Plenty of low level moisture continued to fuel thunderstorms and helped produce areas of heavy rain, including in Albuquerque. Heavy rain caused homes to flood on the near south side of town.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Plenty of low level moisture continued to fuel thunderstorms and helped produce areas of heavy rain, including in Albuquerque. Heavy rain caused homes to flood on the near south side of town.
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, 1:24 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 224 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2008 .DISCUSSION... BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SW U.S. THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. HIGH CENTERS WILL SHIFT FROM TIME TO TIME...MAKING THE DIRECTION OF STORM MOVEMENT DIFFICULT FROM DAY TO DAY. THE HIGH WILL LIKELY SHIFT TO THE N OF NM AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...IN RESPONSE TO THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY MOVING INTO TEXAS. STORMS FIRING OVER A LARGER AREA TODAY COMPARED TO SUN...AS STORMS HAVE FORMED OVER THE ERN HIGH PLAINS. STORM MOVEMENT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF YESTERDAY...MOVING TO THE S AND SE...SUGGESTING AN UPPER HIGH CENTER IS BACK TO ERN AZ OR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...FAVORING THE HIGH TERRAIN THROUGH THE PM...THEN DROPPING INTO THE VALLEYS THIS EVE...AND REMAINING OVER THE ERN HIGH PLAINS. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THU. STORM MOVEMENT MAY BECOME MORE E TO W THOUGH AS THE HIGH CENTERS SHIFT N. THEN WE WILL FOCUS ON WHAT HAPPENS TO DOLLY... AS SHE IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR BROWNSVILLE WED. MOST MODELS TAKE THE REMAINS W...WELL S OF IMPACTING NM. THE NAM AND DGEX THOUGH BRING THE REMNANTS TOWARD SRN NM THU AND FRI...THEN WRAP THE MOISTURE AROUND THE UPPER HIGH...CONTINUING TO IMPACT NM NEXT WEEKEND AND EVEN EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR NOW WILL KEEP MOSTLY ISOLATED POPS IN FOR THE FRI THROUGH MON TIME PERIOD. CHJ && .AVIATION... THE MAIN FOCUS FOR LOCALIZED MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN PERIOD WILL BE NOW THROUGH 3Z. LOOK FOR A LESSENING IN IFR AND MVFR COVERAGE LATE EVENING INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. GENERALLY NO MORE THAN 33 KT BUT SOME GUSTS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 40 KT. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... UPPER HIGH OVER SOME PORTION OF NM WILL KEEP MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH IT THROUGH WORK WEEK. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR WETTING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS...AT LEAST THROUGH THE NEAR TERM. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW THUS ALLOWING A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN. MINIMUM HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER THAN 20 PCT THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. GOOD TO EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AS WELL. ONE WILDCARD LATER IN THE WEEK OR OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE TROPICAL STORM DOLLY. DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. VARIOUS MODELS GIVE VARIOUS TRACKS SO THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THIS STORM AND ITS MOISTURE/DRY SLOT WILL END UP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 64 91 64 92 / 30 30 40 30 GALLUP.......................... 58 83 57 83 / 40 40 40 30 GRANTS.......................... 57 82 57 84 / 30 30 40 30 GLENWOOD........................ 62 87 62 89 / 30 40 30 30 CHAMA........................... 46 80 48 81 / 30 60 40 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 55 81 55 80 / 30 30 30 30 RED RIVER....................... 42 72 44 74 / 30 40 30 30 TAOS............................ 53 84 54 85 / 30 30 30 20 SANTA FE........................ 59 84 58 85 / 20 30 30 30 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 59 86 59 88 / 20 30 20 20 ESPANOLA........................ 57 88 59 89 / 20 20 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 68 87 68 90 / 30 30 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 65 89 64 91 / 30 20 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 64 85 63 86 / 30 30 30 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 66 88 66 91 / 30 30 30 20 SOCORRO......................... 63 89 62 91 / 20 20 20 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 54 79 52 82 / 30 30 30 20 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 57 83 56 85 / 20 20 20 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 60 87 59 89 / 20 20 20 20 RUIDOSO......................... 54 80 52 82 / 20 20 20 20 RATON........................... 55 89 55 89 / 10 20 10 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 56 84 55 84 / 20 20 20 20 ROY............................. 62 88 62 88 / 5 10 5 10 CLAYTON......................... 63 92 64 93 / 5 10 5 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 62 92 61 91 / 10 10 10 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 67 96 67 97 / 5 5 5 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 66 93 66 92 / 5 5 5 5 CLOVIS.......................... 64 92 65 94 / 5 5 5 5 PORTALES........................ 65 93 66 94 / 5 5 5 5 ROSWELL......................... 67 95 67 96 / 5 5 5 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 40/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON JUL 21 2008 NMZ001>021-026-221200- 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 MON JUL 21 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING...IS POSSIBLE BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO. .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. 34
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Homes were flooded on Carlisle, south of Lomas.
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