Deep moisture over eastern New Mexico fueled thunderstorm development on the 18th, with some of the storms producing heavy rain. This resulted in flash flooding east of Encino on Highway 285/60.
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Deep moisture over eastern New Mexico fueled thunderstorm development on the 18th, with some of the storms producing heavy rain. This resulted in flash flooding east of Encino on Highway 285/60.
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 18, 1:42 PM MST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 242 PM MDT SUN JUL 18 2010 .DISCUSSION...A FEW CONVECTIVE CELLS THIS AFTERNOON ARE SUSTAINING THEMSELVES A BIT LONGER TODAY AS OPPOSED TO YESTERDAY...AND STEERING FLOW HAS PICKED UP SLIGHTLY AS WELL SINCE THE UPPER HIGH HAS RETROGRADED SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTHWEST. A FEW CELLS MAY EVEN BE ONGOING AFTER DARK. ALSO...ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS LOOKS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT COLD POOLS AND ENOUGH PROPAGATION SPEED TO EVENTUALLY WORK INTO THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHERE LAPSE RATES HAVE INCREASED FROM YESTERDAY. OTHERWISE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL RUNNING HOT STATEWIDE WITH A COUPLE OF RECORDS BEING TAUNTED IN THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES. THE UPPER HIGH WILL DRIFT BACK TO THE EAST ON MONDAY...CENTERING SOMEWHERE NEAR CUBA NEW MEXICO...AND THUS STEERING FLOW WILL BE SLOWEST IN THIS NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. RATHER STABLE CONDITIONS LOOK TO REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS WHILE THE EAST CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN PLAINS BECOME ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE. ISOLATED POPS HAVE BEEN BUILT IN OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH SCATTERED 30 PERCENT COVERAGE OVER THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE UPPER HIGH WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH THE CORE BECOMING ELONGATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TO TEXAS/OKLAHOMA/ARKANSAS. WOULD EXPECT TO SEE DEEPER PLUME OF MOISTURE STAGING OVER SONORA AND WESTERN CHIHUAHUA BY LATE TUESDAY WITH STILL SOME SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE IN THE WESTERN NEW MEXICO ZONES AHEAD/NORTH OF THE DEEPER PLUME. IN THE EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN ZONES...ANOTHER SLUG OF DRIER MID LEVEL AIR AND LESS FAVORABLE LAPSE RATES WILL INHIBIT CONVECTION. BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THE STAGE SHOULD BE SET FOR BETTER MOISTURE ADVECTION AS THE HIGH CONTINUES TO SHIFT EAST...AND INCREASED CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE ARIZONA BORDER. THIS BRIEF STINT OF MONSOONAL UPPER FLOW WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY COOLER AND MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. AN EXTENSION OF THE UPPER HIGH WILL TRY TO RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF BACK OVER NEW MEXICO BY NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEK...BUT MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO PLACE ANY WELL DEFINED CENTER OF THE HIGH THROUGH THIS EXTENDED TIME FRAME. 52 && .AVIATION...THE CENTER OF THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS WHILE THE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH PRETTY MUCH DETERMINES SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT. EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER ARE LEAST LIKELY TO SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ELSEWHERE A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT...BUT MOST WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE BEFORE THEN. AVIATION THREATS FROM CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WOULD BE MAINLY LOCAL MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS IN MVFR CIGS/VSBYS AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 KT IN VCNTY OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE ALOFT REMAINS PARKED FROM NORTHEAST ARIZONA TO THE FOUR CORNERS WITH RECYCLED MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING AVAILABLE TO GENERATE DIURNAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR MOST OF OUR AREA. HOWEVER...MUCH OF NON MOUNTAINOUS NEW MEXICO WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH MONDAY AS SHOWER AND STORM COVERAGE REMAINS BELOW PAR FOR MID JULY. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO MIGRATE EAST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...WHICH WILL OPEN UP CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO TO A SOUTH-TO-NORTH FLOW OF INCREASED MOISTURE...MOST LIKELY STARTING WEDNESDAY. ONLY THE FAR NORTHWEST...WHICH IS UNDER THE GREATEST SUBSIDENT INFLUENCE OF THE NEARBY UPPER HIGH...IS DRY ENOUGH TO PREVENT AT LEAST FAIR TO GOOD OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY. BY WEDNESDAY...EVEN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO WILL HAVE SEEN INCREASED MOISTURE AND LOWER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AS THE UPPER HIGH MIGRATES TO OUR EAST. BY THURSDAY...ONLY THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNUSUALLY HOT AND DRY. 07 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 65 102 65 99 / 5 5 10 20 DULCE........................... 49 94 53 91 / 10 10 10 20 CUBA............................ 61 93 57 90 / 10 10 20 20 GALLUP.......................... 57 96 58 94 / 10 10 20 30 EL MORRO........................ 57 91 56 88 / 20 20 30 30 GRANTS.......................... 56 95 58 93 / 10 20 30 20 QUEMADO......................... 58 91 58 88 / 20 20 30 30 GLENWOOD........................ 61 96 66 94 / 30 30 30 40 CHAMA........................... 51 88 50 86 / 20 20 20 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 92 59 92 / 20 20 20 20 PECOS........................... 56 92 57 93 / 30 20 20 20 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 49 90 53 89 / 30 20 20 30 RED RIVER....................... 41 82 51 80 / 40 20 20 30 ANGEL FIRE...................... 39 84 50 82 / 40 20 20 30 TAOS............................ 52 93 55 91 / 30 20 20 20 ESPANOLA........................ 54 98 60 97 / 20 10 20 20 SANTA FE........................ 60 95 59 94 / 20 10 20 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 63 98 62 97 / 20 10 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 71 98 70 96 / 10 10 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 72 99 72 98 / 10 10 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 69 101 69 100 / 10 10 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 70 101 70 99 / 10 10 20 20 LOS LUNAS....................... 69 101 69 99 / 10 10 20 20 RIO RANCHO...................... 69 101 70 98 / 10 10 20 20 SOCORRO......................... 69 98 70 99 / 20 10 20 10 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 50 93 58 92 / 20 10 20 20 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 54 96 61 95 / 20 20 20 20 CLINES CORNERS.................. 60 93 61 92 / 30 20 20 20 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 63 94 63 93 / 20 10 20 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 95 64 96 / 20 10 10 10 RUIDOSO......................... 54 86 58 87 / 20 20 10 20 CAPULIN......................... 57 93 60 90 / 30 10 10 20 RATON........................... 59 96 59 93 / 30 20 10 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 56 92 59 91 / 30 20 20 20 CLAYTON......................... 68 100 67 98 / 20 5 5 10 ROY............................. 66 93 66 92 / 20 10 5 20 CONCHAS......................... 67 101 70 99 / 10 10 5 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 68 99 67 98 / 10 10 5 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 66 102 71 100 / 10 0 0 5 CLOVIS.......................... 66 98 67 97 / 0 0 0 5 PORTALES........................ 65 99 68 97 / 0 0 0 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 63 98 69 97 / 5 5 0 5 ROSWELL......................... 69 99 69 98 / 0 0 0 5 PICACHO......................... 63 95 65 96 / 5 10 5 5 ELK............................. 54 91 59 91 / 5 10 10 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 52/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 545 AM MDT SUN JUL 18 2010 NMZ501>540-191200- 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- 545 AM MDT SUN JUL 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WEST AND NORTH. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SIGNIFICANT UPSWING IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO PIN POINT AREAS FAVORED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...A TREND TOWARD A MORE ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM PERIOD CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATE PART OF THE WEEK. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 41
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water up to one foot deep covered Highway 285/60 between Encino and Vaughn from 530 pm to 600 pm MST. Spotters reported large debris along the roadway, and significant fence line damage.
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