ALBUQUERQUE TODAY ... AS STRONG WINDS BRING RAIN AND HAIL TO THE METRO AREA. THIS IS VIDEO OF OUR CREWS SHOT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE PARADISE HILLS AREA. THE WEATHER EVEN CAUSED SOME STREET FLOODING, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SCENE AT GOLF COURSE. POLICE ARE ALSO ASKING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA OF UNIVERSE AND PASEO BECAUSE OF FLOODING. P-N-M TELLS US THERE ARE SOME SMALL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AROUND TOWN CAUSED BY THE WEATHER. A LARGER OUTAGE EARLIER TODAY IN PARADISE HILLS HAS BEEN FIXED. TODAY’S WEATHER IS ALSO BAD NEWS FOR THE BALLOON FIESTA. ORGANIZERS CANCELLED THIS MORNING'S MASS ASCENSION. AND THEY'VE ALREADY CANCELLED TONIGHT'S BALLOON GLOW AND FIREWORKS SHOW. THE WICKED WEATHER.. HAS LEFT PEOPLE SCRAMBLING TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH. OUR TEAMS FANNED OUT ACROSS THE METRO AREA TODAY---SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. CRIS ORNELAS BEGINS OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM PARADISE HILLS... WITH TONIGHT'S TOP STORY. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SLAMMED THE WESTSIDE ABOUT 2 THIS AFTERNOON IT TOOK OUT THIS FIFTY YEAR OLD BLUE SPRUCE... BUT THATS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE DAMAGE THE FAST MOVING STORM LEFT BEHIND. MARK AND CANDACE BARON HAVE LIVED IN PARADISE HILLS FOR 25 YEARS... THEY SAY THE MAJESTIC BLUE SPRUCE IN THEIR YARD WAS ALREADY FULL GROWN WHEN THEY MOVED IN. SO THEY ARE STUNNED THAT THE GOLIATH WAS TAKEN DOWN WITH A BURST OF STRONG WIND. 5:58 'we came over to the front door to watch it and the tree goes my wife started screaming' THEY SAY IT ONLY LASTED TWO MINUTES... BUT IT WAS TWO MINUTES IN A TORRENT OF HAIL RAIN AND WIND. 6:14 'it had to be at least 70 miles an hour it was unbelievable it was like a train' NEARBY HOMEOWNERS TOOK MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND DUG IN TO CLEAR A CLOGGED DRAIN NEAR THEIR HOMES. WITNESSES SAY THE WATER WAS SEVERAL FEET DEEP AT ITS WORST... ENOUGH TO FLOOD OUT THIS MAN'S CAR. 11:39 'i guess the water was too deep for us couldn't make it through now my car ...