Monsoon moisture firmly in place over New Mexico focused another round of very heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms. Storms with torrential rainfall and strong winds erupted over the state.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Monsoon moisture firmly in place over New Mexico focused another round of very heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms. Storms with torrential rainfall and strong winds erupted over the state. A storm that developed around Shiprock moved northeast over La Plata and produced flash flooding along U.S. 170. Law enforcement reported that 12 inches of water was flowing over the roadway. A thunderstorm that moved southeast along two colliding outflow boundaries near Edgewood produced a brief tornado. A metal barn for storing hay was tossed a quarter mile and slammed into a house where a woman was injured by flying glass. This same storm also produced quarter size hail.
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 7, 1:56 PM MST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 256 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A SLIGHTLY LESS ACTIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY HOWEVER THERE WILL STILL BE AT LEAST SCATTERED STORMS AROUND THE AREA. AN UPWARD TREND IS ANTICIPATED THURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A MONSOON MOISTURE SURGE MOVES NORTH OUT OF OLD MEXICO. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AN INCREASED FLOOD THREAT IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE WEST INTO NEW MEXICO BY THIS WEEKEND...FORCING THE MONSOON PLUME INTO ARIZONA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP INTO THE 90S AGAIN BY THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... AFTER A WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NM...TODAY IS RELATIVELY MUCH QUIETER. HOWEVER...THAT SAID...A WELL DEFINED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER WEST CENTRAL NM IS ADVANCING EAST INTO THE JEMEZ MTS AT 3 PM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. OTHER VIGOROUS STORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING ALONG THE CONT DVD AND MOVING MORE SWIFTLY EAST TODAY THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. LATEST 18Z NAM12/HRRR AND 12Z SPC SSEO PRODUCT FAVORS THE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER MOVING NORTH OF ABQ AND FORCING HEAVY RAINFALL INTO THE JEMEZ...SOUTHERN SANGRES...AND THE SANTA FE AREA THIS EVENING. OVERALL NOT MUCH CHANGE ADVERTISED FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STILL EXPECTING SLIGHTLY LESS COVERAGE WEDNESDAY WITH FOCUS FOR STORMS AROUND THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A MONSOON BURST IS PROGGED TO SURGE NORTHWARD OUT OF OLD MEXICO AND TRIGGER A BIG UPTICK IN DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME PRECIPITATION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE THETA-E RIDGE AXIS APPEARS SKINNIER FROM WEST TO EAST COMPARED TO THE MOST RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT...SO THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD STRETCH BETWEEN THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN AND THE ARIZONA BORDER. BY SATURDAY THEN UPPER HIGH IS STILL SHOWN TO RETROGRADE WEST OVER NM AND FORCE THE PLUME INTO AZ. MAX TEMPS WILL RISE BACK TOWARD NORMAL FOR EARLY/MID JULY. GUYER && .FIRE WEATHER... AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH DAY TO DAY VARIABILITY DEPENDING ON THE POSITION OF THE UPPER HIGH AS WELL AS THE TIMING OF ANY UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE PARTICULARLY ACTIVE WITH A MONSOON BURST PATTERN IN PLACE WHILE WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY LOOK TO BE A LITTLE DRIER AND LESS ACTIVE. COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES PERSIST UNTIL AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED SOUTH OF NEW MEXICO WITH AN UPPER LOW ROTATING OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. IN THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT RACED THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS ON MONDAY...COOL...MOIST AND STABLE AIR IS IN PLACE LIMITING WETTING RAIN EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH POOR TO FAIR VENTILATION. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND WILL MOVE TO THE EAST. FAIRLY SMALL FOOTPRINTS OF WETTING RAIN...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BY WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ONSHORE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WILL CROSS COLORADO. SOME DRIER MID AND LOW LEVEL AIR WILL WORK INTO NEW MEXICO FROM THE WEST. STILL...AMPLE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOR MAINLY HIGH TERRAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH A DOWNTREND IN ACTIVITY AS COMPARED TO MONDAY AND TUESDAY IS EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL REMAIN GOOD TO EXCELLENT. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THE UPPER HIGH STARTS TO BUILD TO THE EAST AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEARS THE GREAT BASIN. THIS PATTERN WILL SUPPORT THE TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE FROM MEXICO NORTHWARD OVER THE STATE...RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN WETTING RAIN FOR MOST AREAS EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE EXTREME NORTHWEST AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ZONES. AS THE UPPER HIGH EDGES CLOSER TO NEW MEXICO...THE MOISTURE PLUME IS NUDGED TO THE WEST...CLOSER TO OR OVER ARIZONA...WITH A GRADUAL WARMING AND DRYING TREND SATURDAY AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. VENTILATION LOOKS TO REMAIN GOOD OR BETTER THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH WIDESPREAD POOR TO FAIR VALUES FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. 05 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY IN STORE FOR THE FORECAST AREA...WITH STORMS AND SHOWERS AS WELL AS IFR TO MVFR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES. WITH MOIST UPSLOPE IN PLACE...EXPECT MOST LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO MAINTAIN CEILINGS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD SOME AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS PERSISTING. PATCHY FOG PERSISTS ACROSS THE EAST PLAINS...THOUGH LIFTING OF THE CLOUD DECK AND EVEN SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH CEILINGS LOOK TO REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN AND EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AND THE AREA BETWEEN THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE OVER TO AREAS OF RAIN OVERNIGHT...AGAIN MAINLY CENTRAL LOCATIONS. BY LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF HIGH TERRAIN THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...THOUGH COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE LESS THAN RECENT DAYS. 05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 60 83 57 82 / 40 30 30 30 DULCE........................... 51 76 47 77 / 70 40 40 60 CUBA............................ 52 75 52 73 / 60 30 50 60 GALLUP.......................... 53 82 52 80 / 30 30 30 30 EL MORRO........................ 52 80 51 77 / 30 30 40 40 GRANTS.......................... 54 82 53 81 / 30 30 30 40 QUEMADO......................... 55 80 54 78 / 30 40 40 30 GLENWOOD........................ 57 85 57 81 / 30 20 30 30 CHAMA........................... 49 70 46 71 / 80 40 40 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 55 75 56 75 / 80 40 40 60 PECOS........................... 53 75 54 76 / 80 30 30 40 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 51 70 49 72 / 80 40 20 40 RED RIVER....................... 45 60 45 63 / 80 50 20 60 ANGEL FIRE...................... 47 64 48 66 / 80 30 20 60 TAOS............................ 52 76 49 77 / 60 30 30 30 MORA............................ 51 72 51 73 / 80 30 30 50 ESPANOLA........................ 57 79 55 81 / 60 40 30 40 SANTA FE........................ 56 75 57 76 / 70 30 30 40 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 56 80 56 80 / 70 20 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 59 84 61 83 / 50 30 30 40 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 61 86 63 85 / 40 20 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 61 88 62 87 / 40 20 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 62 89 63 88 / 50 30 30 30 LOS LUNAS....................... 61 87 61 87 / 40 20 30 30 RIO RANCHO...................... 62 87 62 86 / 50 30 30 30 SOCORRO......................... 64 89 63 88 / 40 20 30 30 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 56 80 57 80 / 60 40 40 40 TIJERAS......................... 57 82 58 82 / 50 30 40 40 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 55 83 54 82 / 40 20 30 30 CLINES CORNERS.................. 54 78 56 78 / 40 20 30 30 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 57 81 57 80 / 50 20 30 40 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 85 61 85 / 40 20 30 30 RUIDOSO......................... 56 76 58 75 / 40 50 40 50 CAPULIN......................... 53 75 54 76 / 20 30 30 40 RATON........................... 55 78 53 80 / 30 20 30 30 SPRINGER........................ 56 81 55 82 / 40 20 20 30 LAS VEGAS....................... 54 76 53 77 / 50 20 20 30 CLAYTON......................... 56 81 59 84 / 20 30 40 30 ROY............................. 56 80 58 81 / 20 20 30 30 CONCHAS......................... 62 88 64 90 / 10 20 40 30 SANTA ROSA...................... 61 87 62 88 / 10 20 30 50 TUCUMCARI....................... 61 88 65 91 / 10 20 40 30 CLOVIS.......................... 60 85 63 86 / 10 20 30 30 PORTALES........................ 62 86 64 87 / 10 20 40 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 63 86 64 89 / 10 20 30 30 ROSWELL......................... 66 89 66 91 / 10 20 30 30 PICACHO......................... 61 84 61 85 / 20 30 30 40 ELK............................. 58 78 60 77 / 30 40 40 60 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 554 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 NMZ501>540-081200- 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 CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/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- 554 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...FOCUSING ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND ADJACENT WESTERN HIGHLANDS. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL COULD BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. AN UPTICK IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHEN A MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME MOVES OVER THE STATE. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...LEADING TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR BURN SCARS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT STORM REPORTS AND PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR VIA TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG N M W X. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 113 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 NMZ504-506-507-071945- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 113 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SANDOVAL AND EAST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT... AT 113 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORREON NAVAJO MISSION TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN MATEO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARQUEZ AND TORREON NAVAJO MISSION. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE MARQUEZ WILDLIFE AREA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3585 10691 3529 10726 3544 10757 3590 10727 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 286DEG 21KT 3583 10728 3550 10749 GUYER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
132 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015
NMZ508-071945-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
132 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM MDT...
AT 132 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY
OBSERVATORY...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DATIL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3388 10755 3397 10763 3406 10754 3408 10734
3384 10739
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 272DEG 19KT 3397 10746
GUYERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
213 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015
NMZ504-507-511-519-072045-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO
AREA-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
213 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY
UNTIL 245 PM MDT...
AT 212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JEMEZ PUEBLO TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN YSIDRO TO 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARQUEZ...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JEMEZ SPRINGS...SAN YSIDRO...JEMEZ STATE MONUMENT AND JEMEZ PUEBLO.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE VISTA LINDA CAMPGROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3579 10666 3546 10681 3522 10704 3534 10726
3540 10725 3542 10721 3545 10721 3545 10724
3547 10726 3549 10723 3553 10722 3554 10724
3576 10711
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 288DEG 22KT 3570 10690 3546 10701 3527 10721
GUYERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
307 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015
NMZ510-072115-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
307 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM MDT...
AT 307 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TIERRA AMARILLA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIERRA AMARILLA...BRAZOS...ENSENADA...LA PUENTE...LOS OJOS AND
RUTHERON.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
CANJILON CREEK CAMPGROUND...TROUT LAKES CAMPGROUND...AND LOS OJOS
FISH HATCHERY.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 10666 3663 10675 3672 10669 3680 10637
3654 10632
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 261DEG 12KT 3665 10659
GUYERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 320 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 NMZ501-503-072145- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- 320 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 319 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF FARMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORM ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FARMINGTON...AZTEC...KIRTLAND...FRUITLAND...NAPI HEADQUARTERS...FLORA VISTA...UPPER FRUITLAND...OJO AMARILLO...NENAHNEZAD AND LA PLATA. OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS DUNES RECREATION AREA...GLADE RUN RECREATION AREA...HEAD CANYON RECREATION AREA...THOMAS CANYON RECREATION AREA...JACKSON LAKE WILDLIFE AREA...AND AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT. && LAT...LON 3700 10790 3662 10810 3672 10857 3700 10850 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 252DEG 19KT 3692 10826 GUYER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 327 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 NMZ507-519-072145- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 327 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND NORTHWESTERN BERNALILLO COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT... AT 327 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORTHERN MEADOWS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARQUEZ...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RIO RANCHO...NORTHERN MEADOWS AND RIO RANCHO CITY CENTER. && LAT...LON 3529 10660 3508 10706 3529 10712 3539 10684 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 299DEG 20KT 3532 10680 3519 10707 GUYER
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 234 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A foot of water flowed over U.S. 170 between mile markers 15 and 18. NMDOT had to clean mud, rocks, and debris off the roadway.
A 30' x 20' metal hay barn was tossed a quarter mile and crashed into a nearby home. Flying glass injured a woman in the home. Several folks reported a brief tornado on the ground.
Dime to quarter size hail in Edgewood.
Rotating wall cloud and funnel reported along State Road 41 near McIntosh.
Flash flood wave moved down Yeso Rito arroyo in less than 30 minutes, resulting in significant damage at Ghost Ranch. At least three older structures and a ropes course were completely destroyed. One newer studio structure was seriously damaged. Trees were snapped in half and mud filled several other structures. Damage has been estimated between 500,000 and 1 million dollars. No injuries were reported.
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