A strong, at times severe, thunderstorm moved across northern De Baca County. A 64 mph wind gust was recorded at the Ft.
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A strong, at times severe, thunderstorm moved across northern De Baca County. A 64 mph wind gust was recorded at the Ft. Sumner Municipal Airport, but no damage was reported.
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 18, 4:25 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 525 PM MDT SUN AUG 18 2013 .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE A RATHER ANEMIC ROUND OF CONVECTION DEVELOP OVER MOST MTN RANGES THIS AFTERNOON...DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE E/SE. VAST MAJORITY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH A STORM OR TWO POSSIBLY CONTINUING OVER THE WEST-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND MTNS OVERNIGHT. ANY STRONGER STORMS WILL POSE HAZARDS IN THE FORM OF GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND AND LCL REDUCTIONS IN CIGS/VISBYS DUE TO DOWNPOURS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 33 && .PREV DISCUSSION...245 PM MDT SUN AUG 18 2013... KABQ SOUNDING THIS MORNING WAS WETTER WITH A TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH JUMP IN PRECIPITABLE WATER TO 0.94 OF AN INCH. MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS WERE MORE WESTERLY AS WAS INDICATED BY MODELS 24 HOURS AGO WITH THE H5 HIGH CENTER WOBBLING AROUND SOUTHWEST/SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY. DESPITE THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE...STORMS HAVE BEEN A BIT SLOWER TO IGNITE TODAY...AND HAVE FAVORED THE NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BUT ARE NOTICEABLY MORE SUBDUED OVER THE NORTHWEST AS COMPARED TO SATURDAY. GENERAL TRENDS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE SIMILAR...WITH THE UPPER HIGH CENTER DRIFTING NORTH AND EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY AND INCREASING MID LEVEL MOISTURE. THIS GRADUALLY CHANGING POSITION SHOULD SERVE TO INCREASE OR AT LEAST MAINTAIN CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD TO HALF OF THE CWA WHILE THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WILL BE UNDER A LESS FAVORABLE CIRCULATION FOR RAIN. MODELS NOW INDICATE THERE WILL BE A SURFACE FRONT OVER EASTERN COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY. 12Z ECMWF MORE PROGRESSIVE MOVING THE HIGH CENTER TO OUR EAST WHILE THE GFS SLOWER BY ABOUT A DAY. BY NEXT SATURDAY THEY ARE BOTH IN DECENT AGREEMENT...SO AT LEAST SOME PARTS OF THE STATE...MOSTLY LIKELY THE WEST AND NORTH...WILL SEE SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES PERSIST THROUGH NEARLY THE END OF AUGUST. HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH TUESDAY THEN START TO TREND DOWNWARD SLIGHTLY BUT OVERALL NO HUGE CHANGES. .FIRE WEATHER... FEW CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST ELEMENTS AS THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO ONLY SEE GRADUAL AND SUBTLE SHIFTS OVER THE COMING DAYS. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH...CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN BORDER OF NM...WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL NOT BE OVERLY IMPRESSIVE...BUT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR DAILY ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS ARE TAKING SLOWER MOVEMENT TODAY...AND MOST OF THE ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED SPARSE OR ISOLATED. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STUBBORN CELLS TO PERSIST BEYOND MIDNIGHT. LOCALIZED AREAS IMMEDIATELY BENEATH STORM CORES WILL BENEFIT FROM WETTING RAINFALL...BUT THIS WILL BE A SMALL AREA WITH FINER FUELS LIKELY SHOWING SIGNS OF DRYING OUTSIDE OF THIS ACTIVITY. TONIGHT'S RH RECOVERIES WILL BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT AGAIN...IN THE 50 TO 80 PERCENT RANGE. STORMS WILL BE CONCENTRATED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND HIGHER WESTERN TERRAIN SURROUNDING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ON MONDAY WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND MINIMUM RH GENERALLY IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE...EXCLUDING SOME OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY BREEZES WILL CONTINUE IN THE PLAINS WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS IN MUCH OF THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL ALSO BE FOUND IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS OVER CENTRAL TO WESTERN NM AND THIS WILL KEEP POOR VENTILATION RATES GOING MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY. STORM POTENTIAL WILL FADE AWAY IN THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE WEEK AS SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS IN AND THE UPPER HIGH WORKS NORTH NORTHEASTWARD. REMAINING AREAS OF CENTRAL TO WESTERN NM WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. 52 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 559 AM MDT SUN AUG 18 2013 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- 559 AM MDT SUN AUG 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... A RICHER MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME SHOULD ENABLE SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH A POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING WITHIN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED FORESTS DURING THIS PERIOD. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 443 PM MDT SUN AUG 18 2013 NMZ508-182315- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 443 PM MDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM MDT... AT 442 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAGDALENA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF SOCORRO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...THE MAGDALENA MOUNTAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3409 10702 3390 10698 3390 10720 3406 10722 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 265DEG 0KT 3399 10711 34
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Fort Sumner Airport reported 64 mph peak wind gust.
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