Daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall elevated the flooding threat over many areas of New Mexico. The persistent wet pattern that began at the end of April and continued through May did not let up during June.
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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.
Daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall elevated the flooding threat over many areas of New Mexico. The persistent wet pattern that began at the end of April and continued through May did not let up during June. Slow-moving thunderstorms around Santa Fe County created minor flooding during the early afternoon around Pojoaque. Another cluster of thunderstorms around Las Vegas prompted flash flood warnings around 5pm. A powerful storm with torrential rainfall slammed the Conchas Dam area and damaged several roads.
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 9, 2:27 PM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 327 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST AREAS... .SYNOPSIS... A RICH PLUME OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL PASS NORTHWARD OVER CENTRAL AND WESTRN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AS THE REMNANT CIRCULATION FROM FORMER HURRICANE BLANCA PASSES NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN ARIZONA. RAIN RATES COULD REACH 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IN STRONGER STORMS...WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTHWEST AREAS. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY...BUT NORTHERN AREAS WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES THE FOUR CORNERS FROM THE WEST AND STALLS NEAR THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BOARDER. A MOIST BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NEW MEXICO WHILE A TROUGH DEEPENS OVERHEAD THIS WEEKEND SPREADING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO INCLUDE SOUTHERN AREAS AGAIN. ALL THIS UNSEASONABLE MOISTURE AND THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL GENERALLY HOLD TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND...EXCEPT FOR SOME ABOVE NORMAL READINGS ACROSS THE EAST ON THURSDAY. && .DISCUSSION... CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE A BROAD AREA OF PWATS 3 TO 6 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE THE MEAN FOR MID JUNE TONIGHT. MODELS HAVE DEVELOPED A DICHOTOMY ON THE PLACEMENT OF STRONGER PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...WITH THE HRRR...SPC SSEO AND NAM FAVORING WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL AREAS. THE GFS...ECMWF AND CANADIAN SHOW BETTER COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE NORTHWEST. WE SIDED WITH THE LATTER GROUP OF MODELS AND WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THE CHUSKAS TO THE SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. THIS AREA SHOULD SEE A BROADER AREA OF BETTER UPSLOPE FLOW...AND MODELS DEPICT PERSISTENT PRECIPITATION THERE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE UPPER LOW THAT STALLS OVER COLORADO DURING THE LATER PART OF THE WORK WEEK WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD SATURDAY. THEN...A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST IN ITS WAKE. GFS AND ECMWF STALL THE TROUGH AXIS ROUGHLY ALONG THE NM/AZ BORDER THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...ALLOWING MOIST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FLOW TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS ONCE FRIDAY NIGHTS BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WASHES OUT. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A PRETTY WET WEEKEND FOR MANY PLACES. THE GFS DEPICTS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST OF NM MONDAY OR TUESDAY...ALLOWING DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WITH A RESULTANT DECREASE IN STORM COVERAGE AND RAIN INTENSITY. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF KEEPS A MODEST PLUME OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD OVER THE STATE. 44 && .FIRE WEATHER... A HIGH MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL FUEL HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES ACROSS WESTERN/CENTRAL AREAS. THE FOCUS FOR HEAVIER RAIN WILL SHIFT TO EXCLUSIVELY NORTHERN AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK MID LEVEL DRY INTRUSION PUSHES OVER SOUTHERN AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL AND HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE UNUSUALLY HIGH DESPITE THE DRY INTRUSION ALOFT. GUSTINESS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST DUE TO INCREASES IN WIND ALOFT. THE DRY INTRUSION ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN/EASTERN AREAS ON THURSDAY. THE PACIFIC TROUGH WILL IMPACT THE NORTHWEST THIRD TO HALF AND PROVIDE ANOTHER ROUND OF WETTING RAIN DURING THE DAY AND THEN EXPECT ACROSS THE EAST LATER IN THE DAY. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER ON THURSDAY AND EXPECT SOME TEEN READINGS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS. THE SURFACE WIND FLOW WILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS THE SOUTH/EAST. WETTING RAINS WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE ENHANCED BY A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME STRONGER DRYLINE ACTIVITY WILL BE FOUND TO THE EAST...OVER WEST TEXAS ON FRIDAY BUT COULD SPILL INTO FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. RECYCLING OF MOISTURE WITH A BROAD PACIFIC TROUGH OVERHEAD WILL REMAIN INTO THE WEEKEND. MODELS HAVE BEEN SHOWING THIS SO CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY GOOD. THIS MEANS COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...ABUNDANT AFTERNOON CLOUD COVER AND UNUSUALLY HIGH HUMIDITY READINGS. RESIDUAL MOISTURE IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN QUESTIONS LIES WITH WHEN CONDITIONS DRY OUT. THE GFS REMAINS BULLISH WITH A DRIER TREND STARTING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY. THE ECMWF MODELS IS NOT AS PROGRESSIVE WITH THE DRYING BUT DOES LESSEN COVERAGE AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. IT WILL REALLY BE DEPENDENT ON THE NEXT PACIFIC TROUGH AND THE STRENGTH OF THE WESTERLIES AND SUBSEQUENT DRY AIR INTRUSION FROM THE WEST. INITIAL THOUGHT IS THAT THIS WEEK WOULD BE WETTER THAN NEXT WEEK. CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM. 50 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTHWARD AND IMPACT NORTHERN/CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT. TS ARE FORMING IN THE SUNNIER OR MORE UNSTABLE AREAS ACROSS THE NORTH BUT LOOK FOR THE REST OF THE AREA TO EXPERIENCE DESTABILIZATION AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES INTO THE EVENING. LONG PERIODS OF IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED AT GUP/FMN/AEG/ABQ/SAF AND LVS. SOME MTN TOPS OBSCD EXPECTED AND CANT RULE OUT MVFR CIGS TONIGHT DUE TO LONG DURATION RAIN. SHORT DURATION VIS RESTRICTIONS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ALSO ANTICIPATED TODAY. NOT CARRYING MVFR CIGS/VIS AT THIS TIME THOUGH. TCC AND ROW WILL BE IMPACTED THE LEAST AMOUNT. 50 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 60 80 55 78 / 70 70 30 50 DULCE........................... 51 75 46 74 / 70 90 50 60 CUBA............................ 52 75 50 76 / 80 70 40 30 GALLUP.......................... 53 79 50 76 / 70 30 20 30 EL MORRO........................ 52 79 50 77 / 80 20 20 20 GRANTS.......................... 52 82 51 79 / 70 20 20 20 QUEMADO......................... 54 80 51 79 / 70 20 10 20 GLENWOOD........................ 55 86 52 83 / 40 10 5 5 CHAMA........................... 50 70 45 71 / 70 80 50 50 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 76 56 78 / 60 60 40 30 PECOS........................... 56 77 55 80 / 50 40 20 20 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 53 73 48 75 / 50 60 30 20 RED RIVER....................... 47 64 45 67 / 50 70 30 40 ANGEL FIRE...................... 51 68 48 71 / 50 50 30 30 TAOS............................ 52 75 48 77 / 40 50 30 20 MORA............................ 53 76 51 78 / 50 50 30 20 ESPANOLA........................ 55 81 53 83 / 50 40 30 30 SANTA FE........................ 58 78 57 80 / 50 40 20 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 58 81 57 82 / 50 30 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 62 85 61 85 / 60 20 20 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 63 85 64 86 / 50 20 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 62 87 63 88 / 50 10 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 63 87 62 87 / 60 10 10 20 LOS LUNAS....................... 61 88 61 89 / 50 10 5 10 RIO RANCHO...................... 63 86 61 86 / 60 10 10 20 SOCORRO......................... 63 91 62 91 / 40 5 10 5 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 57 80 58 82 / 60 20 20 10 TIJERAS......................... 59 83 59 84 / 60 20 20 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 53 83 53 84 / 60 30 20 10 CLINES CORNERS.................. 56 80 56 82 / 50 30 20 10 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 59 83 58 84 / 40 20 10 10 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 86 61 88 / 30 20 10 5 RUIDOSO......................... 56 80 57 82 / 40 30 20 5 CAPULIN......................... 57 78 55 81 / 20 50 30 10 RATON........................... 55 79 52 82 / 20 40 20 20 SPRINGER........................ 57 81 54 84 / 20 40 20 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 55 78 54 80 / 30 40 20 10 CLAYTON......................... 64 84 61 89 / 20 30 20 10 ROY............................. 60 82 58 85 / 20 40 30 10 CONCHAS......................... 66 89 65 92 / 20 30 20 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 64 88 63 90 / 20 30 10 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 65 89 65 93 / 10 20 10 5 CLOVIS.......................... 64 88 63 92 / 10 10 10 5 PORTALES........................ 66 90 65 93 / 10 10 10 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 66 89 65 92 / 20 10 10 5 ROSWELL......................... 65 93 65 97 / 10 10 10 5 PICACHO......................... 61 88 61 92 / 20 30 20 5 ELK............................. 60 83 61 86 / 20 30 20 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... NMZ501>504-510. && 44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 549 AM MDT TUE JUN 9 2015 NMZ501>540-101200- 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- 549 AM MDT TUE JUN 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING WITH SOME STRONGER STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OR SUBSTANTIAL RUNOFF MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN THREATS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. 43
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
357 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2015
NMZ532-092230-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-
357 PM MDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL
COUNTY...
AT 357 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CONCHAS DAM...OR 28
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOSQUERO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONCHAS LAKE STATE PARK...CONCHAS DAM AND CONCHAS.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CONCHAS DAM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3529 10420 3529 10433 3543 10433 3555 10415
3538 10402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 233DEG 5KT 3541 10420
GUYERThe Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Chunks of pavement removed from Big Mesa Road during heavy rainfall. High water was flowing over several portions of the roadway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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