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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2006, 6:40 PM MDT for El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2006, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2006, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County El Paso County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 30, 2:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 230 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 .SYNOPSIS... THE AIRMASS OVER THE BORDERLAND REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH IS PARKED OVER THE REGION. WITHIN THIS PATTERN DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK INTO AND ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THESE IMPULSES WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE PATTERN REMAINS MOIST TRHOUGH TUESDAY WITH MORE STORMS EXPECTED. && .DISCUSSION... NOTHING NEW TODAY...WE REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CUT OFF UPPER-LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH. THE DEEP SOUTH/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW INLUDES IN A HEAVY INFLUX OF MOISTURE...WHICH CONTINUES TO SLOWLY INCREASE PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS. WE ARE AT 175% OF NORMAL PW. SFC DEWPOINTS ARE UP IN THE L-M60S...WITH HIGHER DEWPOINTS TO THE WEST. THUS EXPECT TO KEEP THE DEEP HEALTHY MOISTURE IN PLACE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN IN DAYS PAST SO THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL DUE TO STATIONARY HEAVY RAIN IS MINIMAL...BUT A LOT OF GROUND IS SATURATED FROM DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THE RAINFALL RATE OF STORMS TODAY SHOULD BE HEAVY. THEREFORE...GIVEN THAT SETUP WE EXPECT SOME LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. THUS ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. MONDAY APPEARS TO BE VERY SIMILAR AS THE PATTERN REMAINS PRETTY STATIC. TUESDAY THING BEGIN TO CHANCE A BIT. MODELS INDICATE A NW TROUGH WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE N TIER OF THE U.S. AS IT APPROACHES IT IS PROGGED TO PICK UP OUR CUT OFF LOW AND BEGIN TO SHIFT IT EAST ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. MODELS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD QPF AND HIGH POPS WITH THIS SCENARIO. CANT SEE ANY SIGIFICANT DRYING UNTIL AFTER TUESDAY...SO THIS LOOKS REASONABLE. LATE TUE INTO WED...W/NW FLOW FILTERS DRIER AIR INTO THE NW CWFA AS THE TROUGH PASSES TO THE NORTH. THIS SHOULD BE OUR DOWN DAY FOR PCPN AND STORM COVERAGE. THU A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE N/NE. THIS FEATURE IS SHOWN IN THE MODELS TO INCREASE POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON...BUT THIS IS A WEAK FEATURE AND CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH. NONTHELESS...WITH THE UPPER HIGH CENTERED WELL EAST WE WILL BE UNDER THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME AND WEAK IMPULSES WILL BE DIRECTED OVER THE REGION KEEPING RAIN AND STORM CHANCES IN THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...31/00Z-01/00Z... SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. ISOLD IFR CIGS/VSBYS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 70 87 71 90 72 / 60 40 30 30 20 SIERRA BLANCA TX 61 88 63 84 63 / 60 40 30 30 20 LAS CRUCES 66 88 65 89 69 / 60 40 30 30 20 ALAMOGORDO 66 86 68 87 68 / 60 50 40 30 20 CLOUDCROFT 49 68 46 67 49 / 60 60 40 30 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 66 85 67 89 65 / 50 50 50 30 20 SILVER CITY 60 79 59 81 62 / 50 50 50 40 20 DEMING 65 84 65 88 67 / 50 50 40 30 20 LORDSBURG 62 83 61 88 65 / 50 50 40 30 20 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH (FFA) THROUGH 6AM (12Z) MONDAY MORNING FOR...TX ZONES 055>056 AND NM ZONES 022>025-030>032 14 / BIRD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 10:30 AM MDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:03 PM MDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 103 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 TXZ055-310115- EL PASO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EL PASO 103 PM MDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTOMRS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAILNFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY...DESTABILIZING A VERY MOIST AIR MASS PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE SATURATED GROUND AND HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FLOODING IN PREVIOUS DAYS. EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD INITIATE RAPID FLOODING IN THESE LOW LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF STORMS ARE APPROACHING YOUR AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER VALLEY REGION AND ALONG HIGHWAY 62 NEAR THE MONTANA VISTA AREA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS UNTIL6 AM MONDAY MORNING. PLAY IT SAFE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 20 NOVLAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 9:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 67 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.