As a line of showers and thunderstorms moved east into more moisture, they increased in intensity and began to train over each other. Portions of southwest Quay County received nearly 4 inches of rain, which made the creeks run high.
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As a line of showers and thunderstorms moved east into more moisture, they increased in intensity and began to train over each other. Portions of southwest Quay County received nearly 4 inches of rain, which made the creeks run high. A low water crossing was flooded out just north of Quay.
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 28, 8:39 PM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 939 PM MDT SAT AUG 28 2010 .UPDATE... BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH TROUGH AXIS FROM THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE FROM EARLIER TODAY. A SECONDARY...WEAKER...RIPPLE IN THE FLOW IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AT THIS TIME AS EVIDENT BY THE RAMP UP IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRY TO MAKE A RUN AT THE BORDER AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST...BUT MODELS INDICATE THAT WILL BE A STRUGGLE. HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERED POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OR SO OF THE STATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. WOULD TAKE POPS OUT COMPLETELY...BUT THE SECONDARY RIPPLE WARRANTS AT LEAST CHICKEN 10 POPS. FOCUSED POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES EAST. SOME BRIEF STORM INTENSIFICATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVY RAIN AS THE LINE MOVES INTO JUICIER AIR...BUT AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES RUSH OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS...INTENSITIES WILL FALL. OTHERWISE...HAVE TWEAKED OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. DEWPOINTS ARE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN AT THIS TIME LAST NIGHT...THUS...SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS MAY NOT FALL AS FAR. ALSO ADJUSTED DEWPOINT...WIND...AND SKY GRIDS TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY. 34 && .PREV DISCUSSION...328 PM MDT SAT AUG 28 2010... ENHANCED SWLY FLOW ALOFT TO DOMINATE THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...DOWNSTREAM OF AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST. AS ONE SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXITS THE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING YET ANOTHER RIPPLE /OR TWO/ IN THE SWLY FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED TO APPROACH SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO LATE IN THE EVENING AND TREK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. AS A RESULT...WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST ISOLD POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT MOST AREAS WITH THE FOCUS ACROSS SC/SW ZONES AND THE FOUR CORNERS ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED ACROSS IN THE EAST. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON RUNNING SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS TIME FRIDAY...WHICH HAS LIMITED THE OVERALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN STILL POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. SUNDAY STILL LOOKING LESS ACTIVE OVERALL AS COMPARED TODAY. THE NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS COULD BE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...AND SC/SE ZONES. THE FORMER AREA DUE TO FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS...AND THE LATTER DUE TO DEEPER MOISTURE PROFILES. HAVE TRENDED CLOSER TO THE GFS FOR QPF SUN PM...AS WE PREFER HOW IT HANDLES THE FOUR CORNERS CONVECTIVE TRENDS NEAR OR BENEATH THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST EDGES CLOSER WITH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH PASSING OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AS A RESULT...ANOTHER DECENT UPTICK IN CONVECTION EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. IN FACT...MODELS HAVE BEEN SHOWING A GOOD RAMP UP IN CONVECTIVE QPF BEFORE DAYBREAK MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN AREAS INDICATIVE OF AN INCREASINGLY DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AND FAVORABLE DYNAMICS. WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON OUR SOUTHEAST ZONES DURING THIS PERIOD...WHERE THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL BE FOUND. MID-LEVEL FLOW VEERS MORE WESTERLY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH DRIER AIR ADVANCING FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO. MID-WEEK PERIOD LOOKING RELATIVELY QUIET MOST AREAS WITH THE BEST SHRA/TSRA CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH. WE THEN AWAIT FOR THE NEXT BACKDOOR FRONT THAT APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER...PUSHING INTO THE NORTHEAST THURSDAY PM. STILL DOES NOT LOOK TO BE PARTICULARLY ACTIVE...WITH AGAIN THE FOCUS ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS. KJ .AVIATION... UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE ENTERING NW NM IS ACTING ON DEEPER MOISTURE...COMPARED TO LAST FEW DAYS...OVER MOST OF N AND CENTRAL NM. RESULT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SHRA AND TSRA ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVE...BUT MAY DIMINISH SOMEWHAT ACROSS THE NW THIRD OR HALF OF THE FCST AREA BY OR NOT TOO LONGER AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGEST CELLS CAPABLE OF GENERATING BRIEF CIGS DOWN TO BETWEEN 020 AND 040 AND VSBY REDUCTIONS TO 3 TO 5 SM WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS N CENTRAL...E CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NM WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OF IMPACTING TAF SITES KSAF AND KLV AND SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCE AT KABQ...KROW AND KTCC. PLACED TEMPO SHRA OR TSRA GROUPS FOR ALL TAF SITES FOR MID TO LATE AFTN...BUT KEPT OUT OF EVE HOURS FOR THE MORE WESTERN SITES. S AND SW WINDS AHEAD OF APPROACHING STORMS OVER THE PLAINS WILL GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 KTS ACROSS E CENTRAL AND NE NM AS LATE AS 02 OR 03Z. SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVE PRECIP TODAY IN NORTHERN VALLEYS AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH CLOUD COVER DECREASING AND LIGHT WINDS. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. 43 .FIRE WEATHER... UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE ENTERING 4 CORNERS REGION INTERACTING WITH DEEPER MOISTURE...COMPARED TO LAST FEW DAYS...OVER MOST OF N AND CENTRAL NM. THUS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SHOWER AND T STORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVE...BUT MAY DIMINISH SOMEWHAT ACROSS THE NW THIRD OR HALF OF THE FCST AREA BY OR CLOSE TO MID EVE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE MAINLY NEAR AND E OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. EXPECT OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT IN MANY AREAS. SOME DRIER AIR WILL EASE EAST ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL NM SUNDAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER WAVE. MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL BACK TO THE 20 TO 25 PCT RANGE ACROSS NW PLATEAU SUNDAY AND DOWNSLOPE AREAS OF THE NE HIGHLANDS. EXPECT ISOLATED TO LOCALLY SCT ACTIVITY ROUGHLY SE THIRD TO HALF OF FCST AREA SUN WITH LESS ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE. CURRENT DEWPOINT GRIDS WERE TRENDED DOWN SLIGHTLY MORE OVER THE NW AND N CENTRAL FROM PREVIOUS SHIFT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF DRY AIR EVIDENT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER WAVE. LEE TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL FAVOR SOME GUSTY SOUTHWEST BREEZES SUNDAY. LONGER RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING ANYWHERE FROM FAIRLY DRY TO MODERATELY WET ACROSS FCST AREA. GENERALLY THOUGH IT LOOKS TO BE DRIER N SECTIONS THAN FARTHER S. 43 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS UPDATE... FARMINGTON...................... 57 84 58 81 / 30 20 20 20 DULCE........................... 46 79 46 76 / 60 30 30 30 CUBA............................ 49 79 49 78 / 50 30 30 30 GALLUP.......................... 53 79 54 77 / 40 20 20 20 EL MORRO........................ 48 77 47 75 / 50 20 30 30 GRANTS.......................... 51 81 51 79 / 50 20 20 30 QUEMADO......................... 51 80 52 79 / 50 20 30 30 GLENWOOD........................ 58 85 57 85 / 40 20 30 40 CHAMA........................... 44 73 45 70 / 60 30 30 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 55 79 61 79 / 40 30 30 30 PECOS........................... 51 79 53 80 / 50 30 30 30 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 47 76 49 75 / 40 30 30 40 RED RIVER....................... 43 69 39 69 / 50 30 40 40 ANGEL FIRE...................... 34 72 35 73 / 50 30 30 40 TAOS............................ 47 79 48 79 / 30 30 30 30 MORA............................ 49 78 51 78 / 50 20 30 30 ESPANOLA........................ 49 86 45 86 / 40 20 20 20 SANTA FE........................ 51 80 53 82 / 40 30 30 30 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 55 83 56 84 / 40 20 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 61 85 63 86 / 40 20 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 63 84 65 86 / 40 20 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 59 86 57 87 / 30 20 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 61 85 63 87 / 40 20 20 20 LOS LUNAS....................... 58 86 55 89 / 40 20 20 20 RIO RANCHO...................... 60 85 63 86 / 40 20 20 20 SOCORRO......................... 63 87 65 90 / 30 20 20 30 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 55 81 54 81 / 40 30 30 30 TIJERAS......................... 54 83 53 84 / 40 30 30 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 49 83 45 84 / 50 30 30 30 CLINES CORNERS.................. 55 80 58 81 / 50 30 40 40 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 54 82 53 86 / 50 30 30 40 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 85 62 87 / 40 20 30 40 RUIDOSO......................... 56 76 55 76 / 50 40 40 40 CAPULIN......................... 57 81 60 80 / 50 20 20 20 RATON........................... 53 85 53 85 / 50 20 20 30 SPRINGER........................ 55 86 55 87 / 50 20 20 30 LAS VEGAS....................... 53 80 54 81 / 50 20 30 40 CLAYTON......................... 60 88 61 88 / 40 20 20 20 ROY............................. 60 83 61 83 / 50 20 20 30 CONCHAS......................... 62 92 61 92 / 40 20 20 30 SANTA ROSA...................... 61 89 60 91 / 40 20 20 30 TUCUMCARI....................... 65 90 66 92 / 40 20 20 30 CLOVIS.......................... 60 86 59 88 / 40 20 20 30 PORTALES........................ 62 87 63 90 / 40 20 20 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 63 89 63 92 / 40 20 20 30 ROSWELL......................... 65 90 66 93 / 40 20 30 30 PICACHO......................... 60 86 60 89 / 40 30 30 30 ELK............................. 59 79 59 82 / 40 40 40 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 34
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 529 AM MDT SAT AUG 28 2010 NMZ501>540-291200- 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- 529 AM MDT SAT AUG 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE ARIZONA STATE LINE. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...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 RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ. 17
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A low water crossing along Quay Road 49 flooded out due to the heavy rains. This area only received about an inch of rain, however, areas upstream received nearly 4 inches, resulting in high water in all area creeks and streams.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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