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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS El Paso, TX

July 28, 2006

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 28, 2006, 1:34 PM MDT. It took effect at Jul 28, 2006, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2006, 1:34 PM MDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2006, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2006, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 28, 3:35 AM MDT, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:35 AM MDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 10:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1030 AM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-290000-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
1030 AM MDT FRI JUL 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. HIGH LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL ENSURE THAT MANY
OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS. LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. IN ADDITION...SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH A FEW STORMS. RAIN AMOUNTS MAY
EXCEED 3 INCHES WITHIN 3 HOURS OVER ISOLATED AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER ISOLATED AREAS. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT HESITATE TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WITH REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE CALLED
UPON TO PROVIDE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS...SPECIFICALLY TO REPORT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING.

BIRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 2:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZSierra2 hr
Jul 28, 4:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZGrant119 min
Jul 27, 9:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso2 hr

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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.