Isolated to scattered storms developed along and east of the central mountains and slowly drifted to the southeast through the evening. One stronger storm dropped heavy rain and strong downburst winds in east central Torrance County, causing a large tree limp to snap and land on a carport.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Isolated to scattered storms developed along and east of the central mountains and slowly drifted to the southeast through the evening. One stronger storm dropped heavy rain and strong downburst winds in east central Torrance County, causing a large tree limp to snap and land on a carport. No other damage or reports were received.
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 25, 4:57 PM MST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 557 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015 .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 03Z BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. AN UPPER LEVEL NLY WIND SPEED MAX MOVING THROUGH ERN NM THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL KEEP CONVECTION GOING FROM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MTNS EAST TO EAST- CENTRAL PLAINS UNTIL AROUND 07Z INCLUDING KTCC AND POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS KROW. BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE EAST WINDS POSSIBLE AT KABQ BTWN 02Z-05Z. ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION EXPECTED FRIDAY BUT STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS WILL BE MARKEDLY STRONGER DUE TO A STRONG BACKDOOR COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO ERN PLAINS. 33 && .PREV DISCUSSION...317 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015... .SYNOPSIS... AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. STORMS SHOULD EXPAND IN COVERAGE TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...PERHAPS RESULTING IN AN EAST CANYON WIND IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE FURTHER ON FRIDAY THANKS TO A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. MOISTURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL FUEL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. SLOW STORM MOTIONS AND HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS VULNERABLE DRAINAGES. A DOWNTREND IN STORM COVERAGE IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BUT STORM ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY RAMP BACK UP AGAIN ON THURSDAY THANKS TO ANOTHER BACK DOOR FRONT AND MOISTURE SURGE. && .DISCUSSION... AS EXPECTED...ANOTHER CROP OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AS THE UPPER HIGH REBUILDS OVER THE FOUR CORNERS...STEERING FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE STORMS TOWARD THE SOUTH. THUS FAR...STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING JUST ENOUGH...AND HAVE BEEN PULSEY ENOUGH...TO NOT CAUSE TOO MANY WATER ISSUES. HI-RES MODELS SHOWING STORMS FIRING ALONG A BOUNDARY NEAR THE E NM/E CO BORDER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTN. APPEARS THAT STORMS MAY GET SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED INTO A CLUSTER...FORMING A COLD POOL...WITH STORMS PROPAGATING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THE QUESTION WILL BE HOW FAR SOUTH THE STORMS CAN HOLD TOGETHER BEFORE THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OUTRACES THE STORMS. HRRR KEEPS STORMS TOGETHER AS FAR SOUTH AS ROSWELL...BUT THE NAM SHOWS PRECIP FALLING APART SHORT OF THERE. NONETHELESS...HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TONIGHT. THE SMALL DISTURBANCE NOTED ON WV SATELLITE IMAGERY NOSING INTO NE NM ATTM SHOULD AID IN STORM DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE. DEPENDING ON IF STORMS FIRE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANDIAS...AS THE HRRR SUGGESTS...COULD SEE A PRETTY STRONG...BUT SHORT-LIVED...EAST WIND INTO THE RGV. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE MORE ACTIVE THAN TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PLAINS. THOUGH THE REMNANT BOUNDARY FROM TONIGHTS CONVECTION SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE PLAINS TOMORROW...A BACK DOOR FRONT...LIKELY CONVECTIVELY AIDED... WILL SLIDE DOWN THE PLAINS EARLY FRIDAY. THUS...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...INITIALLY WITH THE FRONT...AND THEN AGAIN LATER IN THE DAY AFTER THE FRONT NUDGES UP TO THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN...IGNITING STORMS...AND THOSE STORMS SHOULD TRAVEL S OR SE-WARD OUT INTO THE PLAINS ONCE AGAIN. MEANWHILE...THE FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BY EARLY-MID AFTN...SPILLING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WESTWARD. THUS...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS ACROSS WESTERN NM AS WELL...PERHAPS WITH BETTER COVERAGE THAN TODAY. EAST CANYON WINDS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN BE PRETTY STRONG. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE /PWATS LIKELY ABOVE 1 INCH AREAWIDE/... NORTH TO SOUTH STEERING FLOW...AND LOW LEVEL S TO SELY FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AN ACTIVE PERIOD MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. STEERING FLOW WILL REMAIN WEAK...AND STORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN IS A CERTAINTY. THIS SPELLS A RECIPE FOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE MORE OF THE SAME...THOUGH A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL ALSO NOSE INTO NE NM AS WELL. ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... DRIER AIR LOOKS TO CIRCLE AROUND THE HIGH AND OVER NM. THOUGH THIS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTIVE COVERAGE OVER THE FRI-SUN PERIOD...THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN TO SEE SOME ACTION. ACTIVITY RAMPS BACK UP ON THURSDAY THANKS TO ANOTHER BACK DOOR FRONT REPLENISHING MOISTURE ACROSS THE STATE. CURRENT INDICATIONS IS THAT THIS FRONT WILL ALSO PUSH THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN...SETTING THE STAGE FOR NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA THURS...AND FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONT...OR PERHAPS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTION MAY ARRIVE ON THE 4TH OF JULY. LOOKS LIKE MOTHER NATURE WILL PROVIDE HER OWN FIREWORKS AGAIN THIS YEAR. 34 && .FIRE WEATHER... NO REAL BIG CHANGES. A MORE SIGNIFICANT PUSH OF MOISTURE FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT VIA A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT. THIS SURGE WILL KICK OFF A WET PHASE TO THE MONSOON PERIOD. AS FAR AS THE REST OF TODAY...HIT AND MISS STORMS CONTAINING WETTING RAIN WILL IMPACT MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS AREA FOR WETTING RAIN WILL BE FOUND ACROSS EASTERN/CENTRAL AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BLEED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. EXPECT GOOD TO EXCELLENT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES. GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. THE LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST. STORMS WILL TEND TO MOVE TOWARDS A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AND GENERALLY BE SLOW MOVING. AS THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS FURTHER NORTHWEST OF THE STATE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW A VIGOROUS BACK DOOR COLD FRONT TO SWEEP UNDERNEATH AND REENERGIZE MOISTURE SUPPLIES WITHIN THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GO UP AND TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER. A FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN WILL BE FOUND ALONG THIS FRONTAL PUSH. CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS SHOULD BE FAVORED FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN SHIFT WESTWARD ON SATURDAY. WETTING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD LOWER SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY BUT STILL BE PRETTY WIDESPREAD. HIGHER HUMIDITY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PREVAIL DURING THIS PERIOD. OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS WILL BE AROUND BUT NOT AS STRONG COMPARED TO A DRIER ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT. RESIDUAL IMPACTS OF THE MOISTURE TRAPPED WITHIN THE UPPER HIGH WILL CONTINUE EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A GRADUAL DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND COULD POSSIBLY TREND INTO WEDNESDAY. BY LATE WEEK ANOTHER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SHOULD REPLENISH THE MOISTURE LOST EARLIER IN THE WAY AND INCREASE WETTING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. OVERALL VENTILATION WILL BE THE LOWEST DURING THE WEEKEND DUE TO REDUCED MIXING HEIGHTS...PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER AND LOWER TRANSPORT WINDS. 50 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 48
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 518 AM MDT THU JUN 25 2015 NMZ501>540-261200- 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- 518 AM MDT THU JUN 25 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. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT AND OLDER BURN SCARS. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT AND OLDER 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. GUYER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
537 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015
NMZ511-519-521-260000-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO
AREA-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
537 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL BERNALILLO COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM MDT...
AT 535 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANTA ANA PUEBLO...OR NEAR BERNALILLO...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RIO RANCHO...CORRALES...LOS
RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE...PARADISE HILLS...VENTANA RANCH...CORONADO
STATE MONUMENT AND CABEZON.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3547 10646 3545 10646 3545 10643 3541 10639
3536 10639 3512 10646 3518 10681 3550 10657
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 027DEG 32KT 3540 10653SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
609 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015
NMZ519-521-260030-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO
AREA-
609 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN SANDOVAL AND
NORTHEASTERN BERNALILLO COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 607 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANDIA PUEBLO...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BERNALILLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.
SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CORRALES...LOS RANCHOS DE
ALBUQUERQUE...SANDIA HEIGHTS...AND NORTHERN ALBUQUERQUE.
&&
LAT...LON 3532 10639 3531 10638 3527 10638 3526 10635
3525 10635 3507 10636 3508 10668 3534 10656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 012DEG 13KT 3526 10648SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015
NMZ529-532-260045-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-
612 PM MDT THU JUN 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM MDT...
AT 611 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TECOLOTE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAS VEGAS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SAN
MIGUEL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...TECOLOTITO...
CHAPELLE...SAN AGUSTIN AND LOS MONTOYAS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 326 AND 336.
&&
LAT...LON 3531 10487 3522 10502 3521 10522 3541 10541
3554 10515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 316DEG 20KT 3542 10521The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
COOP Observer reported strong winds causing a large tree limp to snap and land on carport.
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