A strong thunderstorm that impacted Gallup produced flash flooding across several areas of town. A juvenile detention center reported 6 inches of water on the ground floor.
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A strong thunderstorm that impacted Gallup produced flash flooding across several areas of town. A juvenile detention center reported 6 inches of water on the ground floor. The combination of heavy rain and hail created flooding impacts at the Red Rock Care Center where damage was reported to the dining and residence halls. County Road 5 was also impacted as heavy flows through an arroyo topped this low water crossing bridge by as much as 5 feet.
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 22, 10:25 AM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1125 AM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS ALOFT WILL BE OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. THIS WILL LIMIT SH/TS DVLPMENT. THE BEST CHANCE OF TS OR SH EFFECTS WILL BE ACROSS THE FAR WEST. THIS INCLUDES IMPACTS TO FMN AND GUP. HAVE VFR CONDITIONS PREDICTED FOR THE TERMINAL SITES. 50 && .PREV DISCUSSION...323 AM MDT THU AUG 22 2013... CURRENTLY...BROAD RIDGE DOMINATING MUCH OF THE LOWER 48...EXCEPT FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NEW ENGLAND...WITH RIDGE CORE CENTERED ON NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING. SURFACE CHARTS MAPPING LOW OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...AND EXTENDING WEAK TROUGH SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TEXAS NEW MEXICO BORDER TO ROUGHLY MIDLAND ODESSA. FURTHER WEST...DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES COLORADO AND EASTERN ARIZONA...WITH PERSISTENT THERMAL LOW OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY NEAR YUMA. MODELS...IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND FOLLOWING WEEKEND IN A CONTINUED WEAKLY FORCED PATTERN. RIDGE CORE WILL DRIFT OUT OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TO THE FLINT HILLS COUNTRY OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THE WEEKEND. CORE WILL DRIFT EAST TO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK...WITH CORE MAKING A SLOW SLIDE WESTWARD BACK INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. TRENDS MOVING CORE BACK TO THE EAST INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY BY THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND AS NORTHBOUND TROPICAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE INTERPLAY OF THE EASTWARD RIDGE CORE MIGRATION AND THE NORTHBOUND MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL MOISTURE UP THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO WILL BE WORTH WATCHING FOR THE LAST DAYS OF THE MONTH. FOR TODAY...RIDGE CORE AT THE TRIPLE POINT OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS WEAK SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS INTO THE HEART OF TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING WILL HAVE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS COVERAGE OVER THE NORTH AND WEST WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL PRETTY MUCH ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. STEADY TEMPERATURE TRENDS...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF LATE AUGUST NORMALS. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SOUTHERLY BREEZES WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS NEAR THE TEXAS LINE. FOR FRIDAY...RIDGE CORE SHIFTING VERY GRADUALLY TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH WEAK SURFACE TROUGH REMAINING FROM WESTERN KANSAS TO WEST TEXAS. SUBTLE SHIFT OF CORE MAY EASE DOOR OPEN FOR SOME ADDITIONAL MOISTURE MOVING OUT OF WESTERN MEXICO INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. BULK OF THE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SHUNTED WESTWARD INTO ARIZONA...BUT A MOISTURE UP TICK FOR NEW MEXICO WILL HELP EXPAND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND ADD ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO THE EASTERN PLAINS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. SOME LOCAL DOWNPOURS REMAIN POSSIBLE. WITH MOISTURE WILL COME SOME INCREASED CLOUD COVER...WITH A DEGREE OR TWO KNOCKED OFF THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REMAIN CLOSE TO LATE AUGUST NORMALS. USUAL AFTERNOON SOUTHERLY BREEZES CRANKING UP AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. FOR SATURDAY...RIDGE CORE ARRIVING IN EASTERN KANSAS WILL OPEN SOUTHERN DOORS WIDER FOR MORE MOISTURE STREAMING OUT OF WESTERN MEXICO INTO THE HEART OF NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD IN WHAT IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE MOST CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE DAY OF THE WEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVIER RAIN MAINLY NORTH AND WEST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ESSENTIALLY STEADY TEMPERATURE TRENDS WITH SOUTHERLY BREEZES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS NEAR PERSISTENT SURFACE TROUGH. FOR SUNDAY...RIDGE CORE STALLING OVER EASTERN KANSAS WITH PERSISTENT SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING OUT OF THE WESTERN NEBRASKA SAND HILLS COUNTRY TO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. RIDGE EXPANSION WESTWARD AS CORE STRENGTHENS OVER KANSAS WILL TURN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE TRENDS DOWNWARD WITH YET ANOTHER AFTERNOON AND EVENING CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVIER RAIN CLOSER TO THE MOISTURE AXIS OVER THE WEST FROM THE ARIZONA LINE TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO LINE. STEADY TEMPERATURE TRENDS WITH USUAL SOUTHERLY BREEZES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OUTLOOK...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...STEADY TEMPERATURE TRENDS AS RIDGE CORE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER KANSAS AND EXTENDS STRENGTHENING LOBE TO THE WEST OVER NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. GRADUAL DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH MIDWEEK...AS COVERAGE ENDS IN THE EAST AND FOCUSES INCREASINGLY ON THE CENTRAL AND WEST. LOCAL DOWNPOURS REMAIN POSSIBLE EACH DAY...WITH GREATEST CHANCE FOR HEAVIER RAIN OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN HIGH COUNTRY. MONDAY SOUTHERLY BREEZES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL EASE DOWNWARD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS TROUGH WEAKENS FROM EASTERN COLORADO ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO TO NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHY .FIRE WEATHER... THE DOWNTURN IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OF WED WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH...MOST LIKELY...THE NORTHERN MTNS PROBABLY BEING THE MOST ACTIVE WITH A MIX OF WET AND DRIER STORMS...PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE OF THE FORMER. FRI MAY BRING A LITTLE LESS STORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT SOUTHERN AREAS MAY SEE A SLIGHT TO MODERATE UPTICK IN THE AFTN OR EVE. THEN BY SAT CENTRAL...NORTH AND WEST AREAS WILL SEE A PCPN UPTICK. SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DOWNTURN IN ACTIVITY FOR ALL BUT MAYBE THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT IS A BIT LESS UNCERTAIN...BUT STILL LEANING TOWARD AT MOST JUST ISOLATED ACTIVITY EXCEPT FAR NORTH AND WEST WHERE IT MAY VARY BETWEEN ISOLATED AND SCATTERED COVERAGE. TODAYS LESSENING IN ACTIVITY LARGELY DUE TO A MID AND UPPER LEVEL DRY INTRUSION FROM THE E AND SE AROUND THE S TO SW SIDE OF FAIRLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT. HUMIDITY VALUES OVERALL SHOULD LOWER A BIT TODAY COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS...BUT AS SOME MOISTENING EASES IN FROM THE S AND SE FRI AND FRI NIGHT...THE DRY SLOT WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD. SO EXPECT A BIT HIGHER HUMIDITY THEN. WHILE SFC WINDS WILL BE BREEZY IN SPOTS ACROSS THE E TODAY AND FRI...TRANSPORT WINDS SHOULD ALSO INCREASE. VENTILATION RATES SHOULD INCREASE MORE NOTICEABLY THOUGH ACROSS MOST AREAS FRI AND SAT. RATES LOOK TO BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT OVERALL FOR LATE WEEKEND...DROPPING DOWN TO FAIR TO VERY GOOD EARLY NEXT WEEK. 43 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 528 AM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 NMZ501>540-231200- 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- 528 AM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING IS POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. SHY
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to 5 feet of water flowed over a bridge on County Road 5, which is locally known as Superman Canyon Road.
Flooding damaged residence and dining halls at Red Rock Care Center. The combination of heavy rain and hail created a water damming situation that resulted in roof leaks and eventual slight inundation of portions of the facility.
Six inches of water flooded the ground floor of the McKinley County Juvenile Detention Center.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2013
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: 463939, 463941, 463942.