A strong thunderstorm that developed over the Navajo Reservation during the early morning hours of the 10th produced a brief tornado as it moved northeast near Napi Headquarters southeast of Farmington. Video of the storm showed a funnel cloud hovering over the area for several minutes, followed by a brief touchdown near Indian Service Roads 4002 and 4017 with a large dust swirl for about 2…
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A strong thunderstorm that developed over the Navajo Reservation during the early morning hours of the 10th produced a brief tornado as it moved northeast near Napi Headquarters southeast of Farmington. Video of the storm showed a funnel cloud hovering over the area for several minutes, followed by a brief touchdown near Indian Service Roads 4002 and 4017 with a large dust swirl for about 2 minutes. No damage was reported.
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 10, 4:53 AM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 553 AM MDT WED JUN 10 2015 .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE SW FLOW ALOFT STARTING TO BRING MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT INTO SW AND WEST-CENTRAL NM THIS MORNING. ISOLD TO WDLY SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NEWD THROUGH MAINLY NRN NM THIS MORNING. FAVORED AREA FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL ALSO BE OVER NRN NM. STRENGTHENING SFC LOW OVER SE COLORADO WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SW WINDS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN BEGINNING AROUND MID MORNING. WITH DRIER AIR ALOFT CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO NM THIS EVENING...EXPECT MOST SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. 33 && .PREV DISCUSSION...333 AM MDT WED JUN 10 2015... .SYNOPSIS... MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BLANCA WILL MOVE OVER THE STATE TODAY...BRINGING ENHANCED CHANCES FOR RAIN TO THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT AND BRING GOOD CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...FAVORING THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE DUE TO A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT...INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND POTENTIAL RAIN COOLING. A WARM UP TO BEGIN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HIGHS TRENDING BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR MID JUNE. A DRYING TREND WILL ACCOMPANY THE WARMING TREND AND WILL STRETCH INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH A GRADUAL DOWNTREND IN DAYTIME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .DISCUSSION... ANOMALOUSLY HIGH PWATS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BLANCA WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ALTHOUGH A DOWNWARD TREND HAS LIKELY BEGUN PER THE LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING THE PACIFIC DRY SLOT MOVING EAST- NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION UNDER THE PACIFIC LOW CIRCULATION. A MOISTURE-RICH LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO FUEL A ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...INCREASING STORM MOTION WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LIMIT THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. RELATIVELY WEAK DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR WIND PROFILES WILL ALSO LIMIT THE LONGEVITY OF UPDRAFTS...WHICH WILL ALSO LIMIT THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. LASTLY...THE INITIAL WAVE (REMNANTS OF BLANCA) IS MOVING TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS NOW AND WILL NOT COINCIDE WITH DAYTIME HEATING...FURTHER LIMITING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. THEREFORE...WE'VE CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THURSDAY IS LOOKING MORE INTERESTING DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PACIFIC LOW COINCIDING WITH DAYTIME MAX SURFACE HEATING AND PLENTY OF LINGERING MOISTURE. LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD BET CENTRAL AND NORTH...WITH INCREASING CHANCES OVERNIGHT NORTHEAST DUE TO THE ADDITION OF A BACKDOOR FRONT. THE UPPER LOW AND A TRAILING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE BACKDOOR FRONT SURGES WEST AND RECHARGES MOISTURE ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWFA...LEADING TO AN UPTICK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH SLOW STORM MOTION (~5KTS). TEMPERATURES TREND DOWN DURING THE FRI/SAT PERIOD DUE TO THE BACKDOOR FRONT...ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND GOOD POTENTIAL FOR RAIN COOLING. A DRYING/WARMING TREND TO BEGIN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL FOR MID JUNE. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LOOKS TO TREND DOWN SOME EACH DAY AND MAY BE ABSENT BY WEDNESDAY. 11 && .FIRE WEATHER... AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS OVER AZ AND WRN NM TODAY...MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE IN. FAVORED AREAS FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NM. SHOWERS AND STORM WILL RAPIDLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET AS THE DRY AIR CONTINUE TO FILTER IN. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLIDE EWD THROUGH NRN ARIZONA THURSDAY MORNING...THEN THROUGH NORTHERN NM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT LATE- DAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NW AND NORTH-CENTRAL NM ALONG AND NEAR THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT. SHOWERS AND STORMS THEN SHIFT TO THE NE QUARTER THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG AN ASSOCIATED BACKDOOR COLD FRONTAL SURGE. THIS FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTH THROUGH THE ERN PLAINS FRIDAY MORNING...SETTING THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR CENTRAL AND WRN NM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR THE WEEKEND...THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO COMBINE WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION MOST AREAS SATURDAY. GFS AND ECMWF BOTH INDICATING THAT DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL START WORKING INTO TO WRN NM SUNDAY...LIMITING COVERAGE TO ISOLD. DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO CENTRAL NM MONDAY...CONFINING SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE NE THIRD. DRY AIR WINS OUT COMPLETELY IN THE GFS BY TUESDAY BUT ECMWF CONTINUES TO KEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. BOTH MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE WEST WILL DRY OUT FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL DAYS NEXT WEEK. VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT RATES ARE FORECAST AREAWIDE TODAY AND THURSDAY. VENT RATES TREND DOWN BEHIND THE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY REBOUND DURING THE WEEKEND. 33 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 503 AM MDT WED JUN 10 2015 NMZ501>540-111230- 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- 503 AM MDT WED JUN 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO TODAY...LEADING TO RAPID RUNOFF BUT MOSTLY LIMITED IMPACTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE LATE FRIDAY...LEADING TO RAPID RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS BETWEEN SANTA FE...ESPANOLA AND TAOS...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TO NEAR INTERSTATE 25. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 11
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 195 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:27 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Landspout tornado on the ground for about 2 minutes near Indian Service Roads 4002 and 4017. No damage reported.
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