Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS El Paso, TX

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
126 PM MDT MON OCT 7 2002

SYNOPSIS...
ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDE SPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG DRAINAGES AND LOW LYING
AREAS.  RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOMORROW WITH CLEAR SKIES BY
WEDNESDAY.  DRY PATTERN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO THE WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK TO NEAR NORMALS BY WEEKS END.

DISCUSSION...
SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO
FORM OVER THE BOOTHEEL SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO.   THIS AREA REMAINS
UNDER A DIFFLUENT REGION NORTHWEST OF A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW IN
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.  CONSIDERABLE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE REMAINS IN
PLACE WITH PWS AROUND AN INCH AND QUARTER OR NEARLY 200 PERCENT OF
NORMALS OVER MOST OF THE AREA ALONG WITH HIGH CAPES AND NEGATIVE
LIS.  RADAR INDICATES TRAINING OCCURRING WITH STORMS MOVING ALONG A
LINE RUNNING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THAT IS SLOWLY ADVANCING EASTWARD.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 22 AND 30.

THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN EXISTS FOR THE ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH A
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE AND FORCING FROM THE UPPER LOW.
MODELS PROG THE UPPER LOW TO SLOWLY TRACK EAST OVERNIGHT PUTTING THE
CWA UNDER AN AREA OF FAVORABLE DIFFLUENT FLOW FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN.
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL ARE
EXPECTED.  THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING THROUGH THE NIGHT ALSO EXISTS.
WITH ALL THESE FACTORS IN PLACE WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO
INCLUDE ALL ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA INCLUDING SOUTHCENTRAL NEW
MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS FOR TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN THREAT TAPERS OFF TOMORROW MORNING AS THE CENTER OF THE
LOW MOVES EAST OF AREA.  WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE
OF LIGHT RAIN OVER CWA WITH CLEARING SKIES LATE TUESDAY EVENING.
SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR BY WEDNESDAY.  DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE UNDER A STABLE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TILL THE WEEKEND.  AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH DURING THE WEEKEND FOR
BREEZY CONDITIONS.

EL PASO               WU  56/ 74/ 55/ 78/ 52  73000
LAS CRUCES            WU  53/ 72/ 49/ 76/ 45  73000
ALAMOGORDO            WU  53/ 72/ 51/ 76/ 48  73000
CLOUDCROFT            WB  39/ 53/ 38/ 57/ 35  73200
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES WU  53/ 72/ 50/ 76/ 47  73000
SILVER CITY           WU  47/ 67/ 44/ 71/ 43  72000
DEMING                WU  53/ 72/ 49/ 76/ 46  72000
LORDSBURG             WU  53/ 74/ 49/ 78/ 45  72000
SIERRA BLANCA         WU  54/ 72/ 53/ 76/ 50  74000

.ELP...FLASH FLOOD WTCH TNGT...TX ZNS 55 56
       FLASH FLOOD WTCH TNGT...NM ZNS 22-25 30-32

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
550 AM MDT MON OCT 7 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW
MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS POSSIBLE TODAY.
ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WHICH WILL TRIGGER AREA WIDE
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT.
MOST STORMS WILL NOT REACH SEVERE LIMITS BUT A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND A
THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER SERVICES MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND
AREA SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND
THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS TO BE DRY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM IS SLATED TO AFFECT THE AREA NEXT WEEKEND.

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