Continued deep moisture and good instability led to heavy rain and flash flooding around Arroyo Seco, in northern Santa Fe county.
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Continued deep moisture and good instability led to heavy rain and flash flooding around Arroyo Seco, in northern Santa Fe 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 9, 2:17 PM MST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 317 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008 .DISCUSSION... WIND SHIFT OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO IS PROVIDING FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BELIEVE THIS BOUNDARY IS A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT STORM COMPLEX THAT PUSHED THROUGH KANSAS...AND REAL COLD FRONT IS SITUATED ACROSS NORTHEAST OR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. NONETHELESS...THE BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY FROM NEAR ANGEL FIRE...TO YATES TO NEAR CLAYTON AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE STORMS HAVE FORMED ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN. STORMS MOVING OFF OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS HAVE MOVED INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS OF THIS WRITING...AND COLLIDING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY SPARK ADDITIONAL STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BUT AS CLOUD COVER INCREASES AND INSTABILITY DECREASES...SHOULD SEE A DECREASING TREND EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. ALL EYES ARE THEN FOCUSED ON THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT FOR TOMORROW. NAM AND GFS APPEAR TO BE COMING MORE IN LINE WITH THE EURO AND CANADIAN TODAY. UPSLOPE FLOW PROVIDED BY THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS BY LATE MORNING AND MOVE ONTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH PWATS NEAR 1.5 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IS PRESENT. THE CONVECTIVELY AIDED BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THE ABQ METRO AREA WILL LIKELY SEE AN EAST CANYON WIND SUNDAY NIGHT. RAISED POPS AND LOWERED TEMPS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. COULD SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS ACROSS THE EAST ON MONDAY. UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER SW OR WESTERN NM ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND LOWERING PWATS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WILL RESULT IN A DECREASE IN ACTIVITY ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THINK THAT OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE WARMING THE AREA TOO MUCH...SO WENT WITH MORE OF AN ENSEMBLE APPROACH FOR MAX TEMPS. MODELS HAVE CHANGED THERE TUNE LATE WEEK. UPPER HIGH LOOKS TO STAY ACROSS SW NM RATHER THAN MOVING EASTWARD. THUS...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE...SMALL RIPPLES WILL LIKELY ROUND THE HIGH AND SEND BACK DOOR COLD FRONTS INTO NE NM. ONE SUCH FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE IN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THOUGH TIMING IS STILL VERY MUCH IN QUESTION...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE MAY SEE MORE ROUNDS OF WIDESPREAD RAIN THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY. 34 && .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH LOCAL MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS WITH MTN OBSCURATIONS. FAVORED AREAS FROM THE GILA NE TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NE PLAINS. ANOTHER ROUND OF PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND NORTHEAST WHERE A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH. SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY FAVORING THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. CHJ && .FIRE WEATHER... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CREATE WETTING RAINS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT WITH A MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EVENT POSSIBLE OVER THE NE HIGHLANDS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. DRIER WESTERLY WINDS WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE INTO NM FROM THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...HOWEVER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL STILL BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT AREAWIDE IN THIS PATTERN. AS THE UPPER RIDGE REDEVELOPS OVER TEXAS WEDNESDAY INTO LATE WEEK...ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. CHJ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 62 90 60 93 / 20 20 10 10 GALLUP.......................... 57 86 54 88 / 30 30 20 20 GRANTS.......................... 57 88 54 88 / 30 30 20 20 GLENWOOD........................ 61 89 62 90 / 30 40 30 30 CHAMA........................... 46 81 45 81 / 40 50 30 20 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 84 55 83 / 30 30 30 20 RED RIVER....................... 42 74 42 75 / 40 60 40 20 TAOS............................ 54 83 51 86 / 30 40 30 20 SANTA FE........................ 58 85 58 85 / 30 40 40 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 60 87 59 87 / 30 30 30 20 ESPANOLA........................ 58 90 57 89 / 30 30 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 67 90 67 90 / 20 30 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 64 91 64 91 / 20 30 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 63 87 63 88 / 30 30 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 65 91 65 91 / 20 30 20 20 SOCORRO......................... 63 91 62 93 / 30 30 30 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 52 80 52 82 / 30 30 30 20 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 58 86 57 86 / 30 40 40 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 89 61 91 / 30 40 30 20 RUIDOSO......................... 56 82 55 82 / 30 40 40 30 RATON........................... 57 81 53 87 / 40 70 50 30 LAS VEGAS....................... 57 80 54 82 / 40 60 50 30 ROY............................. 60 83 60 83 / 40 70 50 30 CLAYTON......................... 62 82 61 86 / 40 50 40 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 64 90 61 91 / 30 50 50 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 68 91 66 91 / 30 50 50 20 FORT SUMNER..................... 67 91 66 92 / 30 50 50 20 CLOVIS.......................... 66 91 66 91 / 20 40 50 20 PORTALES........................ 68 92 67 92 / 20 40 50 20 ROSWELL......................... 70 95 70 94 / 20 20 30 20 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 34/40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 558 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008 NMZ001>021-026-101200- 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- 558 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY OVER MUCH OF NEW MEXICO. IN PARTICULAR...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THIS INTENSE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN NUISANCE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS... WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...WHERE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY WILL BE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. NEXT WEEK...THE MAIN FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several homes were flooded in Arroyo Seco.
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