Deep moisture combined with an upper level wave sliding north across western New Mexico produced more torrential rainfall and repeat flooding for areas around Gallup and the Jemez Mountains.
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Deep moisture combined with an upper level wave sliding north across western New Mexico produced more torrential rainfall and repeat flooding for areas around Gallup and the Jemez Mountains.
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 2, 2:05 AM MST, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 305 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2010 .DISCUSSION...DRIER MID LEVEL AIR HAS INFILTRATED MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO AND TO SOME EXTENT MAY DRAG INTO SOME CENTRAL AREAS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. MAIN FEATURES AT THE UPPER LEVELS INCLUDE AN INVERTED UPPER TROUGH IN CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA...SPAWNED FROM YESTERDAY/S CONVECTION WHILE ANOTHER FAIRLY BROAD CIRCULATION LIFTS NORTHWARD JUST WEST OF THE EL PASO AREA. SOME CONVECTION HAS BEEN ONGOING OVERNIGHT WITH THIS FEATURE NEAREST TO THE CENTER...AND OTHERWISE THE UPPER HIGH CENTER HAS BEEN LINGERING NEAR THE ARK/LA/TEX REGION. THIS SHOULD KEEP BEST DEEP COLUMN MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN BORDER AND INTO THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF THE STATE TODAY. DO NOT PLAN ON ALTERING THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...AS THIS STILL CAPTURES THE AREA OF HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH POTENTIALLY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. HAVE LIKELY POPS SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...BUT STORM MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE A BIT FASTER IN THESE AREAS WHICH SHOULD MITIGATE THE FLOODING THREAT SOME. ALSO...THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE STATE SHOULD SEE PWATS DROP TO LESS THAN AN INCH...REDUCING THE ABILITY/EFFICIENCY OF STORMS TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO TREND UP 2 TO 4 DEGREES IN THIS SOUTHWESTERN HALF DUE TO DRIER CONDITIONS TODAY. UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWEST U.S. SHOULD TRACK INTO CENTRAL TO NORTHERN ROCKIES BY TUESDAY ALLOWING A BELT OF WESTERLIES ALOFT TO START TO FLATTEN THE UPPER HIGH SLIGHTLY. DRIER AIR WILL ALSO EXTEND ITS FOOTPRINT OVER THE STATE WITH PWATS PROGGED TO DROP TO LESS THAN AN INCH OVER THE WHOLE STATE. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD STILL BE A POSSIBILITY...THE THREAT FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WOULD SEEMINGLY BE DECREASING TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WOULD THEN RESPOND UPWARD A COUPLE OF DEGREES IN THE WESTERN TIER OF THE STATE DUE TO THIS DRIER AIR MASS. OTHER FEATURE OF INTEREST WOULD BE A COLD FRONT SAGGING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE FRONT ISNT EXPECTED TO INFILTRATE THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS UNTIL WEDNESDAY...CONVECTION ENHANCED ALONG THE BOUNDARY COULD POTENTIALLY GENERATE A BETTER MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COLD POOL THAT MAY ADVANCE FARTHER SOUTH THAN MODELS ARE CURRENTLY ADVERTISING. HAVE UPGRADED POPS TO 30 PERCENT IN THE FAR NORTHEAST...AND A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE SEEN IN THIS AREA. WILL CONTINUE A FAIRLY SIMILAR TREND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH 30 POPS IN THE FAR NORTHEAST WHERE FRONT WILL BE MAKING ITS APPEARANCE...AND ELSEWHERE PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WOULD BE LIKELY SHIFTING GRADUALLY TOWARD A MORE CLIMATOLOGICAL PATTERN FOR EARLY AUGUST WITH SCATTERED POPS IN MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS. INTO THURSDAY AND THE REST OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...IT WILL BE HARD TO ARGUE WITH CLIMATOLOGICAL CUES SUCH AS THE RESIDUAL SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED THETA-E RIDGE OVER THE FORECAST AREA ALONG WITH THE UPPER HIGH TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE JOGGING THE UPPER HIGH A BIT CLOSER TO HOME...CENTERING ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE STATE BY THIS WEEKEND...BUT THIS SHOULD REALLY BE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE. 52 && .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING WITH SOME BRIEF AND LOCALIZED POCKETS OF MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FAVORING THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND POINTS WEST. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CREATE BRIEF MVFR CIGS AND VSBY IN HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL GO WITH HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN THE TAF FOR KFMN AND KGUP AND KEEP A GENERAL CB OR VCTS REMARK IN FOR KABQ AND KSAF. LESS COVERAGE OF STORMS EXPECTED TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND WILL LEAVE OUT ANY CONVECTIVE MENTION AT KTCC AND KROW. SOME LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING BUT CONFIDENCE STILL TOO LOW TO ADD TO TAFS. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 21Z. KW && .FIRE WEATHER...LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FORECAST THINKING. MAIN FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL WETTING RAINFALL REMAINS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEST TO THE ARIZONA STATE LINE WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE MORE SCATTERED OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED THREAT OVER THE EAST WHERE DRIER LOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES COULD LOWER INTO THE TEENS AND 20S OVER THE EAST. UPPER HIGH TO REMAIN TO THE EAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH DAILY ROUNDS OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...MAINLY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS. DRIER AIR TO FILTER INTO THE CENTRAL AND EAST WITH LESS COVERAGE EXPECTED. LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH MAY CREATE BREEZY SOUTHWEST SFC WINDS OVER THE EAST DURING THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS WHICH WILL AID IN THE LOWER DEWPOINTS. REGARDLESS OF THE DRIER CONDITIONS...THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT EACH DAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED. MODELS BRING A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WHICH MAY BRING AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND ENHANCED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DID SHOW THIS TREND IN THE MORNING GRIDS. LATE IN THE EXTENDED...THE GFS STILL TRIES TO BUILD THE UPPER RIDGE FURTHER WEST WHICH MAY KEEP THE EAST CAPPED OFF FROM CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BUT UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AS TO HOW FAR WEST THE HIGH WILL BUILD. MODELS HAVE BEEN FURTHER DELAYING THIS TREND WITH THE PAST FEW RUNS...THUS WE WILL KEEP WETTING RAIN CHANCES IN PLACE FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WEST TO THE ARIZONA STATE LINE. KW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 84 62 86 61 / 70 70 40 50 DULCE........................... 81 54 82 52 / 70 70 50 50 CUBA............................ 80 55 82 52 / 60 60 40 40 GALLUP.......................... 79 56 83 56 / 70 70 50 50 EL MORRO........................ 76 54 81 54 / 70 70 50 50 GRANTS.......................... 80 55 84 55 / 60 60 40 40 QUEMADO......................... 80 56 85 55 / 70 60 50 50 GLENWOOD........................ 84 62 88 63 / 40 40 30 40 CHAMA........................... 78 50 78 50 / 80 70 50 50 LOS ALAMOS...................... 83 58 85 56 / 50 40 30 40 PECOS........................... 82 54 85 54 / 30 30 30 30 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 82 52 83 51 / 50 50 30 30 RED RIVER....................... 74 48 74 49 / 70 60 50 50 ANGEL FIRE...................... 78 48 78 47 / 60 60 50 50 TAOS............................ 85 54 86 53 / 60 50 30 30 ESPANOLA........................ 91 58 91 59 / 30 30 30 30 SANTA FE........................ 83 56 86 56 / 40 30 30 30 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 86 59 89 60 / 30 30 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 85 64 88 65 / 30 30 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 87 67 90 68 / 30 30 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 89 64 92 65 / 20 30 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 89 64 92 66 / 30 30 20 30 LOS LUNAS....................... 90 64 93 66 / 20 30 20 30 RIO RANCHO...................... 88 65 92 66 / 30 30 20 30 SOCORRO......................... 91 65 94 66 / 20 30 20 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 84 53 86 60 / 30 30 30 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 86 58 88 60 / 30 30 20 30 CLINES CORNERS.................. 85 59 87 59 / 30 20 20 30 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 86 61 88 61 / 20 20 20 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 89 60 91 62 / 20 20 10 20 RUIDOSO......................... 82 56 81 61 / 20 20 20 20 CAPULIN......................... 89 59 86 59 / 30 20 30 30 RATON........................... 90 56 89 56 / 30 30 30 40 LAS VEGAS....................... 86 57 87 57 / 30 30 30 30 CLAYTON......................... 96 65 96 65 / 10 10 20 30 ROY............................. 91 65 92 64 / 20 20 20 20 CONCHAS......................... 99 66 100 67 / 10 10 10 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 97 65 98 66 / 10 10 10 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 101 68 100 68 / 5 5 5 10 CLOVIS.......................... 97 66 97 66 / 0 0 5 5 PORTALES........................ 98 66 98 66 / 0 0 0 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 99 68 99 67 / 5 5 5 10 ROSWELL......................... 99 67 99 66 / 5 5 0 5 PICACHO......................... 94 63 94 63 / 20 10 10 10 ELK............................. 87 57 88 60 / 20 20 10 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... NMZ501>506-510-511. && 52/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 534 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2010 NMZ501>540-031200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 534 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY... WHERE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY OVER THE NORTHERN...NORTHWESTERN...AND SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOST LIKELY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ. 52
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
South Chavez Road and Woodview Drive in Baca as well as Navajo Road in Thoreau were washed out.
Sweetwater, Iyanbito and Dakota Loop Roads were washed out due to flash flooding in Iyanbito for the second time in two days.
After the Church Rock bridge at Telstar Road collapsed July 31st, a temporary bridge was put in place. Just 2 days later, another bout of flash flooding resulted in the temporary bridge being washed out. A female flood victim had to be rescued the high waters in Church Rock. She sustained only minor injuries. Other vehicles were flooded out in Church Rock as well. In addition, mud as deep as 5 feet plagued Challenger Road again. Superman Canyon Road, Old Church Rock Coal Road, and Becenti Trail were also washed out for the 2nd time in as many days.
Flash flooding resulted in mud and rocks, some as large as 10 inches in diameter, flowing across portions of Highway 4 between Jemez Pueblo and Jemez Springs.
The La Cueva fire station flooded and Twisted Juniper Road was washed out.
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