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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Mon Apr 05 2004 - 21:40:36 EDT
KRQE ARTICLE:
http://www.krqe.com/expanded1.asp?RECORD_KEY%5BBigLocal%5D=ID&ID%5BBigLocal%5D=4663
QUOTES:
"Albuquerque Metro Area
The biggest and most expensive problems left by this storm are massive sink
holes that appeared around the metro area. One sink-hole in particular at
Lomas and Edith came close to puncturing a gas-line that feeds into the
Albuquerque Regional Medical Center."
USA TODAY ARTICLE:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-04-04-southwest-storm_x.htm
QUOTES:
"More thunderstorms were forecast Monday for parts of Texas and New Mexico
following weekend flooding that drove dozens of people from their homes,
closed roads and collapsed part of a highway bridge.
At least 21 deaths were blamed on the weather system in Mexico.
More than 40 of the 100 residents of Toyah, Texas, had to be evacuated
early Sunday when arroyos and ravines flooded rapidly and the water
ruptured an earthen dam. Water 3 feet deep rushed through the town, forcing
out even Toyah's own emergency crews.
Not far from Toyah, a bridge carrying eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 over
a small stream collapsed. No one was injured because police had closed the
roadway earlier. Authorities also shut down a nearby Union Pacific Railroad
bridge.
As traffic was detoured around the I-20 bridge, three tractor-trailer rigs
collided early Monday on a two-lane highway about 25 miles southeast of
Pecos, killing five people and critically injuring another.
The same storm system caused flash flooding Monday in northern Mexico that
killed at least 21 people just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
Dozens more were reported missing and U.S. Border Patrol helicopters helped
rescue survivors from roofs. The Escondido River rose 25 feet in 15
minutes, authorities said.
Hail almost as big as golf balls pummeled Crystal City, Texas, about 80
miles southwest of San Antonio. A grocery store roof collapsed under the
weight and at least 25 homes had broken windows, said police Chief Luis
Contreras.
Hail piled up a foot deep in Fort Stockton and looked like snow, said fire
Chief Melvin Thomas. The town also had flooding that was up to the level of
car bumpers and forced about 30 residents to leave their homes.
Parts of New Mexico got snow mixed with hail and rain that iced highways
and caused flooding. Gov. Bill Richardson ordered state agencies to be
prepared to assist.
Eighteen residents of Carlsbad, N.M., were still out of their homes Monday
although water was receding after flooding streets up to 2 feet deep, said
police Capt. Robert Bird
In northern New Mexico, more than 1,000 customers of the Mora-San Miguel
County Electric Cooperative were in the dark for a second day Sunday after
as much as 2 feet of snow fell.
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