An isolated complex of gusty showers developed into a line of thunderstorms over east central New Mexico by late afternoon. This line of thunderstorms accelerated quickly while producing strong winds up to 60 mph and very little rainfall.
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An isolated complex of gusty showers developed into a line of thunderstorms over east central New Mexico by late afternoon. This line of thunderstorms accelerated quickly while producing strong winds up to 60 mph and very little rainfall. A significant dust storm occurred along the gust front of these thunderstorms with several residents reporting visibilities down to zero.
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 3, 2:32 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 332 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013 .DISCUSSION... WEAK SHORT-WAVE TROUGH/65KT JET STREAK CURRENTLY TRANSLATING EWD THROUGH NW NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL BE OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING ...SHIFTING TO THE RATON PASS/MESA AREA AND POINTS EWD INTO UNION COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING...RAPIDLY DISSIPATING AFTER SUNSET. SIMILAR WEATHER SCENARIO ON TAP FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH WESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO SCOUR OUT OVERNIGHT...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A BLOB OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE SW FLOW ALOFT JUST ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. OVER FAR NORTHEAST NM...BACKDOOR FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH IN HERE...INCREASING MOISTURE AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE ENOUGH TO GET SCATTERED STORMS GOING THERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BACK DOOR FRONT SURGES SOUTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT BUT DOES NOT MAKE MUCH WWD PROGRESS. MAIN SURGE WWD EXPECTED LATE-DAY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A LARGE MCC DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ENHANCING THE DEPTH AND STRENGTH OF THE COOLER AIRMASS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR SRN NM...EXPECTING A RATHER STRONG WWD PUSH THROUGH THE CANYONS INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND TO THE DIVIDE BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE THE MOST ACTIVE DAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THE RULE FORECAST JUST ABOUT AREA-WIDE. COULD BE A LATE START TO ACTIVITY...HOWEVER...WITH A COOLER AND RATHER STABLE AIRMASS TO OVERCOME. POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF THE DIVIDE AS PWATS REMAIN LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. ACTIVE PERIOD CONTINUES FRIDAY WITH PLENTY OF RESIDUAL MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AND NOT TOO MUCH MID-LEVEL DRYING TAKING PLACE. GLOBAL MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN BAJA REMAINS A LITTLE TOO FAR WEST OF NM TO BE A PLAYER. FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO NORTHERLY AND HEIGHTS RISE...PUTTING AN END TO THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER ALL BUT AREAS NEAR THE TX STATE LINE. ECMWF PROGGING A TYPICAL JUNE PATTERN DEVELOPING IN THE FORM OF OUR OLD FRIEND...THE FOUR CORNERS HIGH BY LATE NEXT WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN FACT...THE LAST COUPLE OF RUNS FORECASTING 700MB TEMPS BTWN 20C-21C...WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY 100F AT 5K FEET ELEVATION. 33 && .FIRE WEATHER... WEAK RIPPLE CURRENTLY TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN BORDER. MID LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM AND WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGHER TERRAIN. SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY SITUATED IN EASTERN COLORADO WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUING ITS TREK EASTWARD IN THE NORTHERN U.S. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES MOST LOCALES SAVE FOR THE NORTHERN SAN JUANS AND HUGGING THE EASTERN MOST TEXAS BORDER WHERE WE WILL SEE FAIR RECOVERIES. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AREAWIDE. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR WETTING RAIN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AS A BACKDOOR FRONT BEGINS TO MAKE ITS WAY SOUTH. MIN RH VALUES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH SOME BREEZY WIND CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST POSSIBLE. MAX HAINES VALUES OF 6 ALL AREAS WITH NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO IN THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. INTO WEDNESDAY SURFACE LOW WILL BE WELL TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE WEST AND A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY DOWN THE PLAINS IN THE EAST. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR IN CENTRAL VALLEY LOCATIONS...FAIR IN THE WEST AND SOUTHEAST WITH GOOD CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE A SLIGHT DIVE IN THE NORTHEAST AS THIS FRONT MAKES ITS WAY SOUTH OTHERWISE TEMPERATURES ARE REMAINING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AREAWIDE. AS THIS FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING BEHIND IT WITH A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE EAST. HAINES VALUES OF 6 ARE STILL PREVALENT IN THE WEST. WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME BREEZY IN AREAS ACROSS THE EAST DUE TO THIS FEATURE. MIN RH VALUES STILL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS MOST AREAS EXCEPT IN THE NORTHEAST.SPOTTY SUPER HAINES VALUES SHOWING UP ON LOCALLY DERIVED PRODUCT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. BY THURSDAY THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NM. WEAK RIDGING WILL LEAVE MOSTLY SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE STATE. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL BE FAIR ACROSS THE WEST AND ALL AREAS CENTRAL AND EASTWARD WILL BE EXCELLENT. SLIGHT EAST WIND EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY LOCATIONS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST WILL HAVE CONTINUED TO DECREASE DUE TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE WEST STAYING NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HAVE BEEN PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WITH SOME LINGERING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. VENT RATE WILL BE POOR IN THE EAST WITH THE WEST GOOD TO VERY GOOD BY LATE AFTERNOON. MIN RH VALUES AGAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ACROSS THE WEST WITH READINGS OF 20 TO 40 PERCENT CENTRAL AND EAST. AS WE MOVE INTO FRIDAY UPPER LEVEL PATTERN STILL KEEPING CLOSED LOW WELL OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WITH THE WEAK RIDGING CONTINUING OVER THE STATE. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES TO BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT AREAWIDE WITH DAYTIME HIGHS TRENDING UP. CHANCE FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY REMAINS CENTRAL AND EAST. INTO THE WEEKEND UPPER LEVEL PATTERN LOOKS TO MAKE LITTLE CHANGE WITH CONTINUED CLOSED LOW OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND SLIGHT RIDGING OVERHEAD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRENDING UP WITH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TRENDING DOWN. MIN RH VALUES RETURN TO TEEN AND SINGLE DIGIT READINGS AREAWIDE WITH HAINES VALUES OF 6 RETURNING AS WELL. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL TRAVERSE THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE STARTED TO PICK UP ACROSS FAR WESTERN LOCATIONS AND EASTERN LOCATIONS. BOTH KGUP AND KTCC HAVE BEGUN TO GUST INTO THE MID 20KT RANGE. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS. EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ANY PRECIPITATION IN TAFS...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME MVFR CEILINGS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WITH RAIN WITH A POSSIBILITY FOR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO BLOWING DUST AS WELL. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 51 90 51 89 / 5 5 5 10 DULCE........................... 38 84 37 82 / 5 5 5 10 CUBA............................ 46 85 45 82 / 5 5 5 10 GALLUP.......................... 42 86 42 84 / 5 5 5 10 EL MORRO........................ 39 81 38 80 / 5 5 5 10 GRANTS.......................... 48 86 48 84 / 5 5 5 10 QUEMADO......................... 49 85 49 83 / 5 5 5 10 GLENWOOD........................ 45 92 44 91 / 0 0 5 5 CHAMA........................... 43 77 42 76 / 10 10 10 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 83 59 78 / 10 10 5 30 PECOS........................... 47 83 49 77 / 5 10 10 40 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 45 81 46 77 / 10 20 10 30 RED RIVER....................... 43 72 41 67 / 10 30 20 50 ANGEL FIRE...................... 35 76 32 69 / 5 30 20 40 TAOS............................ 43 86 44 82 / 5 10 5 20 MORA............................ 52 83 49 73 / 10 20 20 40 ESPANOLA........................ 51 89 50 85 / 5 5 5 10 SANTA FE........................ 55 83 54 79 / 10 5 5 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 55 88 53 85 / 5 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 60 89 65 86 / 5 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 62 91 62 89 / 5 5 5 5 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 55 93 54 91 / 0 0 5 5 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 58 92 58 90 / 0 5 5 5 LOS LUNAS....................... 58 93 60 91 / 0 0 5 5 RIO RANCHO...................... 59 92 58 89 / 5 5 5 5 SOCORRO......................... 61 98 60 97 / 5 0 5 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 51 84 51 81 / 5 5 5 10 TIJERAS......................... 55 87 55 84 / 5 5 5 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 50 89 49 86 / 5 5 5 10 CLINES CORNERS.................. 54 86 53 81 / 5 5 5 30 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 57 87 57 86 / 5 5 5 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 59 92 59 91 / 5 5 5 10 RUIDOSO......................... 58 84 57 83 / 5 5 5 30 CAPULIN......................... 56 81 53 65 / 30 30 30 30 RATON........................... 52 87 51 73 / 20 30 30 30 SPRINGER........................ 53 88 53 75 / 20 20 20 30 LAS VEGAS....................... 54 87 50 77 / 10 10 20 40 CLAYTON......................... 63 93 58 72 / 30 30 40 30 ROY............................. 57 90 55 75 / 30 20 20 30 CONCHAS......................... 60 95 59 81 / 30 5 20 30 SANTA ROSA...................... 63 95 60 85 / 10 0 5 30 TUCUMCARI....................... 65 102 63 86 / 20 0 20 30 CLOVIS.......................... 64 99 60 87 / 10 0 5 30 PORTALES........................ 65 100 62 89 / 20 0 5 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 64 98 61 89 / 10 0 5 30 ROSWELL......................... 67 104 69 98 / 10 0 5 10 PICACHO......................... 64 95 64 91 / 5 0 5 20 ELK............................. 62 90 62 87 / 5 5 5 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON JUN 3 2013 NMZ501>540-041200- 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 MON JUN 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...AREAS OF SMOKE FROM THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NEAR TERERRO AND THE THOMPSON RIDGE FIRE NORTH OF JEMEZ SPRINGS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 3 MILES OR LESS AND IMPACT AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY. ALSO...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...AREAS OF SMOKE FROM THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NEAR TERERRO AND THE THOMPSON RIDGE FIRE NORTH OF JEMEZ SPRINGS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 3 MILES OR LESS AND IMPACT AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY. REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 01
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Mills Canyon reported peak wind of 64 mph from dry thunderstorm passing a few miles north of the site.
Outflow winds from collapsing thunderstorms several miles west of Clayton.
Strong outflow winds along thunderstorm gust front approximately 7 miles north of Newkirk with visibility down to zero in blowing dust.
Reported visibility down to zero along severe thunderstorm gust front at both 2 miles north of Montoya and 4 miles west southwest of Ragland.
Visibility reduced to one quarter mile or less along thunderstorm gust front 10 miles north northwest of Taiban.
Semi trailer blown over on Highway 64 three miles to the east southeast of Grenville. Law enforcement relayed this trailer was empty and parked at a home.
Outflow winds along thunderstorm gust front near Ragland with visibility reduced to zero in blowing dust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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