Deep moisture continued to cover New Mexico with isolated reports of flash flooding over Cibola County.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Deep moisture continued to cover New Mexico with isolated reports of flash flooding over Cibola County.
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 5, 2:00 PM MST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 .DISCUSSION... NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO SHORT-TERM FORECAST. SURFACE ANALYSIS MID AFTERNOON SHOWS 1013MB HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM NORTHWEST PLATEAU SE INTO THE SE PLAINS. THIS FEATURE IS REMNANT FROM A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT LASTED ALL NIGHT OVER THE LOWER/MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM THE GILA WILDERNESS NORTH INTO MCKINLEY COUNTY. NO STORMS HAVE FIRED WITHIN DIRECT WAKE OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEX FROM LAST NIGHT BUT THAT MAY CHANGE NOW AS HEATING IN THIS AREA IS VERY CLOSE TO CONVECTIVE TEMP. PWAT VALUES FROM 12Z KABQ RAOB OF 1.37 INCHES WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE DOLLY REMNANTS PUSHED ACROSS NM LATE JULY...WHICH IS 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. THEREFORE...WILL LIKELY SEE MORE FLOOD ADVISORIES THIS EVENING WITH STORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN MTNS. EXAMINATION OF 12Z NAM/GFS/NGM/NOGAPS/GEM GUIDANCE ALONG WITH ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS PAINT A COMPLEX SCENARIO SETTING UP OVER NM BEGINNING THURSDAY. REMNANTS FROM EDOUARD ARE NOW BEGINNING TO SHOW UP AS AN IDENTIFIABLE LOW-LEVEL FEATURE AS IT TREKS WESTWARD TO NM. MEANWHILE... A SHORT-WAVE SLIDING OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS WILL INDUCE HIGH PRESSURE IN ITS WAKE FORCING A COLD FRONT SOUTH ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. CONVECTION ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WEDNESDAY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WILL LIKELY FORCE THE FRONT FASTER THAN CURRENT MODEL EVOLN. SPED UP FRONTAL PASSAGE TO LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER THE NE PLAINS. NHC TRACK INDICATES EDOUARD WILL WASH OUT OVER WEST TEXAS WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE...HIGH PWATS BETWEEN 1.5 TO 2 INCHES FROM EDOUARD WILL LIKELY LEAD TO A HIGH QPF EVENT SOMEWHERE FROM THE SACRAMENTO MTNS NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MTNS THEN EASTWARD. WILL ISSUE AN SPS TO HIGHLIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. FOLLOWING SHIFTS OVERNIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MAY HOIST A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTNS. GUYER && .AVIATION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN THIRD THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CENTRAL AREAS WILL SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY. TERMINAL SITES MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE FMN AND GUP BUT ABQ AND SAF COULD ALSO SEE SOME THUNDERSTORM EFFECTS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND LOCALIZED MVFR AND EVEN IFR CONDITIONS WILL RESULT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. A DOWNTREND IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEAR AND MID TERM PERIOD. MAIN FORECAST ISSUES WILL BE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TRENDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. IT APPEARS THAT WEDNESDAY WILL BE MORE OF A DOWN DAY...THUNDERSTORM WISE. AN UPTICK IN WETTING THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN REFOCUS EASTWARD TO END THE WORK WEEK. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE DOWN INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND ABUT UP TO THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL FOCUS WETTING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. TROPICAL STORM EDOURDS MOISTURE MAY ALSO PLAY INTO THE MIX TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK AS WELL. THE LONGER RANGE MODELS DEPICT A REFOCUS OF THE UPPER HIGH OVER NEW MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWEST AREA AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH THE MOISTURE INFLUX EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK...MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE UPPER HIGH WILL FLUSH OUT IN THE FORM OF WETTING THUNDERSTORMS WELL INTO THE WEEKEND. HUMIDITY WILL ULTIMATELY BE HIGH DURING THIS TIME FRAME BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WITH THE REPOSITION OF THE UPPER HIGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 64 87 64 90 / 50 40 30 30 GALLUP.......................... 56 83 55 86 / 50 30 20 30 GRANTS.......................... 55 84 56 88 / 40 20 20 20 GLENWOOD........................ 58 85 60 88 / 50 30 20 30 CHAMA........................... 46 80 47 78 / 50 40 30 50 LOS ALAMOS...................... 60 81 61 80 / 30 20 20 40 RED RIVER....................... 42 74 45 70 / 50 20 30 60 TAOS............................ 55 84 54 80 / 30 20 20 60 SANTA FE........................ 58 85 57 83 / 30 20 20 40 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 60 87 59 86 / 30 10 20 30 ESPANOLA........................ 58 89 57 88 / 30 10 10 40 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 66 89 67 89 / 30 10 10 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 65 91 65 90 / 30 10 10 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 62 87 63 85 / 30 20 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 64 91 64 89 / 30 10 10 20 SOCORRO......................... 65 93 65 92 / 20 10 10 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 55 82 55 79 / 30 20 20 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 56 83 55 80 / 20 20 10 30 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 89 61 85 / 20 10 10 20 RUIDOSO......................... 55 82 58 77 / 20 20 10 30 RATON........................... 55 88 59 77 / 30 20 30 60 LAS VEGAS....................... 56 86 55 79 / 20 10 20 60 ROY............................. 62 89 60 78 / 10 10 10 60 CLAYTON......................... 64 90 63 79 / 20 10 20 60 SANTA ROSA...................... 63 92 63 86 / 10 10 10 30 TUCUMCARI....................... 68 96 67 88 / 10 5 10 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 63 93 66 88 / 5 5 10 30 CLOVIS.......................... 66 91 65 88 / 5 0 10 30 PORTALES........................ 64 93 65 89 / 5 0 10 30 ROSWELL......................... 68 96 68 92 / 5 0 10 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && GUYER/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1244 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 NMZ001>021-026-061200- 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- 1244 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST THREAT AREA WILL BE FROM THE GILA WILDERNESS NORTH INTO THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN PLAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING...COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF EDOUARD...MAY CREATE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE NORTHEAST PLAINS SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO...WITH MORE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT FLOODING. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. GUYER
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A portion of Indian Road was washed out.
Willis road was washed out, and a home had flooding in its garage and porch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2008
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: 111815, 111819.