Isolated slow-moving thunderstorms across the Sangre de Cristo and Mogollon Mountains produced localized heavy rainfall. Flash flooding was reported along Interstate 25 near Glorieta and within the town of Mogollon along highway 159.
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Isolated slow-moving thunderstorms across the Sangre de Cristo and Mogollon Mountains produced localized heavy rainfall. Flash flooding was reported along Interstate 25 near Glorieta and within the town of Mogollon along highway 159.
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 26, 10:56 AM MST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1156 AM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR THE HIGH TERRAIN AGAIN TODAY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHERE THE STEERING FLOW WILL BE ESPECIALLY WEAK. ACROSS THE WEST...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST OR NORTH WHILE ANY ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS OR SOUTHWEST PLAINS SHOULD DRIFT TO THE WEST. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH MVFR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES AND OCCASIONAL MOUNTAIN TOP OBSCURATIONS. THESE STORMS SHOULD END AROUND 04Z WITH GENERAL CLEARING THEREAFTER. SOME LOW CLOUDS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE EXTREME EASTCENTRAL PLAINS INCLUDING KCVS AROUND 12Z TO 15Z...THOUGH TAF SITES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED. 05 && .PREV DISCUSSION...300 AM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012... MAIN MESSAGE APPEARS TO BE A HIGHER AND DRIER TREND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WHILE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY BE MAINTAINED IN THE EAST AS EASTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY...IT MAY MIX OUT OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN EXPECT REPEAT PERFORMANCES MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER HIGH STRENGTHENS OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. IN CONTRAST...06Z SOUNDINGS/TPW SATELLITE IMAGERY STILL INDICATE DECENT MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD TO HALF OF THE STATE...SO THIS TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO DRY OUT AS MODELS INDICATE WILL BE MONDAY. TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IN GENERAL WAS TOO LOW FOR YESTERDAY...AND MAY CONTINUE TO BE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF THE UPPER HIGH VS THE STRONGER WESTERLIES TO OUR NORTH FOR MID TO LATE WEEK. THE LATEST GFS NOW TAKES ISAAC TOWARDS NEW ORLEANS AND THEN INTO EASTERN OK WHICH IS QUITE A DEVIATION FROM PREVIOUS ROUTES. LATEST ECMWF IS DRIER WITH THE RIDGE EVEN MORE DOMINANT SO THAT MOISTURE FROM OLD MEXICO DOESN/T HAVE MUCH OF A CHANCE TO WORK INTO NEW MEXICO LATER THIS WEEK. THEREFORE FORECAST TEMP/POP GRIDS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. .FIRE WEATHER... BACK DOOR FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THIS MORNING...THOUGH ITS NOT BEEN AN AGGRESSIVE PUSH. HIGHER DEWPOINTS HAVE FILTERED INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS BEHIND THE FRONT. CONTINUED UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS SHOULD HELP INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THE UPPER HIGH WILL BE CONTINUING TO GAIN STRENGTH. 06Z SPECIAL ABQ SOUNDING SHOWED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS ABSENT AS COMPARED WITH YESTERDAY. THUS... DEWPOINTS WEST OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN MAY FALL LOWER THAN WHAT WAS OBSERVED YESTERDAY...BUT WITH SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW...STRUGGLED TO GO THAT LOW IN THE FORECAST. MEANWHILE...ACROSS THE PLAINS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN PRESENT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...BUT DRY MID AND UPPER LEVEL AIR WILL BE MOVING IN FROM THE EAST. OVERALL... BETTER STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH TODAY...BUT LESS COVERAGE EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THE DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE STATE ON MONDAY... LIMITING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO ALL BUT THE NORTH/NW MTNS. UPPER LEVEL HIGH CONTINUES TO GAIN STRENGTH THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...THOUGH ALSO SCOOTS SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD. MODEL RUNS THIS MORNING ARE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE MID LEVEL DRY AIR INTRUSION...THUS HAVE LOWERED DEWPOINTS FOR THE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIOD...THOUGH THEY MAY NEED TO BE DROPPED FURTHER IF THE TREND CONTINUES. REGARDLESS...LOOK FOR HUMIDITIES TO TREND DOWNWARD THRU THE MID PART OF THE WEEK. RIDGE CONTINUES TO HAVE ITS GRIP ON THE STATE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AS WELL. ONE MODEL SUGGESTS SOME MEAGER MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD UNDER THE HIGH. NOT CONVINCED THIS WILL HAPPEN YET. STAY TUNED. 34 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 NMZ501>540-271200- 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 AUG 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AS WELL AS ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO AT LEAST LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .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... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1243 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 NMZ512-518-523-261915- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 1243 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME WESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND EASTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM MDT... AT 1236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLORIETA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA FE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH OVER INTERSTATE 25. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GLORIETA AND INTERSTATE 25 NEAR GLORIETA. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING NEW MEXICO HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 291 AND 304... HIGHWAY 285 NEAR MILE MARKER 289... HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES. && LAT...LON 3543 10574 3553 10590 3566 10577 3563 10567 TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 023DEG 9KT 3558 10576 CA
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall caused a mud and boulders to slide onto Interstate 25 southbound between mile markers 298 and 299 near Glorieta.
Eight feet flow of water within Silver Creek washed debris over Highway 159 and surrounding bridges and yards.
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