Power Outage in Albuquerque, NM

Thunderstorm Wind. PNM reported power outages due to trees on lines near I-40 and 12th and Central and Coors. AFD also received calls of power lines down. Extent of line damage is unknown.

August 22, 2018

Thunderstorm Wind. Power lines down at Montano and 4th.

July 30, 2018

The center of upper level high pressure shifted east into Texas on the 11th and allowed a deep tap of moisture to spread north into New Mexico. Atmospheric moisture values over the region surged to the highest levels of the season. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed over the central and western high terrain during the morning hours then moved east toward the Rio Grande Valley and high plains. Several outflow boundaries converged over the Albuquerque metro area by mid to late day and led to the development of strong thunderstorms with heavy rainfall. Many folks in Albuquerque picked up their greatest 24-hour totals of the season. Unfortunately, one man died after being swept away by flood waters in the Embudo Channel at Carlisle and Interstate 40. His body was found later near the Rio Grande at the terminus of the North Diversion Channel. A storm that moved northward across the Interstate 40 corridor near Edgewood downed about a dozen power poles. This led to an extended power outage for an estimated 6,300 customers. Many areas of eastern New Mexico picked up another one to two inches of rainfall, adding to the impressive summer totals. This was just the first of several very active weather days across the area.

August 11, 2017

The center of upper level high pressure shifted west into southwest New Mexico the first few days of August 2017. This allowed stronger northwest flow aloft to develop over eastern New Mexico with very moist and unstable southeast low level flow. A large area of showers and thunderstorms developed over the northern mountains by late morning then shifted southeast into the nearby highlands and plains. Strong outflow winds from a storm near Dulce produced significant damage to the roof of the Jicarilla Head Start. Another storm over Albuquerque downed a tree near Montano and Rio Grande. These storms organized into mesoscale convective complex as they pushed into eastern New Mexico during the evening hours. High winds first impacted the area around Melrose where gusts up to 60 mph were reported. The most severe portion of the storm complex surged through the area between Portales and Dora where significant damage was reported. Straight line winds estimated up to 85 mph tore roofs off buildings, downed tree limbs, damaged vehicles, turned over large irrigation pivots, and downed a one mile stretch of power poles. Heavy rainfall over saturated grounds produced flash flooding and forced the closure of several county roads south of Portales.

August 03, 2017

Thunderstorm Wind. Several trees, power poles, and power lines were blown down across downtown Albuquerque.

May 09, 2017

Powerful nor’easter expected to bring heavy snow, power outages to parts of Northeast https://t.co/8uHPmzuzTO

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