Abundant moisture remained in the area during the evening hours of the 2nd and into the morning hours of the 3rd. Heavy rains from prolific lightning producing storms moved across the Santa Fe area for the second night in a row, resulting in flooding of many roadways.
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Abundant moisture remained in the area during the evening hours of the 2nd and into the morning hours of the 3rd. Heavy rains from prolific lightning producing storms moved across the Santa Fe area for the second night in a row, resulting in flooding of many roadways. Many locations picked up another one to two inches of rainfall.
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 2, 8:38 PM MST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 938 PM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010 .UPDATE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED IN COVERAGE SOME SINCE THE SUN HAS SET. BULK OF ACTIVITY RESIDES IN THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND INTO THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS WITH A FEW SPOTTY STORMS STILL TRYING TO DEVELOP ON RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ELSEWHERE. ALSO A WEAK N-S ORIENTED LINE IS STRUGGLING TO STAY TOGETHER AS IT PUSHES TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...SO PARTS OF THE CITY MAY SEE A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. HAVE CUT BACK POPS FOR THE AFTER-MIDNIGHT PERIOD. OTHERWISE AM PLANNING ON KEEPING THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN TACT. ALTHOUGH RAINS HAVE BEEN AENEMIC AND MEAGER IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES THUS FAR...THE NAM CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE HEFTY QPF AMOUNTS THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. QUASI-TROPICAL AIR MASS IS STILL IN TACT OVER THESE AREAS...AND FARTHER SOUTHEAST...THE MIDLAND FORECAST OFFICE IS STILL INDICATING PWAT JUST SHY OF 2 INCHES PER THEIR EVENING SOUNDING. WOULD NOT TAKE LONG FOR A FEW DECENT CELLS TO QUICKLY UTILIZE THIS AND DUMP SOME GOOD RAINS OVER THE AREA. NEW ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. 52 && .PREV DISCUSSION...308 PM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010... ACTIVE DAY ACROSS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. 12Z SOUNDING BOASTING 1.18 PWAT VALUE...WHICH IS LEADING TO EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCING STORMS ACROSS THE STATE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL PRODUCING STORMS ARE ACTUALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WHERE MOISTURE REMNANTS OF ALEX ARE NOT AS PRONOUNCED. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY IS GREATER. THE SOUTHEAST HAS BEEN RECEIVING PRECIPITATION...THOUGH MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE STRATIFORM RAIN. NO LIGHTNING HAS BEEN NOTED THUS FAR WITH THIS PRECIPITATION SHIELD AND WITH THIS TROPICAL AIRMASS...UNLIKELY WILL SEE MUCH TONIGHT EITHER. THIS WILL GREATLY MITIGATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. INCREASED POPS FOR THIS EVENING...THOUGH ONLY MENTIONED ISOLATED THUNDER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. CONCERN CONTINUES FOR FLOODING ACROSS BURN SCAR AREAS...INCLUDING THE TECOLOTE FIRE BURN AREA...WHERE THE HRRR WAS PROGGING MORE STORMS TO IMPACT THAT AREA TONIGHT. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE HRRR ALSO BRINGS STORMS INTO THE ABQ METRO THIS EVENING...WHICH SEEMS POSSIBLE AS STORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD TO THE WEST AND STEERING FLOW SHOULD STEER THEM INTO THE METRO AREA. OR...ANOTHER SCENARIO...A GUST FRONT FROM THESE STORMS BACKS UP TO THE SANDIA MTNS AND A NEW STORM DEVELOPS. POPS MAY NEED TO BE LOWERED AFTER MIDNIGHT. DESPITE LITTLE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TODAY...INSTABILITY IS PROGGED TO BE GREATER TOMORROW...ALBEIT NOT TERRIBLY GREATER...AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH INCHES CLOSER TO THE AREA. PWATS WILL ALSO REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL AS MOISTURE AXIS REMAINS ACROSS THE SE. THEREFORE...WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCING STORMS...HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ANOTHER 24 HOURS. NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT...HOWEVER...GIVEN ITS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...AND THE AREA IS PRIMED...FEEL ITS PRUDENT TO EXTEND THE WATCH. HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR TOMORROW IN ACCORDANCE WITH NAM/SREF PROGS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PROBLEMATIC FOR TOMORROW. UP TO 12 DEGREE DIFFERENCES IN HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN THE MET AND THE MAV ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE MAV TOOK A 12 DEGREE JUMP AT KROW BETWEEN LAST NIGHTS 00Z AND THIS MORNINGS 12Z RUN. NONETHELESSS...STAYED CLOSER TO THE MET GIVEN EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. ON SUNDAY...THE TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE ROCKIES...AND WESTERLY FLOW WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND SCOUR OUT SOME OF THE MOISTURE WEST OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A MENTION OF POPS IN THE NW...HOWEVER...COULD ARGUE A 10 POP IS WARRANTED FOR ISOLATED WET/DRY STORMS SUNDAY AFTN. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH ATTM. COVERAGE OF PRECIP WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE EAST EITHER. STILL APPEARS THAT A WEAK FRONT WILL NUDGE INTO THE NE ON MONDAY WITH THE STRONGER FRONT PLUNGING DOWN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT NOTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...THUS SOME STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...AS WELL AS AN INCREASED CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. WINDS SHOULD PUSH THRU THE GAPS EARLY WEDNESDAY...REPLENISHING MOISTURE ACROSS THE WEST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS THUNDERSTORMS. 34 .AVIATION... MOISTURE OF TROPICAL ORIGIN WILL LINGER OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...RESULTING IN MOSTLY MVFR CIGS OVERNIGHT AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM RUIDOSO TO TUCUMCARI. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO EXPECT SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ACTIVITY GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ANY OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD GENERATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. .FIRE WEATHER... ITS ALL ABOUT THE MOISTURE...WHICH IS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EXCEPT FOR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. NEARLY ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE OF THE WET VARIETY...EVEN IN THE FAR NORTHWEST. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DROPPING INTO THE GREAT BASIN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. OTHERWISE SATURDAY WILL BE ANOTHER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY STORMS. DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD FURTHER EAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY... LIMITING MONDAY AFTERNOON CONVECTION MAINLY TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...ADJACENT EAST SLOPES AND EASTERN PLAINS. THE DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW FOR WARMER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND LOWER MINIMUM RH STATEWIDE MONDAY. WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO MONDAY. THE NEXT BIG WEATHER CHANGE WILL EVOLVE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH AND MOVES WEST TO AGAIN MOISTEN AND DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. 07 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS UPDATE... FARMINGTON...................... 64 91 57 90 / 30 30 20 5 DULCE........................... 51 84 47 84 / 40 30 30 10 CUBA............................ 52 84 52 85 / 30 30 30 10 GALLUP.......................... 56 86 51 84 / 20 20 10 5 EL MORRO........................ 56 83 52 82 / 40 40 20 5 GRANTS.......................... 57 86 53 86 / 40 40 30 10 QUEMADO......................... 57 85 56 84 / 30 30 20 10 GLENWOOD........................ 58 91 58 92 / 20 30 20 5 CHAMA........................... 48 81 44 84 / 40 40 30 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 56 83 55 85 / 30 30 30 10 PECOS........................... 54 82 55 84 / 50 30 30 20 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 51 82 49 83 / 30 30 20 20 RED RIVER....................... 44 74 43 75 / 30 30 30 20 ANGEL FIRE...................... 42 75 40 77 / 40 30 30 20 TAOS............................ 54 83 50 87 / 30 30 20 10 ESPANOLA........................ 59 88 57 93 / 30 30 30 10 SANTA FE........................ 56 83 56 86 / 40 30 30 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 59 86 58 89 / 30 30 30 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 64 86 64 90 / 30 30 40 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 67 87 67 92 / 30 30 40 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 63 88 64 94 / 30 30 40 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 64 87 65 93 / 30 30 40 10 LOS LUNAS....................... 63 89 63 94 / 30 30 40 10 RIO RANCHO...................... 64 89 64 93 / 30 30 40 10 SOCORRO......................... 63 89 65 93 / 30 30 30 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 55 82 53 87 / 30 30 40 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 56 85 56 89 / 30 30 30 20 CLINES CORNERS.................. 56 81 57 87 / 30 30 30 20 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 58 81 59 87 / 40 40 40 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 60 82 62 88 / 40 50 40 40 RUIDOSO......................... 55 73 57 78 / 50 60 40 40 CAPULIN......................... 56 81 54 82 / 20 30 20 30 RATON........................... 58 87 56 86 / 20 30 20 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 54 81 56 85 / 40 30 30 20 CLAYTON......................... 64 89 64 87 / 20 20 20 30 ROY............................. 61 83 61 84 / 30 40 30 20 CONCHAS......................... 66 90 67 92 / 30 30 30 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 63 87 62 91 / 30 30 30 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 67 87 69 92 / 40 40 30 20 CLOVIS.......................... 63 81 64 85 / 60 70 50 30 PORTALES........................ 64 81 64 85 / 70 70 50 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 65 83 66 87 / 40 50 40 20 ROSWELL......................... 66 81 68 86 / 70 70 50 30 PICACHO......................... 63 79 60 84 / 60 60 40 40 ELK............................. 60 74 60 83 / 70 70 50 50 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ526-535>540. && 52
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 624 AM MDT FRI JUL 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- 624 AM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE GREATEST POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN LINCOLN...CHAVES...DE BACA...CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY...HOWEVER THE GREATEST POTENTIAL SHOULD BE ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 70. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE VIA WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. DPORTER
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:02 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the satellite dish on top of a home southwest of Tesuque. The current traveled down a PVC pipe into the house and blew out a 1 by 2 foot area of sheet rock.
The intersection of Los Pinos and Sunrise in La Cienega was not passable due to high water and the road was closed for a time. A nearby arroyo had debris in it with fast moving water about 6 feet high. A backhoe had been left in the arroyo somewhat downstream the previous day. This piece of equipment was almost entirely enveloped in water and mud.
Multiple roads closed due to at least 10 inches of water flowing over the road. This included the low water crossing at Dawn Trail and Arroyo Trail, and also at Turquoise Trail and County Road 45.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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