Thunderstorms produced brief, severe wind gusts in far southeast Socorro County and far southwest Lincoln County.
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Thunderstorms produced brief, severe wind gusts in far southeast Socorro County and far southwest Lincoln County.
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 3, 2:09 PM MST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 309 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 .DISCUSSION... AS WAS EXPECTED...STORMS ARE EXHIBITING A BIT MORE MOTION TODAY AND INITIATING OFF OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO. WITH THE UPPER HIGH HAVING SHIFTED JUST BEYOND THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS HAS ENABLED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE 600-400 MB LAYER WIND SPEEDS WHERE MOST OF THE STEERING COMPONENT IS PRESUMED TO BE TODAY. SOME CU HAVE FIRED IN THE SACRAMENTOS...BUT SO FAR NO ECHOES HAVE APPEARED IN THE ABQ CWA. TOPOGRAPHICAL LIFTING OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PLAYER FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION WITH STORMS BEGINNING TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MESOSCALE COLD POOLS AS THE EVENING APPROACHES. SOME OF THESE INTERACTIONS COULD CARRY ON PAST MIDNIGHT. AGAIN...STORMS COULD PROPAGATE INTO RIO GRANDE VALLEY OFF OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN UNDER THIS STEERING FLOW. SOUTH SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW MAY ALSO BECOME BETTER ESTABLISHED THIS EVENING...SQUIRTING A MODEST EAST/SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZE THROUGH CENTRAL GAPS AND CANYONS. FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY...THE UPPER HIGH WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WITH DEWPOINTS AND PWATS LOWERING SOME AS DRIER AIR IS DRAWN IN FROM THE EAST/NORTHEAST. THIS COULD REDUCE COVERAGE OF STORMS SOME...BUT STILL FEEL THAT SUFFICIENT EAST AND SOUTHEAST SYNOPTIC WINDS OVER THE AREA WOULD KEEP UPSLOPE AVAILABLE ON ACCORDING EAST FACING SLOPES ALONG WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF DIURNALLY/TOPOGRAPHICALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION. MOST OF THIS WOULD BE IN THE NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN WITH ISOLATED CHANCES IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PEAKS. TEMPERATURES WOULD FOLLOW PERSISTENCE WITH ONLY ISOLATED DIFFERENCES DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ON TUESDAY...THE HIGH WILL ELONGATE AND FLOAT NEAR THE COLORADO/NEW MEXICO BORDER...CONTINUING TO OFFER SOME DRY AIR SUBSIDENCE IN THE EASTERN PLAINS AND EVEN INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THIS WOULD SHOVE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE CHANGE WOULD OCCUR WITH THE SYNOPTIC SURFACE FLOW WITHIN NEW MEXICO...BUT THE QUASI- PERMANENT BACK DOOR BOUNDARY MAY BEGIN TO SAG FARTHER SOUTH IN COLORADO/KANSAS. THE NAM DEPICTS THIS BACK DOOR BOUNDARY INFILTRATING THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF NEW MEXICO INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT THE GFS KEEPS THE FRONT LOCKED AWAY FARTHER NORTH. CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW COULD GOVERN THE PROGRESSION OF THIS...AND A HEALTHY OUTBREAK OF MULTICELLULAR STORMS NORTHEAST OF THE STATE COULD HELP DRIVE THE BOUNDARY FARTHER INTO THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. THIS WOULD GIVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR FRONTOGENETICALLY FORCED CONVECTION IN OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES WEDNESDAY WHILE THE EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS STAY VOID OF CONVECTION. OTHERWISE THE UPPER HIGH MOVES VERY LITTLE THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...MAKING IT HARD TO ARGUE WITH PERSISTENCE FORECASTING. THE HIGH IS DEPICTED TO MOVE EAST BY NEXT WEEKEND WHICH COULD GRANT A BETTER INFLUX OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH INTO NEW MEXICO. 52 && .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTING SOUTH THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NM. LOCALLY MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS/TSTMS THIS EVENING. GUSTY 15 TO 30 MPH EAST CANYON WINDS INTO THE MID RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS EVENING MAINLY FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. PARTIAL CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH VFR CONDITIONS WIDESPREAD THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AROUND MID DAY SUNDAY OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...THEN DRIFTED SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND TO ALLOW FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST UNTIL MIDNIGHT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NM. WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING MAINLY IN THE 40S OVERNIGHT...MID/UPPER 30S IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS...MAX RH SHOULD RANGE FROM AT LEAST FAIR TO EXCELLENT...DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING RAIN FELL. THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS TODAY WILL ELONGATE A BIT EAST-WEST MONDAY RESULTING IN A MORE NE TO SW STEERING FLOW ALOFT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF OUR AREA. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR FROM THE MIDWEST WILL ALSO BEGIN WORKING INTO NORTHEAST NM MONDAY. THE UNFAVORABLE STEERING FLOW ALOFT AND DRIER MID LEVEL AIR WILL COMBINE TO LIMIT SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EAST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVE. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN IT WAS SUNDAY...GENERALLY SCATTERED TO ISOLATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND WEST MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. AS THE HIGH ELONGATES FURTHER EAST-WEST ALONG THE AZ/UT AND CO/NM BORDERS TUESDAY...STEERING FLOW ALOFT OVER NM BECOMES EAST TO WEST WHILE SUBSIDENCE SEVERELY LIMITS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. TUESDAY COULD BE THE DRIEST DAY OF NEXT WEEK AS LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD START A RENEWED MOISTURE SEEPAGE BACK INTO NM STARTING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY. LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD...MODELS ADVERTISE THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER ALOFT AS SHIFTING INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY SATURDAY...ALLOWING FOR THE POTENTIAL MOISTURE SURGE...OR AT LEAST ENHANCED MOISTURE SEEPAGE... FROM SOUTH TO NORTH INTO EASTERN AZ AND WESTERN NM. 07 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 59 96 65 94 / 20 10 10 10 DULCE........................... 49 87 52 84 / 30 20 20 20 CUBA............................ 55 88 56 87 / 30 20 30 10 GALLUP.......................... 56 90 54 88 / 20 10 20 30 EL MORRO........................ 50 87 52 87 / 30 20 40 20 GRANTS.......................... 59 91 57 90 / 30 10 20 10 QUEMADO......................... 53 88 52 88 / 40 10 30 20 GLENWOOD........................ 60 94 62 94 / 10 10 20 10 CHAMA........................... 50 82 49 79 / 30 30 30 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 67 86 65 83 / 30 30 30 10 PECOS........................... 57 81 59 81 / 20 20 20 20 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 53 87 53 81 / 30 30 30 30 RED RIVER....................... 44 74 44 72 / 30 30 30 30 ANGEL FIRE...................... 45 76 47 75 / 40 30 30 30 TAOS............................ 53 89 52 87 / 30 30 30 20 MORA............................ 54 77 56 77 / 30 30 30 20 ESPANOLA........................ 55 91 59 91 / 30 20 30 10 SANTA FE........................ 60 89 59 87 / 30 20 30 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 61 93 60 90 / 30 20 20 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 66 91 67 89 / 20 20 30 5 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 71 94 69 92 / 20 20 20 5 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 64 96 63 93 / 20 10 20 5 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 65 96 63 93 / 20 10 20 5 LOS LUNAS....................... 64 96 64 95 / 20 10 20 5 RIO RANCHO...................... 66 92 66 92 / 20 10 20 5 SOCORRO......................... 69 96 67 96 / 20 10 20 5 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 59 84 59 84 / 20 30 30 10 TIJERAS......................... 64 88 66 88 / 20 20 20 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 53 89 56 89 / 20 20 20 10 CLINES CORNERS.................. 59 85 59 85 / 10 20 30 20 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 64 89 62 89 / 10 20 20 10 CARRIZOZO....................... 65 92 64 92 / 10 20 20 10 RUIDOSO......................... 58 83 56 86 / 10 20 10 10 CAPULIN......................... 60 87 58 89 / 20 20 20 20 RATON........................... 58 89 59 91 / 20 20 20 20 SPRINGER........................ 60 87 60 88 / 20 20 20 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 58 85 55 85 / 20 20 20 20 CLAYTON......................... 68 97 66 95 / 20 10 10 10 ROY............................. 63 92 64 93 / 20 10 10 10 CONCHAS......................... 69 94 65 95 / 10 10 10 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 67 94 67 95 / 5 10 10 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 69 97 68 98 / 5 10 10 5 CLOVIS.......................... 66 93 65 94 / 5 5 5 5 PORTALES........................ 68 94 67 95 / 5 5 5 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 69 95 67 96 / 5 10 10 5 ROSWELL......................... 67 96 68 97 / 5 5 5 5 PICACHO......................... 62 89 60 90 / 5 10 10 5 ELK............................. 56 86 57 87 / 10 10 10 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 52/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 NMZ501>540-041200- 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- 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF HEAVY RAINS FALL ON RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. SMOKE FROM THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE MAY CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS WHERE TERRAIN INDUCED WINDS TRANSPORT THE SMOKE...AS WELL AS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE FIRE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 138 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 NMZ504-511-032015- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- 138 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM MDT... AT 134 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF JEMEZ SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF CUBA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY...JEMEZ PUEBLO...AND HIGHWAY 550. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WARNINGS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && LAT...LON 3562 10695 3588 10701 3586 10680 3571 10675 TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 076DEG 7KT 3579 10686
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 256 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 NMZ528-529-032145- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 256 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MORA AND NORTHERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM MDT... AT 253 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF VALMORA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAGON MOUND...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WATROUS...AND INTERSTATE 25 FROM MILE MARKER 350 TO MILE MARKER 370. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WARNINGS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && LAT...LON 3567 10464 3569 10503 3589 10493 3586 10471 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 006DEG 3KT 3580 10483
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 259 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 NMZ518-521-522-032145- ESTANCIA VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA- 259 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BERNALILLO...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL...SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE AND NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM MDT... AT 255 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF EDGEWOOD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORIARTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...EDGEWOOD...SEDILLO...SANDIA PARK AND SAN ANTONITO. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WARNINGS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && LAT...LON 3492 10618 3519 10642 3527 10617 3513 10603 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 052DEG 5KT 3514 10619
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 58 mph wind gust was recorded at Stallion Runway on White Sands Missile Range.
The White Sands mesonet site at Phillips Hills recorded a 77 mph wind gust from a storm that rapidly intensified over the site after interacting with a gust front.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 308990, 311962.