A weak upper level disturbance rapidly moved east over central New Mexico and interacted with mid level moisture over the area to produce numerous dry showers and thunderstorms. Activity developed early in the morning over western areas then pushed quickly east into the Rio Grande Valley from Albuquerque south to Socorro.
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A weak upper level disturbance rapidly moved east over central New Mexico and interacted with mid level moisture over the area to produce numerous dry showers and thunderstorms. Activity developed early in the morning over western areas then pushed quickly east into the Rio Grande Valley from Albuquerque south to Socorro. Wind gusts at the Albuquerque Sunport reached 52 mph. The strongest winds with this activity impacted the Los Lunas area where a semi-trailer truck was blown over on Interstate 25. A small hay shed collapsed and the sheet metal roofing blew nearly 200 yards away.
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 11, 10:33 AM MST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1133 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2014 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE HIT AND MISS DRIER SH/TS WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE AREA TODAY/EVENING. TRIED TO TIME HIGH BASED SH IMPACT AT AEG/ABQ/SAF/TCC AND ROW. THESE SITES HAVE THE BEST POSSIBILITY OF SH IMPACT. MAIN IMPACT WOULD BE GUSTY OUTFLOWS/DOWNDRAFTS. CANT RULE OUT BRIEF GUSTS TO 45KT. OVERALL WIND FLOW WILL BE STRONGER TODAY SO EXPECTING MANY SITES TO ACHIEVE 30-35KT REGARDLESS OF VICINITY SH/TS ACTIVITY. AWW SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED TO SH/TS AT ABQ SO NOT EXPECTING AN AWW ISSUANCE AT THIS TIME. BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY SLIDE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVE AND OVERNIGHT. DISTINCT NORTHERLY WIND SHIFT AND INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT. GENERAL GUSTS TO 25KT ALONG AND SEVERAL HRS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. TCC AND ROW WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE COLD FRONTAL WINDS. SOME MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND WOULD FAVOR NE AREAS. HINTED AT LOW CLOUDS AT TCC WITH SCT030. BETTER BET TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST. 50 && .PREV DISCUSSION...628 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2014... .UPDATE... LOOKING MORE BUBBLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM TORC TO SOCORRO WHERE ISOLATED LIGHTNING DETECTED. WENT AHEAD AND SPREAD SMALL POPS OVER A WIDER AREA FOR TODAY. NO OTHER CHANGES. UPDATED ZFP JUST SENT OUT. && .PREV DISCUSSION...325 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2014... .SYNOPSIS... MID LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL SPARK ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE RAIN TODAY. AFTERNOON BREEZES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL SPARK MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION INTO FRIDAY BUT DRIER AND BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE COULD INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK FROM A SUBTROPICAL SYSTEM BUT OTHER EXTENDED FORECAST MODELS SUGGEST DRIER AND BREEZY WEATHER. && .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED CELL IGNITED OVER FOUR CORNERS JUST IN THE LAST HOUR...CAUSING A RECONSIDERATION OF POP PLACEMENT FOR TODAY. ISOLATED LIGHTNING ALSO NOTED SOUTH OF THE BOOTHEEL WHERE MODELS SUGGESTED THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE WOULD BE CREEPING UP. ENDED UP WITH A COMBO OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN WHERE GUSTY WINDS MAY BE MORE LIKELY THAN WETTING RAIN...AND INCLUDED THE FAR SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST WHERE HIGHER DEW POINTS AND BETTER FORECAST INSTABILITY RESIDE. AFTERNOON BREEZES WILL BE THE NORM AS THE DISTURBANCE CROSSES TO OUR NORTH AND A SURFACE LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS. HIGHS TODAY GENERALLY WARMER EAST WITH LITTLE CHANGE CENTRAL AND WEST. FRONT REMAINS SCHEDULED TO IMPACT THE EAST BEGINNING TONIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGHS THURSDAY OUT THERE WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY...AND CHANCES FOR CONVECTION INCREASE. ALTHOUGH AN EAST WIND MAY BREAK INTO THE RGV THURSDAY NIGHT...NOT THINKING...AT THIS TIME...IT WILL BE SUSTAINED ENOUGH TO LEAD TO RAINFALL PRODUCING CONVECTION IN THE MIDDLE/LOWER RGV. FRIDAY WILL SEE MORE MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVERHEAD MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHS REBOUND IN THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL FROM THURSDAY. MID LEVEL MOISTURE IS SWEPT OUT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY FOR DRIER AND BREEZY CONDITIONS. ECMWF INDICATES A SURFACE BOUNDARY DIPPING INTO THE FAR NE SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT SO TWEAKED GRIDS TO ADD A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONVECTION THERE. THEREAFTER...THE EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK PERIOD COULD BE WET OR DRY. THE ECMWF FEATURES THE DRIER AND BREEZIER PATTERN WHILE THE GFS DRAWS UP MOISTURE FROM A SUBTROPICAL SYSTEM. FRONTAL TIMINGS ARE DIFFERENT AS WELL. LEANED TOWARDS HAVING AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA AS A COMPROMISE. && .FIRE WEATHER... RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN PLACE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS ZONES 105-107 AND 109. WINDS REMAIN ON THE MARGINAL SIDE...BUT WITH WIDESPREAD 6 HAINES... ABOVE NORMAL MIXING HEIGHTS...AND SOME AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...THE RED FLAG IS WARRANTED. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITHIN 50 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF I-40 ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AS WELL...BUT DUE TO RECENT RAINS AND GREENUP WILL NOT ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONES 103 AND 104 AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 108. IN ADDITION TO THE RFW TODAY...THE NAM SUGGESTS NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME DRY LIGHTNING OR VIRGA SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS. GIVEN AN ISOLATED TSTM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS EARLY THIS MORNING ALREADY...THIS CERTAINLY SEEM PLAUSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...A BACK DOOR FRONT WILL SLIDE DOWN THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BE A FOCUS FOR A MIX OF WET/DRY THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT...INCREASING DEWPOINTS AND THEREBY HUMIDITIES. GOOD TO FAIR RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE EAST...WITH MAINLY POOR RECOVERIES ELSEWHERE. WEAK RIDGING REMAINS ON TAP FOR THURSDAY. MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL VEER AROUND TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. THIS UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD ALLOW STORMS TO DEVELOP FAVORING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTNS EASTWARD TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. MEANWHILE...A DRY SLOT LOOKS TO REMAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE...BUT MID LEVEL MOISTURE LOOKS TO ROUND THE HIGH AND MOVE INTO MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THIS MAY LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-40 BETWEEN THE CONTDVD EASTWARD TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE FRONT WILL PUSH WESTWARD THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THURSDAY NIGHT...THOUGH SHOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE CONTDVD. MUCH OF THE MOISTURE WEST OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN WILL MIX BACK OUT ON FRIDAY AFTN...BUT MID LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE. ALSO THE RIDGE WILL BE FLATTENED A BIT AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN ROCKIES. WEAK LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH MAY BE ALL THATS NEEDED TO HELP OUT THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY LOOKS LIKE THE BEST DAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...FROM MAINLY JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN WITH ANY DRY THUNDERSTORM. WETTER STORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE 50S. MEANWHILE...FAR NORTHWEST AREAS MAY SEE A FEW HOURS OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS. THE DRY LIGHTNING POTENTIAL ON FRIDAY IS A CONCERN DUE TO THE PROJECTED DRIER AND BREEZIER FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES WILL BE THE RULE. OF THE TWO DAYS...SATURDAY LOOKS TO HAVE THE MOST POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. EXTENDED MODELS ARE REALLY AT ODD TO THE UPPER AIR PATTERN EARLY NEXT WEEK. ECMWF SHOWS A DRIER AND BREEZIER PATTERN WITH A LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US...WHILE THE GFS SHOWS SOME WEAK RIDGING AND MOISTURE SEEPING UP INTO THE AREA. TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT TO SPECULATE WHICH IS CORRECT...THOUGH THE GFS ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH SPREAD. IN OTHER WORDS...ALL PERTURBATIONS OF THE OPERATIONAL GFS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR. STAY TUNED. 34 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ105>107-109. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 545 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2014 NMZ501>540-121200- 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- 545 AM MDT WED JUN 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS...AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INCREASES SATURDAY AS DRIER AND BREEZY WEATHER DOMINATE. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO BE AFFECTED WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 911 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-386-7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS.
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Outflow winds from a virga shower blew over a semi-trailer truck along Interstate 25 in Los Lunas. A small hay shed also collapsed and the sheet metal roofing blew up to 200 yards away.
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