1 flash flood, 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 Jul 31, 1:53 AM MST, 11 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 253 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2001 SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF THE NATIONS MID SECTION WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE DOMINATE WEATHER FEATURE. THE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP AVAILABLE MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS AREA WHICH WILL DEVELOP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE AROUND NORMAL FOR THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. DISCUSSION... NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS THINKING. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINING BETWEEN ONE INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER SEE A CONTINUATION OF THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. MOST MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN HANDLING THE LARGE MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE AND ONLY THE WEAK VORTICITY LOBE SWINGING UP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS INTERESTING BUT NOT SURE IT WILL HAVE TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT OTHER THAN STARTING THUNDERSTORMS A LITTLE EARLIER ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY LOWER AFTERNOON HIGHS A COUPLE OF DEGREES. LIGHT FLOW LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE JUST ENOUGH TO ENSURE NO OVERLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN ANY ONE SPOT. EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS LIKE A CONTINUATION OF THE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE THE NORMALS. EL PASO BB 98/ 73/ 96/ 74/ 95 12131 LAS CRUCES BB 95/ 68/ 95/ 70/ 94 12131 ALAMOGORDO BB 92/ 67/ 90/ 67/ 90 12131 CLOUDCROFT BB 74/ 48/ 73/ 47/ 72 32333 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES BB 93/ 67/ 90/ 67/ 92 12132 SILVER CITY BB 83/ 60/ 82/ 60/ 83 22232 DEMING BB 95/ 66/ 94/ 67/ 93 12232 LORDSBURG BB 94/ 67/ 93/ 67/ 93 12231 SIERRA BLANCA BB 94/ 71/ 93/ 71/ 93 12121 .ELP...NONE 00 N
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A cluster of thunderstorms dropped an estimated 3 inches of rain on the western Sacramento Mountains between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft. Mudslides resulted and caused the closure of US Highway 82 for at least two hours.
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, July 2001
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