Though no hail or heavy rain occurred around the area, a brief tornado formed south of Tres Piedras causing damage to a barn and fencing.
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Though no hail or heavy rain occurred around the area, a brief tornado formed south of Tres Piedras causing damage to a barn and fencing.
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 13, 3:40 PM MST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 440 PM MDT MON JUL 13 2009 .UPDATE...STRETCHED POPS FOR TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHERE ISOLATED STORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACTIVE...AND TWEAKED SOME OTHER POPS AS WELL. NEW POP TABLE BELOW. && .PREV DISCUSSION 254 PM MDT MON JUL 13 2009... CURRENTLY...SPRAWLING RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN U.S. CENTERED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. SUFFICIENT NORTHBOUND FLOW ON WESTERN MARGINS OF THE RIDGE CORE TO USHER AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION FOR NOW. TEMPERATURE TRENDS PRETTY MUCH LEVEL FOR NOW...WITH ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS ON TAP FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON BUT MOST POINTS FALLING SHORT OF RECORD VALUES FOR THE DAY. MODELS...GOOD CONSENSUS CONTINUES SHIFT OF RIDGE CORE WESTWARD...WITH EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES MOVING CORE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND...WITH GFS SETTING IT UP OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA. LONG RANGERS SEE LITTLE CHANGE TO THIS PATTERN THROUGH THE NEXT TEN DAYS. PATTERN DISPLACES NORTHBOUND MOISTURE TAP TO THE WEST OF THE STATE...LEAVING THE RAINFALL TO RECYCLED MOISTURE IN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. SHORTER TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HOLDING NORTH AND WEST OF LINE FROM BOOTHEEL TO CLAYTON INTO THE EVENING WITH DECREASED COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET. SURFACE DEEPENING ALONG THIS BOOTHEEL TO CLAYTON AXIS FOR TUESDAY WILL PROVIDE MODEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE FOR ADDED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ALONG THIS LINE FOR TUESDAY...BUT COVERAGE REMAINING IN THE ISOLATED CATEGORY FOR THE DAY. INTO WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT DRAPED ALONG COLORADO BORDER WILL START SOUTHWARD SAG ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND BULGE WESTWARD TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS SHIFTS TO THE EAST AS FRONT PASSES WILL SET UP MODEST GAP FLOW EVENT INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARGINALLY COOLER AIR WILL COUNTERACT ACCUMULATED SURFACE HEATING TO KEEP TEMPERATURE TRENDS LEVEL OR DECREASING SLIGHTLY. EXPECT INCREASED CONVECTION CONVECTION FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE TEXAS BORDER AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTHWARD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ABOUT 10 DEGREES BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EAST ON WEDNESDAY...WITH MORE MODEST DROPS ELSEWHERE. INTO THURSDAY...RIDGE CORE OVER ARIZONA WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MAINTAINED OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. SURFACE LOW SETTING UP BROADLY OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SOME WEAK FLOW FROM THE NORTH OVER THE WESTERN HALF. BEST SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OUT OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LONGER TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...RIDGE CORE PARKED OVER WESTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA DESERTS AS WEAK SURFACE LOW FORMS OVER THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE STATE. CONTINUED MOISTURE RECYCLING INTO THE WEEKEND IN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. SURFACE LOW SHIFTING TO SOUTHEAST PLAINS LATE SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT WESTWARD PENETRATION OF COOLER AIR OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS TO WORK TEMPERATURES BACK TOWARD NORMALS THERE FOR THE WEEKEND...AS WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE CONTINUES TO WARM UP. SHY && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS MOST OF AREA EXCEPT A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS W AND N NM THROUGH ABOUT 06Z...WHERE BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. THE MOST LIKELY TERMINAL TO BE AFFECTED BY THE LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS IS KGUP...WHILE ERRATIC WINDS COULD OCCUR AT KGUP...KFMN AND LESS LIKELY AT KSAF...KLVS AND KABQ. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. 43 && .FIRE WEATHER... WHILE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY IS SOMEWHAT MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS W AND N NM THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE FOR AWHILE INTO THE EVENING...THE WETTING RAIN FOOTPRINTS OF THE STORMS WILL BE QUITE SMALL DUE TO LIMITED AMOUNTS OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND SOME STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL EVEN BE DRY. THUS SOME DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WEAK MOISTURE AXIS SHOULD SHIFT A LITTLE EAST AND SOUTH ON TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE AREA HAS A GREATER INFLUENCE OVER THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH AND WEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AT LEAST ACROSS THE EAST THIRD TO HALF OF NM...BRINGING IN ADDED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE....HIGHER RH VALUES AND MORE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS. A WEAK EAST CANYON WIND IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND AS A RESULT A MINIMAL PUSH OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY MAKE IT INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY PROVIDING A LITTLE BETTER RH RECOVERY AND PERHAPS A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF A FEW WETTING STORMS. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL EASE INTO AZ OR NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS LATE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL ALLOW WEAK N TO NW FLOW ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS. THUS THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO WEAK DISTURBANCES AND POSSIBLY BACK DOOR COLD FRONTS. THE NEXT BACK DOOR FRONT EARLIER EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY LOOKS A LITTLE LESS LIKELY. 43 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 62 96 58 96 / 10 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 55 92 53 92 / 10 5 5 5 GRANTS.......................... 55 92 52 92 / 10 10 10 10 GLENWOOD........................ 60 97 62 98 / 10 20 10 10 CHAMA........................... 45 84 44 83 / 10 10 5 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 59 88 58 83 / 20 10 10 10 RED RIVER....................... 43 80 42 74 / 20 10 10 20 TAOS............................ 54 91 50 88 / 10 10 10 10 SANTA FE........................ 58 92 57 89 / 10 10 10 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 60 95 58 92 / 10 20 10 10 ESPANOLA........................ 56 97 56 93 / 10 10 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 71 96 69 95 / 10 10 10 5 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 64 96 64 94 / 10 10 10 5 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 66 93 65 91 / 10 10 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 66 98 66 97 / 10 10 10 5 SOCORRO......................... 64 95 63 95 / 10 10 10 10 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 54 86 52 84 / 10 10 10 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 58 93 57 90 / 10 20 10 10 CARRIZOZO....................... 62 96 62 95 / 10 10 10 20 RUIDOSO......................... 55 86 56 84 / 20 10 10 30 RATON........................... 54 93 56 84 / 30 10 10 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 56 90 56 84 / 10 20 10 20 ROY............................. 62 90 62 87 / 10 20 10 20 CLAYTON......................... 66 97 64 91 / 10 20 10 30 SANTA ROSA...................... 62 97 63 93 / 10 10 10 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 69 102 68 95 / 0 10 10 20 FORT SUMNER..................... 68 95 68 92 / 5 10 10 20 CLOVIS.......................... 66 98 66 93 / 0 10 10 10 PORTALES........................ 69 98 69 95 / 0 10 10 10 ROSWELL......................... 69 102 71 99 / 5 10 10 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 557 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009 NMZ001>021-026-141200- 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- 557 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDERS. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDERS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40 TO THE COLORADO BORDER. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN CHAVES...COLFAX...CURRY...GUADALUPE...HARDING... LINCOLN...MORA...QUAY...ROOSEVELT...SAN MIGUEL AND UNION COUNTIES. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN COLFAX...GUADALUPE...HARDING...MORA...QUAY...SAN MIGUEL AND UNION COUNTIES. 44
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief tornado, likely a landspout, occurred two miles south of the Highway 64 and 285 intersection. The tornado tore the roof off a barn and ripped up some fencing.
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