING THIS MORNING WILL HAVE BEEN ERODED AWAY OVERNIGHT DUE TO CONVECTION...TOP DOWN MIXING AND AIDED BY LACK OF SOLAR RADIATION. THUS PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY FOR THE STORMS WILL BE AT ITS MAXIMA. THROW IN A VERY LIGHT STEERING FLOW AND GO AHEAD AN UPDATE HWO TO INDICATE THE THREAT OF SOME MINOR FLOODING. JUST DONT HAVE ENOUGH FODDER... BASED ON DISCREPANCY IN MODELS AND LACK OF ANTECEDENT PRECIPITATION TO WARRANT A FLOOD WATCH. AS FAR AS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE UPPER RIDGE PLACEMENT AND DRIER MID/UPPER LEVEL AIR ENTRAINING INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF CWFA. HAVE INCLUDED SCATTERED POPS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHILE LOWERING POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND EAST FOR THURSDAY. BASED ON LI/STEERING FLOW FORECAST AND ANTICIPATED DRY SLOTTING. THIS TREND CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY AS MODELS INDICATE 20 TO 30 PERCENT 850 TO 500 MB RH READINGS ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH SIGNIFICANTLY POSITIVE LI/S. THUS HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF THUNDER ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTH AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST. WITH THAT BEING SAID...BOTH MODELS INDICATE SOME TYPE OF BACK DOOR FRONT MOVING INTO FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CWFA LATER FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR HIGHER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. BUT LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS BECAUSE BOTH WARF AND GFS DIFFER ON THE STRENGTH AND PROGRESSION OF THIS ENTITY. GFS MUCH STRONGER...AS INDICATED IN 700 MB TEMP FIELD...AND IS MORE PROGRESSIVE IN BUILDING THE UPPER HIGH OVER PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NW AND GREAT BASIN. HAVE BUMPED UP POPS TO 30 ACROSS THE FAR NORTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT BUT NOT WANTING TO INCREASE ANYMORE AT THIS TIME UNTIL MORE CONSISTENCY CAN BE SEEN IN THE MODELS...BOTH STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THE FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 68 95 67 96 / 40 20 20 20 GALLUP.......................... 57 91 56 92 / 50 30 20 20 GRANTS.......................... 61 91 60 92 / 40 30 20 20 GLENWOOD........................ 60 95 59 97 / 20 20 20 20 CHAMA........................... 55 83 54 84 / 30 30 30 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 87 57 88 / 30 30 30 20 RED RIVER....................... 46 77 45 79 / 30 20 20 30 TAOS............................ 54 87 53 89 / 30 20 20 30 SANTA FE........................ 63 89 62 91 / 40 20 20 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 64 89 63 91 / 30 20 20 20 ESPANOLA........................ 63 90 62 92 / 30 20 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 69 90 68 92 / 50 20 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 68 93 67 95 / 50 20 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 68 87 67 89 / 40 20 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 69 91 68 93 / 40 20 10 10 SOCORRO......................... 65 91 64 93 / 30 20 10 10 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 64 81 63 83 / 40 20 10 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 61 87 60 89 / 30 20 10 10 CARRIZOZO....................... 66 93 65 95 / 10 20 5 5 RUIDOSO......................... 57 85 56 87 / 10 20 5 5 RATON........................... 61 90 60 92 / 10 10 10 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 57 90 56 92 / 20 20 10 10 ROY............................. 64 90 63 92 / 10 5 5 5 CLAYTON......................... 69 93 68 95 / 0 5 5 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 69 95 68 97 / 10 5 5 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 67 98 66 100 / 10 5 5 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 69 96 68 98 / 10 5 5 0 CLOVIS.......................... 68 96 67 98 / 10 5 5 0 PORTALES........................ 66 97 65 99 / 10 5 5 0 ROSWELL......................... 73 100 72 102 / 10 5 5 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 341 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006 NMZ001>021-026-191200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 341 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE LEVELS WITHIN THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN HAVE INCREASED CONSIDERABLY AND STORM MOVEMENT WILL EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. THUS...LOOK FOR SOME STORMS TO CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THREE QUARTERS TO 1.5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A HOURS TIME. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING CONCERNS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING...HOWEVER...IS NOT ANTICIPATED AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE THE URBAN AREAS FOUND WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES FOUND WITHIN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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. 50
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 253 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006 NMZ004-011-182130- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS INTERSTATE 25 NEAR GLORIETA PASS... AT 250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR GLORIETA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LOWER COLONIAS...PECOS... ROWE AND UPPER COLONIAS. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. GUYER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 730 PM MDT TUE JUL 18 2006 NMZ011-012-190200- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHEAST TORRANCE AND WEST CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTIES... AT 725 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 14 MILES NORTH OF ENCINO. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MILAGRO AND PINTADA. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY 3 AND MILAGRO EXITS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS. GUYER
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 41-year old man was temporarily paralyzed by lightning which struck a fence about 5 feet away from where he was working.
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