Vigorous thunderstorms developed across the southeast plains and the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains during the late afternoon to early evening hours on the 21st. Two large scale outflow boundaries that surged out of these areas of convection collided over Quay County by late evening.
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Vigorous thunderstorms developed across the southeast plains and the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains during the late afternoon to early evening hours on the 21st. Two large scale outflow boundaries that surged out of these areas of convection collided over Quay County by late evening. Training thunderstorms developed in the area between Tucumcari, Porter, and San Jon between about 8pm and 9pm, then again from about 1030pm to 130am on the 22nd. Rainfall estimates from Cannon AFB and Amarillo radars indicated a large portion of this area received 5 to 7 inches. A report from the periphery of this heavy rainfall near San Jon indicated 3.05 inches. No reports of flash flooding were received from the area of heavy rainfall around Porter.
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 Jul 21, 4:41 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 503 AM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 NMZ501>540-221200- 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- 503 AM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STRONGER SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER BURN SCARS. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM STRONGER SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER BURN SCARS. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS WELL. POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND BURN SCAR FLOODING WILL DECREASE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 11
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
227 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM TSTM WND GST DEXTER 33.19N 104.37W
07/19/2014 E65 MPH CHAVES NM TRAINED SPOTTER
A LARGE CARPORT COLLAPSED ONTO 2 VEHICLES AT THE U.S.
WILDLIFE FISH HATCHERY NEAR DEXTER.
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ1401122
GUYERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
232 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E DEXTER 33.19N 104.33W
07/19/2014 CHAVES NM TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO PICKUP TRUCK EAST OF DEXTER.
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ1401123
GUYERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
234 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ESE DEXTER 33.18N 104.34W
07/19/2014 CHAVES NM TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO ROADWAY NEAR LAKE VAN.
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ1401124
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
State police dispatcher reported that she received 3.05 inches of rain at her residence during the overnight hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2014
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: 522870.