Bernalillo storm history

Heavy rainfall over the Albuquerque metro area produced dangerous fast flows on the area arroyo system. Two swift water rescues were performed in the diversion channel along I-40 and the Snow Heights neighborhood. Additionally, a man was trapped and swept up among floodwaters in …

Flash flooding in the Albuquerque arroyo channel system resulted in a fatality. The body was first spotted in the Hahn Arroyo near Pennsylvania Ave. in northeast Albuquerque before the deceased body was retrieved in the arroyo washout pond at the end of the North Diversion Channe…

The Albuquerque Fire Department rescued an injured man and a dog in 7 feet of water in an arroyo channel. A second man was spotted lifeless moving down the North Diversion Channel near Menaul Blvd. and eventually Osuna Road. His body was recovered in the North Valley outfall of t…

Heavy rainfall caused sudden and strong runoff through diversion channels and arroyos across town. Swift water rescues were done at Rachel Road SE and Four Hills Road and Wyoming Blvd. and Indian School Road. Two people were rescued, while a third did not survive at the Rachel Ro…

Heavy rain in northeast Albuquerque resulted in the city's arroyos filling quickly with fast-moving water. Albuquerque Fire and Rescue reported that two people were caught in the arroyo's flood water. One person was able to escape, but rescue efforts were not successful on the se…

A thunderstorm with heavy rain rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour resulted in flash flooding across eastern portions of Albuquerque. Several reports of flooded roadways and yards in the Albuquerque foothills was received. The rainfall also quickly filled up in city's arroyos, and th…

Two men occupying the Embudo Arroyo were swept away from flood waters that occurred with a severe thunderstorm over the Albuquerque east side. One man was rescued with help from bystanders. The other man was unable to be rescued and was found dead in the urban catchment pond down…

An intense burst of rainfall dropped a quick one half inch to one inch of rainfall along with abundant hail in the Midtown area of Albuquerque. Six individuals occupying the urban flood control system were swept away. Five individuals were rescued but the sixth succumbed to flood…

An unidentified man was swept away in the Embudo Channel near Carlisle and Interstate 40. His body was later discovered at the terminus of the North Diversion Channel near Alameda.

Media reports indicated a man was swept away and died in fast moving water that filled the north diversion channel arroyo. Eye witness reports noted the man was outside the arroyo before somehow ending up in it and being swept away. Search and rescue attempts by the fire departme…

A 27-year old man was swept away by fast flowing water in the I-40 Channel. The man was walking in the arroyo with his brother near I-40 and Louisiana, when a rush of water swept the man off his feet. The man traveled west to the North Diversion Channel, then north to the Rio Gra…

Four people in the North Diversion Channel under Interstate 25 at Montgomery Blvd. were swept downstream by swift moving water from a nearby thunderstorm that was producing heavy rain. Three men were able to pull themselves out of the Channel, but a fourth male, Brandon Clifford …

Heavy rain measured to have ranged from 1 to 2 inches within one hour across the Albuquerque metro area caused major flash flooding. Underpasses and low lying intersections in downtown were inundated with deep floodwaters. An SUV and public transit bus were partially submerged un…

Golf ball sized hail accumulated 2 inches deep on the ground. Over 200 houses sustained significant damage including roof and window damage. Multiple vehicles were also dented and damaged by the large hail.

Heavy rain of 2 inches in 45 minutes swamped streets and dry arroyos across northern Albuquerque. Over 100 new automobiles on a dealer lot were flooded by rapidly rising water. Poor or clogged drainage was partially to blame for these losses.

Quarter size hail reported by a former NWS Employee.

A NWS Employee reported flash flooding stretching from San Pedro Creek at NM 14 where the creek was out of its banks. Numerous spots along NM 14 between Cedar Crest and the county line were flooded with rocks and debris over the road, with the worst of it at Ponderosa Park near L…

A post on social media showed flooded roadways in some neighborhoods on Kirtland Air Force Base. Time and location are an estimate based on radar and the photos in the social media post.

A 58 mph wind gust was observed on the West Mesa of Albuquerque along the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms.

Local news media shared a video from a viewer of a landspout just north of Rio Bravo Blvd. west of the Rio Grande. The time and location estimated based on video and radar.

A slow-moving thunderstorm dropped an estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain in 20 minutes in the North Valley and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque neighborhood of Albuquerque. This resulted in flash flooding on the eastbound lanes of Paseo Del Norte at Rio Grande Blvd and on the westbound …

A CoCoRaHS observer in Cedar Crest observed 2 inch hail from a severe thunderstorm.

A spotter observed nickel size hail accumulations of 6 to 8 inches deep from a severe thunderstorm. The hail resulted in widespread damage to vegetation, homes, and vehicles.

A CoCoRaHS observer a few miles east southeast of Sandia Park observed hail up to quarter size in diameter from a severe thunderstorm. The hail resulted in some minor leaf damage.

The ASOS at the Albuquerque Sunport measured a 65 mph wind gust from nearby severe thunderstorms.

Heavy rain from slow moving severe thunderstorms resulted in severe flash flooding in the East Mountain communities of Cedar Crest, Tijeras and Sedillo. A 300 pound woodchipper was carried downstream on the normally dry Arroyo de San Antonio until becoming lodged in a tree. Video…

Nickel to quarter size hail was observed at Sandia Park from a severe thunderstorm.

Penny to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm was observed a few miles east of Sandia Park.

A convectively induced outflow gust that funneled through the Tijeras Canyon reached a peak gust of 66 mph. No lightning was observed at the Sunport.

A convectively induced outflow gust that funneled through the Tijeras Canyon induced a severe wind gust of 59 mph. No lightning was observed at the Sunport.

Debris flows were reported running off the South Fork burn scar in Ruidoso along Main Road at Bridge 2, over the roadway at Cedar Creek Dr. and Half Circle Dr., and from a mudslide in the Upper Canyon area from N. Loop Dr. to McDaniel Drive. There were no reports of injuries or f…

A trained spotter reported golf ball to baseball size hail from a severe thunderstorm. The hail resulted in tree, house and automobile damage.

Several observers in Sandia Park observed hail ranging from 1/2 inch to half dollar size in Sandia Park along NM 14 from a severe thunderstorm.

CoCoRaHS observers a few miles north of I-40 at Sedillo observed dime to nickel size hail from a strong to severe thunderstorm.

A NWS employee in Sedillo just south of I-40 observed hail as large as nickel size from a strong to severe thunderstorm.

A CoCoRaHS observer reported quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm near Isleta Pueblo. Additionally, the NMDOT camera on I-25 at Isleta Pueblo showers accumulating quarter size hail a few inches deep on the interstate.

Flowing water with debris over State Highway 47. Peak depth at around half a foot to a foot. The flash flooding resulted in significant backup of traffic on the highway.

Nickel size hail was observed in the Sawmill neighborhood of Albuquerque from a strong thunderstorm.

City officials reported flash flooding near Lomas Blvd. and Central Ave. with several roadways in the area under high water.

Video of broadcast media showed hailstones of a quarter to ping-pong ball size around Cottonwood Mall.

Penny to quarter size hail in the East Mountain Communities.

Penny to half-dollar size hail near Sedillo, NM.

Penny to nickel size hail across west side of Albuquerque.

Penny size hail over northeastern Albuquerque.

Penny to ping-bong ball size hail from a first round of storms.

A video on social media showed a brief and weak landspout containing swirling tumbleweeds near 98th Street and Interstate 40 in southwest Albuquerque. The extent of damage is unknown.

A strong thunderstorm produced penny size hail at Sandia Park.

A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Sedillo.