With drier air continuing to filter into the area and moist low-level return flow becoming less organized, the severe weather threat continued to diminish on June 2, 2021. However, there still remained enough atmospheric ingredients to produce another round of thunderstorm activity mainly focused along and east of the central mountain chain.
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With drier air continuing to filter into the area and moist low-level return flow becoming less organized, the severe weather threat continued to diminish on June 2, 2021. However, there still remained enough atmospheric ingredients to produce another round of thunderstorm activity mainly focused along and east of the central mountain chain. Multiple funnel clouds were spotted in Mora County with even one brief landspout tornado reported near Rainsville. These thunderstorms also produced very strong winds with the strongest thunderstorm wind gust of 67 mph measured in Tucumcari.
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 2, 10:20 AM MST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 1120 AM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE Beneath a modest NW-N to SE-S steering flow aloft, isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop through early to mid afternoon. Initially favoring the higher terrain, a few strong if not severe storms are expected after 20Z especially across the high plains east of the central mountain chain where large hail, damaging winds and localized IFR/LIFR cigs and vsby in heavy rain will be the primary threats. Elsewhere, localized mountain- top obscurations may be encountered with the slow-moving TSRA. Isolated -SHRA/-TSRA should linger past 06Z across eastern NM and areas of MVFR or IFR cigs may redevelop just before daybreak. Additionally, a gusty east canyon wind may impact KABQ tonight, but high confidence it will remain below 35 kts. KJ && .PREV DISCUSSION...329 AM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021... .SYNOPSIS... An unseasonably moist weather pattern will continue through at least the weekend, with daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms forming over the high terrain and then marching south, southeastward, and/or southwestward over the lower elevations. A few storms may turn severe along and east of the central mountain chain this afternoon and evening, then again over central and eastern areas Sunday. The best chance for wetting precipitation will be east of the continental divide, and especially along and southeast of the central mountain chain. With the precipitation and associated cloud cover, high temperatures across eastern areas are forecast to be below normal until late in the weekend, while western readings remain near and above normal. && .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... Ongoing convection over the eastern plains should exit into Texas by sunrise, although the RAP13 indicates some isolated cells persisting through mid morning over east central New Mexico. A gusty east to southeast wind at KABQ and KSAF late Tuesday evening and into the overnight hours temporarily boosted the dew points into the mid 40s to near 50 but suspect those values won't last through the day. Patchy fog is possible early this morning but has been slow to develop so far, only being noted on the Clayton ob for a short period of time. Overall model trends haven't changed much in the last 24 hours, with today's steering flow more or less from the northwest to the southeast. SPC Day 1 outlook has the majority of eastern New Mexico under a marginal risk today. On Thursday, expect cell motion to be more north to south or even northeast to southwest as the West Coast upper ridge expands into the Great Basin and central Rockies. High temperatures will continue a warming trend, and winds will be generally light outside of any convection. LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... Daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms will continue for portions of the forecast area through at least Monday as an upper level high pressure system building over the Great Basin allows unseasonably moist low level air to remain in place over NM. Storms will tend to initiate over the higher terrain each day, then migrate generally southward over lower elevations. There will be a southwestward component to storm motions Thursday night through at least Friday night thanks to the flow around the upper high. A more organized disturbance tracking southward out of CO should produce an uptick in thunderstorm coverage over the northern mountains late Thursday, then over central and southwest areas on Friday. PWATs will climb as this disturbance drifts over the state varying from around 0.85" over central areas to around 1.35" in the eastern NM. This should enable some locally heavy rainfall with a risk of minor flooding, and potentially flash flooding below the burn scars of recent years. In the wake of the disturbance humidities are forecast to trend drier areawide on Saturday, resulting in a downtick in thunderstorm coverage and rainfall intensity. A series of disturbances entering the Pacific northwest will weaken the Great Basin high pressure system and cause the remaining ridge to migrate southward over AZ on Saturday, then gradually eastward over NM early next week. Since a broader low pressure system will also take shape over TX, an area of stronger northwest flow aloft is forecast to develop over western NM Saturday, then over central and eastern areas Sunday and potentially Monday when/where there will be an increased risk of severe thunderstorms and the dryline may become active. The ridge axis is now forecast to migrate more squarely over NM by Tuesday with hot and dry conditions areawide. 44 && .FIRE WEATHER... After ongoing convection over the eastern plains exits the state early this morning, showers and thunderstorms will again develop over the higher terrain and generally move to the southeast and south today. Eastern New Mexico will again be favored for any strong to severe storms. Steering flow Thursday through Saturday to become more northeast to southwest as high pressure aloft moves into the central Rockies. Winds will continue to be mostly light outside of any convection. High temperatures will be on a day to day warming trend through the weekend. Humidities will start to dry out somewhat, especially along and west of the Continental Divide. By Sunday, eastern New Mexico could potentially be favored again for showers and storms due to an upper ridge building over New Mexico. Ventilation rates will be mostly good to excellent west and fair to good east today. Areas of fair to poor rates are forecast for the central mountain chain eastward Thursday. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 418 AM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021 NMZ201>241-031100- Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands- Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains- West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains- San Francisco River Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama- Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains- East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley- Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area- Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood- Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands- Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains- Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass- 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- San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands- 418 AM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to isolated showers and thunderstorms will develop over the mountains and track toward the south and southeast over lower elevations today, then linger along and southeast of the central mountain chain this evening. A few storms may turn severe along and east of the central mountain chain this afternoon and evening with a risk of large hail and damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Sunday, the risk of severe thunderstorms will return to central and eastern areas. Monday, strong to severe thunderstorms should favor the Sangre de Cristo Mountains eastward. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather 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 nmwx. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1007 AM MDT WED JUN 02 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM HAIL 1 SSE DILIA 35.18N 105.06W
06/01/2021 M0.88 INCH GUADALUPE NM CO-OP OBSERVER
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ202102366
TRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1009 AM MDT WED JUN 02 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM HAIL DATIL 34.15N 107.84W
06/01/2021 M1.00 INCH CATRON NM PUBLIC
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ202102367
TRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1012 AM MDT WED JUN 02 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM HAIL DILIA 35.19N 105.06W
06/01/2021 M1.00 INCH GUADALUPE NM PUBLIC
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CORRECTED COUNTY/STATE...LOCATION
EVENT NUMBER ABQ202102367
TRMSpecial Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 211 PM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021 NMZ239-022045- Eastern Lincoln County- 211 PM MDT Wed Jun 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MDT... At 210 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19 miles east of Corona, moving south at 25 mph. Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Lincoln County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches. && LAT...LON 3424 10538 3427 10517 3390 10504 3380 10540 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 350DEG 20KT 3418 10526 40
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief landspout tornado was spotted near Rainsville. No damage was reported.
Strong thunderstorm outflow produced a 67 mph wind gust at the Tucumcari airport.
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