A cluster of thunderstorms that developed as a result of outflow boundary collisions over the west side of Albuquerque produced locally heavy rainfall and hail. A particularly strong cell on Albuquerque's northwest mesa produced brief pea to nickel sized hail and minor street flooding.
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A cluster of thunderstorms that developed as a result of outflow boundary collisions over the west side of Albuquerque produced locally heavy rainfall and hail. A particularly strong cell on Albuquerque's northwest mesa produced brief pea to nickel sized hail and minor street flooding. Elsewhere, heavy rainfall over the Little Bear burn scar created a small rock slide that blocked one lane of Ski Run Road.
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 9, 10:57 AM MST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1157 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE MOST PART DURING THE NEXT 24HS. WDLY SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN MOST LIKELY IMPACTING KLVS...KTCC AND KROW. LIGHT AND VARIABLE STEERING FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP STORMS FROM MOVING MUCH. BRIEF ISOLD MVFR CONDITIONS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH AT LEAST 03Z. WIND SHIFT WILL MOVE SOUTH AND WEST ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TONIGHT. BRIEF MVFR CIGS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE FAR NE AFTER 06Z...INCLUDING KCAO. && .PREV DISCUSSION...858 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014... .UPDATE... UPDATED MAINLY TO INCREASE POPS FOR THIS MORNING NORTHEAST AND EAST OF ROSWELL AND ACROSS ROOSEVELT COUNTY DUE TO PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED THERE. 44 && .PREV DISCUSSION...246 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014... .SYNOPSIS... AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE SCALING BACK AS THE WORK WEEK GETS STARTED. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE HEART OF THE WORK WEEK BEFORE TAPERING OFF HEADING INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...A FEW OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS SPRINGING UP ON A DRY LINE THAT DIVIDES DEW POINTS IN THE 50S AND 60S TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 20S IN THE NORTH AND WEST. IR IMAGERY SHOWING BULK OF THE MOISTURE PLUME IN CHIHUAHUA EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND THEN WRAPPING EASTWARD INTO TEXAS ON WESTERN MARGINS OF RIDGE CORE SITTING OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. DYNAMICS HELPED BY LAMINAR 50 KT JET STREAM MOVING FROM THE BOOT HEEL TO CLAYTON...WITH MORE LOCALIZED JET STREAKS SUFFICIENT TO GET SMALL STORMS STARTED...AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. UPSTREAM...CLOSED LOW COILING IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OFF THE ROGUE RIVER ESTUARY OF SOUTHERN OREGON ANCHORING BROAD AND BAGGY TROUGH WITH AXIS EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEAR SAN DIEGO. MODELS...TELLING A PRETTY COHERENT TALE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. OREGON COAST CLOSED LOW WILL SHIFT TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY ACROSS THE WEEKEND...AND EFFECTIVELY PREVENT THE TROUGH FROM MAKING MUCH EASTWARD PROGRESS...AS RIDGE DOWNSTREAM SHIFTS CORE WESTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO TO THE FOUR CORNERS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DEEPER TROUGH BARRELING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PHASE UP WITH AND ULTIMATELY ABSORB SAN FRANCISCO CLOSED LOW...AND WHOLE SHEBANG WILL LIFT NORTH AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH THE HEART OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH SOME POTENTIAL TO CLIP NORTHERN NEW MEXICO IN PASSING. RIDGE CORE...MEANWHILE...WILL BE DISPLACED SOUTH AND EAST BACK OVER THE HEART OF TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY. AS PHASED TROUGH SYSTEM SHEARS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES...FLOW OVER NEW MEXICO WILL VEER NORTHWESTERLY BY THE WEEKEND...WITH SPEEDY JET STREAM OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CLIPPING NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO EN ROUTE TO CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR TODAY...A FEW DEGREES WARMER WITH MOST SPOTS VERY CLOSE TO EARLY AUGUST NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY. RIDGE CORE OVER WEST TEXAS WILL EXPAND WESTWARD INTO NEW MEXICO...KEEPING THE HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...BUT KEEPING ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU IN A SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM REGIME INTO THIS EVENING. ONE INCH PWAT CONTOUR REMAINS ROUGHLY FROM THE BOOT HEEL NORTH AND EAST TO CLAYTON..WITH 1.4 INCH VALUES OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND CLOSER TO A HALF INCH OVER THE NORTHWEST. FOR SUNDAY...RIDGE CORE MOVING SQUARELY OVER NEW MEXICO AS WEAK COOL FRONT INVADES THE NORTHERN TIER AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER AIR WILL KNOCK A FEW DEGREES OFF THE DAYTIME HIGHS...WITH MOST SPOTS STILL VERY CLOSE TO MID AUGUST NORMALS. INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...WITH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE...AND THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS ALL FAVORED. FRONT...UP SLOPE WINDS OUT OF THE EAST PLUS MOISTURE GRADIENT MAY HELP FOCUS SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...WITH GENERAL UP TICK IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERALL FOR THE DAY...AND WILL KEEP AN EYE ON TRENDS HERE FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. FOR MONDAY...RIDGE CORE CIRCLING THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS SOUTHWARD OUT OF COLORADO INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...AND CONTINUES SUPPORT OF BROAD EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE STATE ALONG WITH DEEPENING THERMAL LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND NORTHWEST SONORA. AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW MID AUGUST NORMALS...THUNDERSTORM FOCUS WILL TREND A LITTLE MORE WEST AND CENTRAL...WITH GRADUAL REDUCTION IN COVERAGE IN THE EAST. WITH BROAD UP SLOPE EAST AND SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS...HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL PAINT ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND ADJACENT EAST SIDE FOOTHILLS. GENERAL UP TICK IN PWAT CONTINUING...WITH AN INCH OR MORE SOUTH AND EAST OF A RATON TO GLENWOOD LINE...AND THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU MOISTENING NICELY UP TO NEARLY 0.75 INCHES OF PWAT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR TUESDAY...RIDGE CORE OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...AS RIDGE AMPLITUDE INCREASES NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF TROUGH PHASING UP ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST. NEW MEXICO PRETTY MUCH UNDER BROAD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH WIND DIRECTIONS MORE SOUTHERLY FOR THE DAY. PWAT EDGING UPWARD...WITH MOST SPOTS CLOSE TO AN INCH AND PUSHING TOWARD 1.5 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. MORE MOISTURE AND RIDGE CORE PLACEMENT WILL FOCUS STORM COVERAGE OVER THE CENTRAL AND WEST...WITH HIGH COUNTRY INITIATION EXPANDING RAPIDLY TO FOOTHILLS AND PUTTING ISOLATED STORMS INTO THE VALLEYS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY RUN CLOSER TO THE ARIZONA BORDER...AND OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURE PROFILE UNCHANGED...AND RUNNING CLOSE TO MID AUGUST NORMALS. OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...RIDGE CORE SQUARELY OVER NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY SHIFTING TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON THURSDAY BEFORE FLATTENING OUT ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND SOUTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY. SURFACE TROUGH FROM EASTERN COLORADO SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO TO THE TEXAS BIG BEND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LAST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. RIDGE CORE RETREAT WILL ALLOW UP TICK IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WEST AND CENTRAL BEFORE TAPERING BACK INTO A RECYCLING OF IN PLACE MOISTURE WITH REDUCED COVERAGE ON FRIDAY. STEADY TEMPERATURE TRENDS NEAR MID AUGUST NORMALS. SOME NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PLAINS SOUTHWEST BREEZINESS DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL PLAY AGAINST THUNDERSTORM GUSTINESS EACH DAY. SHY && .FIRE WEATHER... A SLIGHT UPTICK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TODAY AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LEVELS REMAIN SIMILAR TO FRIDAY BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES WARM MOST AREAS BY ABOUT 5F. AS A RESULT OF THE WARMING...CUMULUS BUILD UPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE GREATER CHANCES TO DEVELOP BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHAFTS. WITH STEERING FLOW ALOFT LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND/OR NEAR ZERO...ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL NOT GO FAR. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE TO RELY ON COLLIDING OUTFLOWS TO GET STORMS TO DEVELOP. BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AS SELY SURFACE WINDS CREATE MOIST UP SLOPE FLOW THERE. SIGNIFICANT UPTREND IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS ON TRACK SUNDAY AS A BACKDOOR FRONT PUSHES WESTWARD THROUGH/OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. DEW POINT TEMPERATURES RISE MOST LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING OVER MOST MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL PLAINS WHERE THE FRONT STALLS. LOCAL WRF AND NAM12 MODELS INDICATING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS AND NE HIGHLANDS WILL SEE THE MOST ACTIVITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR ZERO STEERING FLOW WILL BE OF CONCERN...ESPECIALLY FOR RECENT BURN SCARS IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND JEMEZ MOUNTAINS. SAVING FACTOR MAY BE THAT PWATS ARE RATHER SLOW TO RISE TO ABOVE ONE INCH UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW KEEPS HIGH DEWPOINT AIR IN PLACE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...GRADUALLY BECOMING SOUTHERLY WEDNESDAY. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE CROPS OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. STORM LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FOUR CORNERS HIGH SHIFTS SOUTHEAST INTO WEST TX. GFS AND ECMWF BOTH TREND SURFACE DEW POINTS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DOWN FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PUSHES INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. 33 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 514 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014 NMZ501>540-101200- 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- 514 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL COULD BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT AND OLDER BURN SCARS. ISOLATED LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR IN LINCOLN COUNTY...MAY RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY . STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL COULD BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT AND OLDER BURN SCARS. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .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 Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall over the Little Bear burn scar produced a small rock slide that closed 1 lane of Ski Run Road.
Nickel size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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