A weak shower developing near San Felipe Pueblo shortly after 3 pm interacted with a strong dust devil that developed near Interstate 25 to produce a brief landspout tornado. A motorist traveling along Interstate 25 captured photos of the landspout just west of the highway.
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A weak shower developing near San Felipe Pueblo shortly after 3 pm interacted with a strong dust devil that developed near Interstate 25 to produce a brief landspout tornado. A motorist traveling along Interstate 25 captured photos of the landspout just west of the highway. No damage occurred.
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 6, 2:27 PM MST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 327 PM MDT Thu Jul 6 2017 .SYNOPSIS... Strong high pressure aloft near the Four Corners will continue to strengthen as it shifts a little farther west over Utah through the weekend. This position will maintain a broad northeast to southwest steering flow aloft over the area that will favor isolated to scattered thunderstorms over the high terrain and western half of the state. The upper high will gradually weaken and drift back toward east early next week with indications that the high will center over the southern plains states by Tuesday. This will allow for gradual increase in storm coverage early next week. && .DISCUSSION... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms of the drier variety and associated localized downburst wind threat will remain the focus through this evening for roughly the northwest half of the state. Very dry/broadly subsident mid-level air stream evident across the southeast half where even towering cumulus vicinity of the higher terrain have been struggling. Recent Rapid Refresh runs have consistently shown at least isolated convection over the central and south-central mountain ranges mid to late afternoon slowly rolling toward the southwest into the middle/lower RGV by early evening. The 3km NAM CONUS is much less agressive. A more likely scenario would be isolated virga bombs (no CG strikes) which is still a significant concern but not as robust as what the HRRR predicts. Another significant concern... outflow winds from convection drifting toward the southwest could become problematic for portions of central NM to include the ABQ Metro. Will include a mention of light showers or sprinkles lingering after midnight for parts of NW/WC zones. Otherwise, another quiet overnight period expected. Strong high pressure aloft vicinity of the Four Corners will continue to strengthen as it repositions a little farther north/west over Utah through Friday. The upper high will remain anchored over the southern Great Basin this weekend with 500mb heights gradually lowering a few decameters between Friday and Sunday. There may be a weak boundary flirt with the northeast late Friday or Saturday but more importantly the steering flow would be a little more favorable to bring convection over SC Colorado into that part of the area. Growing confidence that the upper high will gradually shift/reposition farther east early next week. Models generally support a broad anticyclonic belt extending from the Colorado Rockies to the southern plains with the ridge axis over far northern NM or just north of the state. Resultant east or southeasterly flow beneath the high would open the door for a westward-moving wave or two and support a nice moistening trend beginning Sunday with PWAT near once inch at ABQ. KJ && .FIRE WEATHER... Not many changes made to the gridded forecast. Just a few near term subtle changes in terms of delineating drier storms/LAL 6 as well as some added overnight convection. Models haven't really changed their tune all that much in terms of the overall weather pattern next several days. Humidity values will incrementally rise...albeit small through the weekend. Upper high will be situated over the greater Four Corners area. Broad ENE steering flow for the storms. The footprint of wetting rain coverage will increase ever so slightly through the weekend. Western and central areas will be favored...especially mountainous areas. Lightning ignition probabilities will remain on the higher side. Similarly...strong outflow and downdrafts will be associated with the storms...especially mid afternoon through mid evening. As far as the weather trend for next week...persistence will be a pretty good forecast. Models are showing an eastward extent or movement to the upper high as the week progresses. Storm coverage however, should remain over western and central areas. Eastern areas will have to contend with a mid level dry intrusion and capping characteristics associated with the high. Humidity values look to be near normal for the period and not showing signs of a significant wet phase Monsoon burst. More of the normal smaller scale wetting rain shaft thunderstorms. High temps should be near to a little above normal. Will need to watch for a more significant back door cold front the following weekend which would help boost wetting thunderstorm coverage and potential. 50 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE Storms that fire up today will generally favor the NW third of the state. FMN and GUP are most likely to be impacted by hit and miss storms through the eve hrs. SAF/AEG/ABQ could be indirectly impacted by outflow winds originating from storms. Tried to capture that possibility using a tempo group late afternoon to mid evening. 50 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 63 99 63 98 / 10 10 20 10 Dulce........................... 49 90 50 89 / 20 20 30 30 Cuba............................ 58 87 57 87 / 30 40 50 50 Gallup.......................... 56 94 56 92 / 20 20 20 30 El Morro........................ 53 88 52 87 / 20 20 30 20 Grants.......................... 58 91 57 90 / 20 10 30 20 Quemado......................... 61 90 61 87 / 10 20 20 30 Glenwood........................ 63 98 63 96 / 30 20 30 40 Chama........................... 44 84 45 83 / 30 40 40 50 Los Alamos...................... 62 85 60 85 / 20 30 20 30 Pecos........................... 57 86 57 85 / 20 20 10 40 Cerro/Questa.................... 49 83 51 83 / 20 30 20 60 Red River....................... 43 81 43 78 / 20 50 20 70 Angel Fire...................... 42 81 42 79 / 20 40 20 60 Taos............................ 52 88 52 87 / 20 20 20 40 Mora............................ 55 83 54 83 / 10 30 10 50 Espanola........................ 63 92 61 92 / 20 20 20 20 Santa Fe........................ 61 85 60 85 / 20 30 20 30 Santa Fe Airport................ 60 91 60 91 / 20 20 20 20 Albuquerque Foothills........... 66 96 66 95 / 20 10 20 20 Albuquerque Heights............. 68 97 69 96 / 20 10 20 10 Albuquerque Valley.............. 64 98 64 97 / 20 5 20 10 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 67 97 66 96 / 20 10 20 10 Los Lunas....................... 63 98 63 97 / 10 5 20 10 Rio Rancho...................... 67 95 68 94 / 20 10 20 10 Socorro......................... 66 96 66 96 / 10 5 20 10 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 55 90 56 89 / 10 20 20 20 Tijeras......................... 61 92 58 91 / 10 10 20 20 Moriarty/Estancia............... 56 90 57 89 / 10 10 10 10 Clines Corners.................. 57 87 57 87 / 5 10 5 10 Gran Quivira.................... 60 90 60 89 / 5 5 10 10 Carrizozo....................... 61 92 62 91 / 5 5 20 10 Ruidoso......................... 54 84 54 84 / 5 5 10 20 Capulin......................... 55 87 56 86 / 5 20 20 40 Raton........................... 54 91 54 90 / 10 20 20 40 Springer........................ 55 91 55 91 / 5 20 10 30 Las Vegas....................... 56 86 55 86 / 5 10 10 20 Clayton......................... 60 93 60 92 / 0 5 10 20 Roy............................. 58 89 59 89 / 5 10 5 20 Conchas......................... 66 95 66 96 / 0 5 5 10 Santa Rosa...................... 63 95 64 96 / 5 5 5 5 Tucumcari....................... 65 99 66 99 / 0 5 0 5 Clovis.......................... 64 94 65 94 / 0 0 0 5 Portales........................ 66 93 67 94 / 0 0 0 5 Fort Sumner..................... 66 94 67 95 / 0 0 0 5 Roswell......................... 68 98 68 98 / 0 0 5 0 Picacho......................... 62 90 63 91 / 0 0 5 5 Elk............................. 58 85 59 85 / 5 5 10 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 41
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 330 AM MDT Thu Jul 6 2017 NMZ501>540-071200- 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- 330 AM MDT Thu Jul 6 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening over central and western New Mexico will produce localized strong and gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. However, weather can change very rapidly. Always use the latest forecasts, watches and warning for planning purposes. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief landspout tornado developed just west of Interstate 25 north of the drainage that runs through San Felipe Pueblo. No damage occurred.
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