1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 2, 1:32 AM MST, 11 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 232 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2001 SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE DRIFTING OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. DRIER EAST FLOW OVER THE AREA WILL BE THE MAIN RESULT OF THIS PATTERN WITH SMALL DISTURBANCES IN THIS FLOW GIVING THE BORDERLAND AREA A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK TO NORMAL OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL INTO THE WEEKEND. DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW NOW INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND NOT A PLAYER IN OUR WEATHER. UPPER HIGH OVER THE SOUTHER PLAINS WITH RIDGE EXTENDING DOWN ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA. RIDGE WILL CONTINUE MOVING UP TO CWA AS UPPER LOW EXITS NORTHWARD. DECENT VORT MAX OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD STAY WELL SOUTH OF AREA TODAY. MODELS ALL SHOW RIDGE OVER AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD INHIBIT CONVECTION SOME. ALSO CONV PARAMETERS ARE NOT TOO EXCITING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THETA-E MIN IS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND MODELS NOT SHOWING MUCH IF ANY LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN EVERYWHERE...BUT MOUNTAINS PROBABLY ONLY PLACE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS A DECENT BET TODAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LOOK A BIT BETTER AS WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM TEXAS AND CAPE/THETA-E MAX VALUES ARE CENTERED OVER THE AREA AGAIN. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...JUST SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS AS EASTERLIES LOOK PRETTY QUIET. MRF DOES BRING GULF OF MEXICO FEATURE INTO AREA ON WEDNESDAY. COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...BUT WILL NOT HIT TOO HARD AT THIS POINT IN TIME. EL PASO UB 96/ 71/ 95/ 72/ 94 01121 LAS CRUCES UB 95/ 65/ 94/ 66/ 93 01121 ALAMOGORDO UB 94/ 66/ 93/ 67/ 92 11121 CLOUDCROFT BB 71/ 47/ 70/ 48/ 70 21222 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES UB 92/ 65/ 91/ 66/ 91 11121 SILVER CITY BB 87/ 60/ 86/ 61/ 86 12222 DEMING UB 95/ 64/ 96/ 65/ 95 01121 LORDSBURG UB 94/ 62/ 96/ 64/ 95 11121 SIERRA BLANCA UB 93/ 65/ 92/ 66/ 91 01121 .EBLP...NONE 17 HEFNER N
NMZ022-031-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 149 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 145 PM A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO LUNA COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OVER OR NEAR THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF DEMING...GAGE...COLUMBUS...FAYWOOD...AND HURLEY BETWEEN NOW AND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALLS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND AVOID GOING OUT OF DxOORS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS AND ARROYOS AND PERSONS TRAVELING MUST REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL.
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A series of thunderstorms dropped nearly 4 inches of rain within 90 minutes on the south part of Deming, with 2 to 3 inches elsewhere in town. Highway 180 was closed due to a flooded underpass. Several vehicles were stalled in the significant street flooding that resulted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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