A surface low pressure system was positioned across portions of eastern New Mexico. In the upper levels of the atmosphere, high pressure was sprawled across southern and portions of eastern New Mexico with an elongated trough of lower pressure stretched from southwest Canada to northern California.
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A surface low pressure system was positioned across portions of eastern New Mexico. In the upper levels of the atmosphere, high pressure was sprawled across southern and portions of eastern New Mexico with an elongated trough of lower pressure stretched from southwest Canada to northern California. Southwest flow dominated the weather pattern with some afternoon gusty winds and showers across the high terrain. During the late afternoon and early evening hours, dry, high-based showers tracked northeast across the central highlands near McIntosh that resulted in a dry microburst that overturned a semi-trailer truck as well as damaged other structures.
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, 2:31 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 331 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014 ...RECORD AND NEAR RECORD WARMTH CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL SHIFT NORTHWESTWARD ON WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD AND NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE RECORD HIGHS THEN TREND UPWARD DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK...AND FORECAST HIGHS TREND DOWNWARD AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL DRAW SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE PLAINS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONGER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PLUNGE SOUTH AND WESTWARD THROUGH THE PLAINS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AND A WELCOME REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAT THROUGH SUNDAY. && .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGE THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN FIGURING OUT WHERE TO PLACE DRY LINE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. CELLS ALONG THE WESTERN FRINGE WILL TEND TO BE DRIER WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE OR NO RAIN. INDICATED THIS IN THE WEATHER GRIDS...BUT IT IS DEFINITELY NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE. THE SAME AREA MAY SEE A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS...BUT THE AREAL TREND IS DRIER WEST AND WETTER EAST. A MORE CONFIDENT AREA FOR PRECIP THIS WEEK IS THE NE PLAINS...WHERE MODELS HAVE A WEAK COLD FRONT SAGGING INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO BRING SOME MOISTURE WITH IT...AND IT SHOULD LINGER ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY EAST CENTRAL AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. THE SLOWLY APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH FROM THE WEST WILL PASS NORTH OF NEW MEXICO AND CLIP NORTHEAST AREAS ON FRIDAY. LOOK FOR AN IMPROVED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD IMPROVE FURTHER LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AMPLIFIES OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND A STRONGER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH AND WESTWARD. AIDED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS THIS FRONT WILL PROBABLY PUSH THROUGH GAPS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WITH A GUSTY EAST WIND BELOW CANYONS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE THE FRONT PUSHES INTO THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH...SOME DRIER VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MEANWHILE...WETTER VARIETY CELLS SHOULD PERSIST IN THE EAST UNDER COOLER TEMPERATURES. 44 && .FIRE WEATHER... THICKER HIGH CIRRUS STARTED THE MORNING AND MOST LIKELY REDUCED MIXING DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE CIRRUS HAS THINNED IN AREAS AND GUSTIER WINDS HAVE OVERSPREAD THE AREA. PATCHES OF RED FLAG WIND SPEEDS FAVORING THE HIGHEST RIDGES AND AREAS TO THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL MTNS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. NOT A WIDESPREAD RED FLAG EVENT BUT TODAY IS A WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EVENT DUE TO THE VERY DRY AIRMASS AND HOT TEMPERATURES/HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS. CIRRUS TOOK A LITTLE OF THE LUSTER AWAY BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REDUCE IT TO NON CRITICAL STATUS. WILL LEAVE THE RED FLAG FOR TODAY CONTINUE UNTIL EVENT EXPIRATION OF 8 PM. THE UPCOMING 3 TO 4 DAYS WILL TRANSITION INTO MORE OF A SUPER HAINES SCENARIO WITH SPOTTY RED FLAG WIND SPEEDS FAVORING THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE HIGH PLAINS ADJACENT TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTNS. DOESNT APPEAR THAT A RED FLAG WILL BE NEEDED BUT WILL USE TRUMPED UP HEADLINES ABOUT HOT...DRY...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A DYNAMIC DRY SLOT WILL NUDGE INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND THEN OVERSPREAD A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WEST/CENTRAL DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS DRY SLOT HAS SOME SIGNIFICANT DRY AIR. CURRENT DOWNSTREAM OBS SUCH AS THE GRAND CANYON SHOW DEWPOINTS WELL IN THE NEGATIVE RANGE. THIS IS INDICATIVE OF AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DRY SLOT. THE VERY DRY AIRMASS COMBINED WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL OR NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL FUEL SUPER HAINES READINGS FAVORING WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY. RH RECOVERIES WILL ALSO BE NOTICEABLY LOW...ESPECIALLY WITHIN MIDSLOPE AREAS. THE OTHER FIRE WX FEATURE TO WATCH WILL BE THE DRYLINE. THE DRYLINE EDGED BACK FURTHER WEST THAN ANTICIPATED LAST NIGHT BUT SHOULD STAY EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTNS TONIGHT. RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT SHOULD BE MODERATE TO GOOD EAST OF A LINE FROM DES MOINES TO SANTA ROSA TO FORT SUMNER. POOR RECOVERIES WILL BE FOUND TO THE WEST OF THAT LINE. SOME ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS DRYLINE BOUNDARY DURING THE EVENING. CURRENTLY SEEING SOME DEVELOPING CUMULUS ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE. DUE TO MORE OF A WESTERLY FLOW...THE DRYLINE SHOULD REMAIN NEAR THE TEXAS STATE LINE WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT THEN MOVE BACK OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT AS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SWINGS IN. MODELS ARE AT ODDS WITH THE STRENGTH AND PENETRATION WESTWARD OF THIS COLD FRONT. NAM IS MUCH MORE BULLISH THAN GFS. DECIDED TO HEDGE A LITTLE TOWARDS THE NAM BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. DRYLINE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...WHEREVER IT ENDS UP. A MODERATELY STRONG BELT OF WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DAYTIME MIXING WILL BRING SOME OF THESE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. AGAIN...AS MENTIONED...MORE LOCALIZED RED FLAG WIND SPEEDS SO WATCHES/WARNINGS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THOUGH BREEZES WILL CERTAINLY BE FELT. MODELS SHOWS THE HIGH CIRRUS THINNING SOME DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH SHOULD REMAIN OVERHEAD. MUCH LESS CIRRUS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIS TREND. A WEAK PACIFIC TROUGH IS STILL EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE OVER THE ROCKIES REGION FRIDAY/SATURDAY BUT THE BELT OF UPPER LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PAC TROUGH DOESNT APPEAR TO BE ALL THAT STRONG. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. A STRONGER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE WEEKEND PERIOD AND PROBABLY PUSH BACK INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT. MODIFIED DEWPOINT/HUMIDITY GRIDS TO SHOW THAT MORE PRONOUNCED HUMIDITY PUSH. SOME THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN ALONG THIS BOUNDARY/MOISTURE PUSH. 50 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEXT 24 HRS. CONSISTENT STREAM OF HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVERHEAD. WIND WILL BE THE MAIN AVIATION HAZARD. LOOK FOR GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KT AT TIMES AT MOST TERMINAL SITES AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WINDS WILL DECOUPLE OR LOWER ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN. SOME OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MIXING LEADING TO THE STRONG WIND FLOW WILL REDUCED SOMEWHAT BY THE CIRRUS CLOUDS. NOT EXPECTING AWW SPEEDS AT ABQ AT THIS TIME. 50 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 52 90 48 90 / 0 0 0 0 DULCE........................... 42 85 40 87 / 5 0 0 0 CUBA............................ 49 86 46 88 / 0 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 46 88 41 88 / 0 0 0 0 EL MORRO........................ 40 85 37 84 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 47 89 41 88 / 0 0 0 0 QUEMADO......................... 51 89 47 87 / 0 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 50 98 48 95 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 40 80 38 80 / 0 0 0 5 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 87 57 86 / 0 0 0 5 PECOS........................... 57 86 56 84 / 5 5 0 5 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 46 84 44 82 / 0 5 0 10 RED RIVER....................... 47 76 47 73 / 0 5 0 20 ANGEL FIRE...................... 38 81 38 78 / 0 5 0 20 TAOS............................ 47 88 44 85 / 0 5 0 5 MORA............................ 52 86 51 84 / 5 5 0 10 ESPANOLA........................ 53 93 53 92 / 0 0 0 5 SANTA FE........................ 58 87 57 86 / 0 5 0 5 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 55 91 52 91 / 0 0 0 5 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 65 94 63 93 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 65 98 64 96 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 63 99 62 97 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 64 98 63 97 / 0 0 0 0 LOS LUNAS....................... 60 100 59 98 / 0 0 0 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 63 97 62 97 / 0 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 67 101 64 102 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 60 90 58 94 / 0 0 0 5 TIJERAS......................... 61 91 57 92 / 0 0 0 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 52 92 48 89 / 5 0 0 5 CLINES CORNERS.................. 57 90 57 90 / 5 5 0 5 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 63 92 59 93 / 5 5 0 5 CARRIZOZO....................... 65 96 63 97 / 0 5 5 5 RUIDOSO......................... 60 90 59 92 / 5 10 5 10 CAPULIN......................... 58 86 57 81 / 5 5 5 20 RATON........................... 53 90 53 89 / 5 5 5 20 SPRINGER........................ 54 92 54 90 / 5 5 5 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 56 89 54 88 / 5 5 5 10 CLAYTON......................... 65 95 63 85 / 10 10 10 10 ROY............................. 62 91 60 89 / 5 5 5 10 CONCHAS......................... 65 101 64 95 / 10 10 10 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 65 99 64 95 / 5 5 10 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 69 103 69 100 / 10 10 10 10 CLOVIS.......................... 65 100 65 97 / 10 10 20 10 PORTALES........................ 65 101 66 98 / 5 10 20 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 68 101 68 98 / 10 10 10 10 ROSWELL......................... 68 106 67 106 / 5 10 5 10 PICACHO......................... 66 99 65 99 / 10 10 10 10 ELK............................. 65 95 63 94 / 5 10 10 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ101>109. && 44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 506 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014 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- 506 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... STRONG OUTFLOW/DOWNBURST WINDS FROM DRYLINE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NORTHEAST TO NEAR CLAYTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DRY...HOT... UNSTABLE AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THROUGH SUNDAY. DRY...HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AND MAY CREATE MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TODAY FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. 11
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports included an overturned semi-trailer truck, downed radio tower and near complete destruction of a barn-like structure.
The CQC ASOS at Clines Corners recorded a peak wind gust to 63 MPH.
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