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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 8, 2007, 11:52 AM MDT. It took effect at May 8, 2007, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2007, 11:52 AM MDT (17:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2007, 3:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2007, 6:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 15 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 May 8, 1:30 AM MDT, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:30 AM MDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 130 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS... EASTERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT MOIST AIR INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. AS A RESULT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECASTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE AND WESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING WARMER DRY WEATHER FOR THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW HAS ADVECTED MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WITH DEWPOINTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO NEAR 50 OVER WESTERN TEXAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER LOW NOW ENTERING SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA WITH THE EPZ CWA LOCATED IN ASSOCIATED LEFT FRONT QUAD OF 90 KT UPPER JET ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO WHERE STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING IS PRESENT. STRONG SHEAR ALSO EXISTS AS LOW LEVEL EASTERLY WINDS VEER TO SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY AT 40 KT ALOFT. THUS STORMS EXHIBITING ROTATION AND HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. LOW WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH DYNAMIC LIFT/COOLING ALOFT INDUCING AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION TONIGHT WITH ACTIVITY BECOMING MORE ISOLATED TOMORROW AS DRIER AIR BEGINS ADVECTING IN. UPPER RIDGE MOVES VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BRINGING WARM DRY WEATHER TO THE CWA. FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL BY SUNDAY WITH POSSIBLE EMBEDDED WAVES MOVING ACROSS REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER LATEST GFS INDICATES DEEPER MOISTURE WILL STAY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA SO WILL KEEP EXTENDED PERIODS DRY. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR AND ISOLATED IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 75 52 78 55 87 / 50 30 20 0 0 SIERRA BLANCA TX 68 49 71 50 85 / 60 40 30 0 0 LAS CRUCES 74 48 77 51 88 / 50 30 20 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 70 46 73 50 84 / 50 30 20 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 51 33 54 37 63 / 60 40 30 0 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 72 45 75 50 84 / 50 30 20 0 0 SILVER CITY 66 41 69 46 77 / 50 40 10 0 0 DEMING 75 47 78 51 89 / 40 30 10 0 0 LORDSBURG 76 47 79 51 90 / 40 30 10 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05 ROGASH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 2:00 AM MDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 200 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-091245- 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- 200 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING AND PRODUCING FLOODING OVER ISOLATED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. ROGASH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 10:10 AM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:59 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 61 min |
| May 8, 3:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 59 min |
| May 8, 5:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 43 min |
| May 8, 1:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 51 min |
| May 8, 2:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 37 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2007Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2007Every flash flood watch in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.