Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which led to flash flooding.
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Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which led to flash flooding.
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 Jul 21, 2:02 AM MST, 11 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 302 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2007 ADD POST WEEKEND DISCUSSION .DISCUSSION...HIGH LEVEL UPPER LOW IN W TX 24 HOURS AGO STILL WELL DEFINED AND NOW JUST S OF CENTER POINT OF THE STATE. SLOW W OR NW DRIFT LIKELY OVER NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO...BUT SHOULD TEND TO FADE IN TIME. THEN MODELS AGREE TO VARYING DEGREES ON A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED INVERTED UPPER TROUGH...A LITTLE LOWER IN ATMOSPHERE THAN AFOREMENTIONED LOW...COMING NW INTO AND ACROSS NM BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUN NIGHT OR MON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FEATURES AS WELL AS THEIR INTERACTION WILL LIKELY INCREASE SHOWERS AND STORMS FIRST ACROSS SE NM LATER TODAY...ALREADY A FEW SHOWERS ENTERING EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES...WITH THAT FEATURE HOPEFULLY CONTINUING NW ACROSS THE STATE SUN AND SUN NIGHT AND BRINGING MUCH NEEDED RAIN TO MORE AREAS OF CENTRAL AND W NM. AS A RESULT...UPPED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS SE QUARTER TO THIRD OF NM FOR TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ONE CONCERN THOUGH IS WHETHER CLOUDS WILL BE TOO THICK OR UNBROKEN THERE TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT HEATING TO INCREASE T STORM DEVELOPMENT. EVEN WITH THAT SCENARIO THOUGH THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS AROUND TO GENERATE SOME INCREASE IN RAINFALL. MONSTROUS UPPER HIGH FORCED NORTHWARD PARTIALLY BY THESE TWO DISTURBANCES WILL LIKELY BUILD RATHER STRONGLY BACK SOUTHWARD ACROSS NM MON AND FOR A GOOD PORTION OF NEXT WEEK SO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT SHOWER AND STORM CROP WILL BE SUBPAR FOR THE SEASON. WITH EVEN STRONGER AZONAL PATTERN TO WINDS ALOFT OVER MOST OF THE COUNTRY BROUGHT ABOUT BLOCKING HIGH OVER THE ROCKIES AND LOW OVER THE MIDWEST AND EAST...HOPE IS FADING FOR A DECENT MONSOONAL MOISTURE RECHARGE FOR THE STATE/S LAKES...STREAMS AND AQUIFERS. WE/LL HAVE TO SEE IF AUGUST WILL BRING A CHANGE TO THIS CURRENT PATTERN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 91 63 93 64 / 30 30 20 30 GALLUP.......................... 88 56 87 59 / 30 30 20 30 GRANTS.......................... 87 56 85 58 / 20 40 30 40 GLENWOOD........................ 91 60 89 61 / 30 50 30 40 CHAMA........................... 81 49 79 48 / 30 30 30 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 82 56 81 57 / 20 30 20 20 RED RIVER....................... 73 45 72 44 / 30 20 20 30 TAOS............................ 83 53 85 55 / 30 20 20 20 SANTA FE........................ 84 56 84 57 / 30 20 20 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 87 59 86 59 / 20 20 20 20 ESPANOLA........................ 90 58 90 58 / 20 20 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 91 67 88 67 / 20 20 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 91 63 89 63 / 20 20 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 89 65 87 64 / 20 20 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 91 66 89 66 / 20 20 20 30 SOCORRO......................... 90 63 88 64 / 20 20 20 40 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 81 53 80 52 / 20 30 30 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 88 58 85 57 / 20 20 30 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 88 61 86 60 / 20 30 30 30 RUIDOSO......................... 79 55 78 54 / 30 40 30 30 RATON........................... 87 56 88 55 / 10 5 10 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 83 55 82 55 / 20 20 20 20 ROY............................. 87 61 88 62 / 10 10 5 10 CLAYTON......................... 89 63 90 64 / 10 5 5 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 90 64 91 64 / 20 20 10 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 90 67 93 67 / 20 20 10 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 90 67 92 65 / 20 30 10 10 CLOVIS.......................... 87 65 91 65 / 30 40 10 10 PORTALES........................ 88 64 92 63 / 30 40 10 10 ROSWELL......................... 87 66 89 68 / 40 40 20 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 43
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2007 NMZ001>021-026-221200- 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- 600 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 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...LOCALES IN AND NEAR CATRON COUNTY WILL HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO WIDESPREAD 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. 43
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in a localized area just south of Jemez Springs. This caused flooding and mudslides across four sections of State Highway 4 causing the road to be temporarily closed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused street flooding between 1 and 2 feet deep at the intersection of Cerillos Road and Camino Carlos Rey. Cars were stalled in the intersection. A section of Rodeo Road was closed due to flooding. Two homes on the east side of town experienced flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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