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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS El Paso, TX

May 8, 2007

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 2:59 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana61 min
May 8, 3:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana59 min
May 8, 5:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningEPZDoña Ana3 hr
May 8, 12:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso43 min
May 8, 1:24 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZEl Paso51 min
May 8, 2:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth35 min
May 8, 3:53 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZHudspeth37 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.