Rough Night in Albuquerque

A complex of very severe thunderstorms pummeled the Albuquerque, NM area tonight with wind gusts to nearly 90 mph, intense rainfall, flooding and intense lightning.

From the NWS ABQ:
Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by this evening’s extremely damaging thunderstorm complex that struck Albuquerque and much of the Middle Rio Grande Valley. Please be safe, avoid travel if at all possible, and be alert to dangerous flows in arroyos, low water crossings, poor drainage areas, etc. through the entire night– even after the rain ends.

There were 200 lightning strikes every 15 minutes in the storms.

Here is the radar from 8:25 as the storms were impacting the city.

Nearly an inch of rain had fallen by 9:52. They are probably over an inch by now.

Other reports from the NWS ABQ Facebook Page:
Selected rainfall totals in the Albuqueruqe Metro Area since midnight MDT (includes back to back storm events at some locales).

4.45″ near La Cueva HS
3.66″ Louisiana / Paseo del Norte
1.81″ Highway 528 and Northern Blvd. Rio Rancho
1.65″ Balloon Fiesta Park
1.34″ Albuquerque Sunport
1.29″ Univ. of NM Campus
0.94″ Highway 528/550
0.98″ Louisiana / Candelaria
0.76″ Tramway and Copper

It’s the monsoon season in the Desert Southwest. The season had been a little drier, up until tonight, with only 1.38 inches so far.

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