Thunderstorms tracked south and east across the eastern plains into the late evening hours. Convection was organized into somewhat of a squall line producing strong wind gusts.
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Thunderstorms tracked south and east across the eastern plains into the late evening hours. Convection was organized into somewhat of a squall line producing strong wind gusts.
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 Jun 29, 4:10 PM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 510 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2012 .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO ROTATE OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND INTO THE PLAINS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE UPPER HIGH CENTER LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 KT WILL BE FEATURED WITH THE ACTIVITY WITH POSSIBLE BRIEF MTN TP OBSCURATIONS. THE ACTIVIITY SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. && .PREV DISCUSSION...301 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2012... ANOTHER AFTERNOON WITH LOTS OF RADAR ECHOES...BUT NOT A LOT OF RAIN REACHING THE GROUND. SIMILAR SCENARIO FOR THE WEEKEND...THEN ITS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE WE GET THE ONSET OF THE MONSOON NEXT WEEK ACROSS WESTERN NM. TEMPERATURE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS OF 50 TO 60 OR MORE DEGREES WILL PREVENT ANY SUBSTANTIAL RAIN AMOUNTS WITH THE CURRENT ROUND OF CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING. BIGGEST CONCERN WITH SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE OVER SW NM AND THE HIGH WILL REMAIN THERE SAT. SHOULD BE A REPEAT OF TODAY IN TERMS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND LAKE OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TOASTY WITH A FEW RECORDS LIKELY ACROSS THE N. CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT A LITTLE NE ON SUN...ALLOWING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TO ADVECT N INTO SW NM. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME WETTER STORMS AROUND THE WHITEWATER...BALDY BURN SCAR AREA. BUT A MAJORITY OF THE CONVECTION ON SUN SHOULD BE ON THE DRY SIDE. INVERTED TROUGH OVER TX WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT NE THIS WEEKEND AND PASS TO OUR S EARLY IN THE WEEK AND PERHAPS HOLD TOGETHER AND PASS TO OUR W LATER IN THE WEEK. MODELS TAKE THE TRACK OF THIS TROUGH DIFFERENTLY...WITH EUROPEAN TAKING THE FARTHEST S TRACK. IT KEEPS THE BULK OF THE DEEPER MOISTURE TO THE S AND W OF NM NEXT WEEK. OTHER MODELS BRING MORE JUICE INTO S AND W NM...CREATING POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS. CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST NEEDS TO BE A TOP PRIORITY FOR THOSE NEAR THE WHITEWATER BALDY AND LITTLE BEAR BURN SCARS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. CHJ && .FIRE WEATHER... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A POTENT EASTERLY WAVE ON THE TX GULF COAST WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT WESTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN MEXICO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COMING WORK WEEK. THIS WILL SHIFT THE CENTER OF THE 500 MB HIGH FROM AROUND GLENWOOD THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE SUNDAY...THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO THE VICINITY OF KS TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR RICHER MONSOON MOISTURE TO FLOW NORTHWARD OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO. DO TO THE POSITION OF THE UPPER HIGH...DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH TODAY INTO SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL SHIFT OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE SUNDAY NIGHT ALLOWING MOIST SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INTO THE STATE. INCREASING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL RESULT IN GREATER COVERAGE OF WETTING STORMS BY SUNDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS. WITH THE INCREASED MOISTURE WILL COME AN ENHANCED RISK OF MINOR FLOODING IN GENERAL AND FLASH FLOODING WITHIN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED FORESTS. THE ECMWF...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE GFS...DEPICT THE EASTERLY WAVE ROUNDING THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH AND TRACKING NORTHWARD THROUGH AZ AND WESTERN NM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SHOULD BRING GOOD COVERAGE OF WETTING STORMS TO LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...HIGH TEMPERATURES 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL BEGIN TO TREND DOWNWARD SUNDAY...BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN NEAR AND ABOVE NORMAL AREAWIDE UNTIL THE WAVE CROSSES WESTERN AREAS AND LOWERS TEMPERATURES THERE. HIGH HAINES VALUES IN THE 5-6 RANGE WILL NUDGE NORTHWESTWARD AS THE MOISTURE MOVES IN. BY LATE TUESDAY HAINES READINGS WILL BEGIN TO PEAK IN THE 2-5 RANGE. 44 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE A WEAK POOL OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE STATE WILL RESULT IN ISOLD TS/-SHRA THIS AFTN...EXCEPT BRIEFLY SCT OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. BEST CHC FOR TS AT TAF SITES IS KSAF...FOLLOWED BY KGUP AND KABQ. SLIGHT CHANCE AT KTCC. A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH DRY MICROBURSTS. LOCALIZED AND ERRATIC MICROBURST WIND GUSTS MAY PEAK NEAR 45 KT. MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH WITH SUNSET...EXCEPT FOR SOME CELLS THAT WILL DRIFT SEWD ACROSS THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A LATE NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING TS NEAR KROW. CONVECTION WILL RETURN SATURDAY WITH A DOWNTICK IN COVERAGE. HIGH TEMPS 5-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WILL POSE A RISK OF DENSITY ALTITUDE PROBLEMS TODAY AND SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 518 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2012 NMZ501>540-301200- 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- 518 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2012 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... LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND BLOWING DUST WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND BLOWING DUST WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. MOST FAVORED AREAS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT LIE ALONG A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO CLAYTON...WITH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INCREASING INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THURSDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SHY
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power pole snapped leading to power outages.
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