A retired NWS meteorologist observed a thunderstorm producing multiple funnel clouds as it moved about 5 miles northwest of Taos. No touchdowns were observed.
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A retired NWS meteorologist observed a thunderstorm producing multiple funnel clouds as it moved about 5 miles northwest of Taos. No touchdowns were observed.
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, 11:07 AM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1207 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE MOIST NORTHEAST TO EAST FLOW INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH ACTIVITY FAVORING THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL HIGHER TERRAIN AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. ONCE DEVELOPED...THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE SOUTH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH MVFR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES. GUSTY OUTFLOWS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING DUST AS WELL. THE FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE EAST...COMBINED WITH CONVECTION EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GAP WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL VALLEYS...INCLUDING KABQ...KSAF...AND WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS EVENT FOR A POSSIBLE AWW AT KABQ. THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 04Z TO 06Z. SOME SPOT SHOWERS THEREAFTER WITH SOME CLEARING...BUT EXPECT MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY ON SUNDAY. 05 && .PREV DISCUSSION...300 AM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013... ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL DRIFT W THIS WEEKEND THEN STRENGTHEN AND BUILD NW EARLY NEXT WEEK. N FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING BACK DOOR FRONTS S INTO NM THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...AIDED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS. RESULT WILL BE A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN MOISTURE. COVERAGE OF CONVECTION ON FRI WAS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN THU AND THAT WILL BE THE TREND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS PWATS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NE MOST FAVORED TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING S TONIGHT...FAVORING THE CNTRL MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS. E CANYON WINDS LIKELY TONIGHT INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TEMPERATURES CLOSE OR A LITTLE LOWER THAN ON FRI. WARMEST IN THE NW WITH RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE IN FMN AND GUP. ONE MORE DAY TODAY OF POTENTIAL DRY STORMS OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SCENARIO SUN THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE AT LEAST A DAY OR TWO OF DECENT RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AREAS. LEAST LIKELY WILL BE THE NW. LATER NEXT WEEK THE STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NW WILL WEAKEN BUT DROP S THEN E INTO NM BY NEXT WEEKEND. STILL PLENTY OF MOISTURE AROUND FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO RECYCLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALTHOUGH OVERALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF STORMS SHOULD BE LESS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THEIR DOWNWARD TREND FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS THEN LEVEL OFF AND INCREASE AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. CHJ .FIRE WEATHER... THE CENTROID OF 500 MB HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT WESTWARD FROM AROUND THE GRAND CANYON EARLY THIS MORNING TO NEVADA BY SUNDAY. THE HIGH WILL THEN VARY AROUND NEVADA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COMING WORK WEEK. MODELS DIVERGE ON WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL SHIFT OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE COMING WEEK. MEANWHILE...A MOIST BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND THROUGH GAPS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WITH A GUSTY EAST CANYON WIND TONIGHT. THE FRONT AIDED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS SHOULD INDUCE EAST CANYON WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE AROUND ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE THIS EVENING. THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL INTRODUCE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR AN UPTICK IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...MOISTURE STARVED STORMS WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE MORE WIND AND BLOWING DUST THAN RAIN. WITH A SURFACE HIGH SLIDING DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS JUST EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS...A MOIST SE WIND WILL FUNNEL INTO THE STATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH TWO FAIRLY ACTIVE DAYS FOR CONVECTION. THE MOST LIKELY REGION FOR CONVECTION BOTH DAYS IS EXPECTED FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EASTWARD TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. HOWEVER...THE BETTER COVERAGE OF WETTING PRECIP WILL BE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS FIRING IN THIS LOCATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO INDUCE GUSTY EAST CANYON WINDS IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE AREAS AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVENINGS...THOUGH THEY PROBABLY WONT BE AS STRONG AS THE EAST CANYON WIND GUSTS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. AFTER COOLER TEMPERATURES IN MOST LOCATIONS SUNDAY AND IN ALL LOCATIONS MONDAY...READINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO REBOUND TUESDAY AS SURFACE WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTH. THIS WILL ALSO BEGIN A TREND OF MODERATING HUMIDITIES AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. CONVECTIVE CHANCES SHOULD CONTINUE TO FAVOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE COMING WORK WEEK. IF THE GFS IS RIGHT...AND THE 500 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTROID CAN SHIFT OVER S AZ DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE COMING WORK WEEK...SOME DRIER AIR SHOULD FLOW INTO WESTERN AREAS. THIS WOULD AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND POSSIBLY FARTHER EAST INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...WITH LOWER PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND DRIER VARIETY STORMS. 44 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 553 AM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 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- 553 AM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM MDT OVER UNION COUNTY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL EACH AFTERNOON OR EVENING FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IS POSSIBLE...WHERE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THIS IS ESPECIALLY A CONCERN ON RECENT BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLASH FLOODING. 40
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Retired NWS Meteorologist reported several funnel clouds with a storm 5 miles northwest of Taos.
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