Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which resulted in flooding of several homes.
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Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which resulted in flooding of several homes.
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 4, 12:33 PM MST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 133 PM MDT SAT AUG 4 2007 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL HIGH STRETCHING FROM AZ TO THE LOWER MS VALLEY WILL DRIFT E THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...BECOMING CENTERED OVER TN BY MIDWEEK. UPPER HIGH WILL THEN DRIFT BACK W TOWARD NM BY NEXT WEEKEND. STORMS FIRING FROM SW TO NW TO NC PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL HELP FOCUS CONVECTION IN THIS REGION THIS PM INTO TON. IN ADDITION... MOISTURE PLUME REMAINS OVER AZ AND FAR W NM...FUELING STORMS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE AZ BORDER. MAV GUIDANCE MUCH MORE BULLISH ON POPS IN THESE AREAS AND WILL LEAN TOWARD GFS POPS. DRYING OBSERVED ALOFT ON WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGES OVER THE SE QUARTER OF THE STATE...MAKING THIS AREA THE LEAST LIKELY TO RECEIVE ANY STORMS LATE TODAY OR TON. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA SLIDES E MOISTURE PLUME MAY BE ABLE TO DRIFT E AS WELL OVER W AND CNTRL NM FROM SUN THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID PART OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. MOSTLY SCATTERED POPS FOR THE W HALF OF THE AREA AND ISOLATED POPS IN THE E. UPPER HIGH FORECAST TO MOVE BACK W LATE NEXT WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND AND STRENGTHEN. MODELS SUGGEST A LESSENING OF THE CONVECTION. THIS IS REFLECTED IN CURRENT GRIDS WITH ONLY ISOLATED POPS BY FRI OVER THE FORECAST AREA...STILL FAVORING THE W AND CNTRL AREAS. CHJ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 65 91 65 90 / 40 30 30 30 GALLUP.......................... 59 85 59 84 / 50 40 30 30 GRANTS.......................... 58 84 59 84 / 50 30 40 30 GLENWOOD........................ 63 87 63 86 / 50 40 30 30 CHAMA........................... 50 82 52 82 / 60 40 50 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 59 86 58 87 / 50 30 40 30 RED RIVER....................... 50 73 50 76 / 50 50 50 30 TAOS............................ 56 86 56 87 / 30 30 40 30 SANTA FE........................ 59 86 58 88 / 40 40 40 30 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 61 88 60 89 / 40 30 40 20 ESPANOLA........................ 62 91 61 91 / 30 20 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 69 90 69 91 / 40 20 40 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 66 92 66 93 / 40 20 40 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 67 88 66 89 / 50 30 40 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 68 92 68 91 / 50 20 40 20 SOCORRO......................... 66 93 67 95 / 30 20 30 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 60 86 62 87 / 50 30 40 20 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 57 89 57 89 / 40 30 30 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 64 90 66 90 / 20 10 20 20 RUIDOSO......................... 57 80 61 81 / 20 30 30 20 RATON........................... 59 88 57 89 / 30 30 30 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 57 86 58 86 / 40 30 30 20 ROY............................. 63 88 64 91 / 20 20 20 10 CLAYTON......................... 65 93 66 94 / 20 10 20 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 67 95 68 96 / 10 10 20 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 69 98 70 99 / 10 10 10 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 68 96 69 97 / 10 5 10 10 CLOVIS.......................... 66 95 68 95 / 5 5 5 5 PORTALES........................ 66 95 68 96 / 5 5 5 5 ROSWELL......................... 69 96 70 98 / 10 10 10 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SAT AUG 4 2007 NMZ001>021-026-051200- 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- 600 AM MDT SAT AUG 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO STREET FLOODING OR HIGH FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON INTO LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WESTWARD AND OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GUYER
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:54 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One home was initially flooded in Zuni as a result of heavy rain.
Continued heavy rain resulted in flooding of three additional homes, along with substantial street flooding. Water inside of homes was reported at 1 to 2 feet deep.
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