1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 25, 1:22 PM MST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 222 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2001 SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS TONIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING TO NEAR NORMAL ON SUNDAY. EASTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALSO PUSH MOISTURE BACK INTO THE BORDERLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY..RESULTING IN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DISCUSSION... RATHER A CHALLENGING FORECAST COMING UP. MORNING SOUNDING SHOWED DRY STABLE AIR MASS OVER REGION WITH PWS RATHER LOW AT 3/4 INCH AND STRONG MID LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION. YET 5 MODELS...ETA/AVN/NGM/MM5 AND WRF ALL FORECAST PRECIP OVER EASTERN ZONES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AT MOMENT BELIEVE AT LEAST ISOLATED CONVECTION SHOULD BE MENTIONED. BACKDOOR FRONTAL PASSAGE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT WITH EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW DEVELOPING BY MIDNIGHT WHEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. SURFACE OBS TO OUR EAST/NORTHEAST OF CWA SHOWS ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WITH DEWPOINTS FROM 65 TO 70. THUS EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD ADVECT MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. FINALLY...80 KT UPPER JET STREAK WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN UTAH/NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. EASTERLY ZONES WILL BE IN LEFT FRONT QUAD OF THIS FEATURE SUGGESTING DYNAMIC FORCING ALOFT MAY ERODE OR REMOVE CAP. THUS...WILL INTRODUCE CONVECTION EASTERN ZONES TONIGHT AND EASTERN/CENTRAL ZONES SUNDAY AS PROGS ALSO SUGGEST WEAK UPPER WAVES MOVING INTO REGION FROM THE NORTH. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY...SURFACE PATTERN WILL INCLUDE THERMAL TROUGH TO OUR WEST WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THIS WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED EASTERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT AT LOW LEVELS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN ZONES. EL PASO BB 71/ 93/ 70/ 92/ 69 12211 LAS CRUCES BB 66/ 91/ 65/ 90/ 64 11111 ALAMOGORDO BB 66/ 91/ 65/ 90/ 64 11111 CLOUDCROFT BB 49/ 71/ 48/ 70/ 47 23211 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES BB 68/ 92/ 67/ 91/ 66 11111 SILVER CITY BB 60/ 85/ 59/ 84/ 58 00111 DEMING BB 65/ 92/ 64/ 91/ 63 00111 LORDSBURG BB 65/ 93/ 64/ 92/ 63 00111 SIERRA BLANCA BB 67/ 90/ 66/ 89/ 65 12211 .ELP...NONE 05 ROGASH N
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wet microburst blew the roof off a portion of an apartment complex. Some windows were blown out in the downtown area, and several power lines were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5264916.