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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS El Paso, TX

September 2, 2006

NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 2, 2006, 3:57 AM MDT. It took effect at Sep 2, 2006, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2006, 3:57 AM MDT (09:57 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 2, 2006, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 5, 2006, 5:00 AM MDT
In force
68 hr
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 Sep 2, 3:30 AM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 3:30 AM MDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 11:48 AM MDT, 16 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1148 AM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-021800-
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-
1148 AM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. STORMS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SOME
OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG
DRAINAGES...ARROYOS AND LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A COMBINATION OF A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE REGION AND
MOISTURE PARTIALLY TAPPED FROM HURRICANE JOHN WILL PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES OVER A WIDE AREA WITH SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE. AREAS
FLOODED BY PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN EVENTS MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
FLOODING DURING THIS POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN EVENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER
OR FLOODING CONDITIONS OCCUR AT THEIR LOCATION.

LUNDEEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHidalgo24 min
Sep 1, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna42 min
Sep 1, 7:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana116 min
Sep 1, 8:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana115 min
Sep 2, 3:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Sep 1, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth46 min
Sep 1, 10:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZEl Paso116 min

Nearby

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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.