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 Oct 7, 1:35 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
126 PM MDT MON OCT 7 2002
SYNOPSIS...
ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDE SPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG DRAINAGES AND LOW LYING
AREAS. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOMORROW WITH CLEAR SKIES BY
WEDNESDAY. DRY PATTERN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO THE WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK TO NEAR NORMALS BY WEEKS END.
DISCUSSION...
SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO
FORM OVER THE BOOTHEEL SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. THIS AREA REMAINS
UNDER A DIFFLUENT REGION NORTHWEST OF A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW IN
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. CONSIDERABLE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE REMAINS IN
PLACE WITH PWS AROUND AN INCH AND QUARTER OR NEARLY 200 PERCENT OF
NORMALS OVER MOST OF THE AREA ALONG WITH HIGH CAPES AND NEGATIVE
LIS. RADAR INDICATES TRAINING OCCURRING WITH STORMS MOVING ALONG A
LINE RUNNING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THAT IS SLOWLY ADVANCING EASTWARD.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 22 AND 30.
THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN EXISTS FOR THE ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH A
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE AND FORCING FROM THE UPPER LOW.
MODELS PROG THE UPPER LOW TO SLOWLY TRACK EAST OVERNIGHT PUTTING THE
CWA UNDER AN AREA OF FAVORABLE DIFFLUENT FLOW FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN.
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL ARE
EXPECTED. THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING THROUGH THE NIGHT ALSO EXISTS.
WITH ALL THESE FACTORS IN PLACE WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO
INCLUDE ALL ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA INCLUDING SOUTHCENTRAL NEW
MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS FOR TONIGHT.
HEAVY RAIN THREAT TAPERS OFF TOMORROW MORNING AS THE CENTER OF THE
LOW MOVES EAST OF AREA. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE
OF LIGHT RAIN OVER CWA WITH CLEARING SKIES LATE TUESDAY EVENING.
SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR BY WEDNESDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE UNDER A STABLE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TILL THE WEEKEND. AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH DURING THE WEEKEND FOR
BREEZY CONDITIONS.
EL PASO WU 56/ 74/ 55/ 78/ 52 73000
LAS CRUCES WU 53/ 72/ 49/ 76/ 45 73000
ALAMOGORDO WU 53/ 72/ 51/ 76/ 48 73000
CLOUDCROFT WB 39/ 53/ 38/ 57/ 35 73200
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES WU 53/ 72/ 50/ 76/ 47 73000
SILVER CITY WU 47/ 67/ 44/ 71/ 43 72000
DEMING WU 53/ 72/ 49/ 76/ 46 72000
LORDSBURG WU 53/ 74/ 49/ 78/ 45 72000
SIERRA BLANCA WU 54/ 72/ 53/ 76/ 50 74000
.ELP...FLASH FLOOD WTCH TNGT...TX ZNS 55 56
FLASH FLOOD WTCH TNGT...NM ZNS 22-25 30-32
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NNMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-071415- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 550 AM MDT MON OCT 7 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS POSSIBLE TODAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WHICH WILL TRIGGER AREA WIDE SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT. MOST STORMS WILL NOT REACH SEVERE LIMITS BUT A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND A THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER SERVICES MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND AREA SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS TO BE DRY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS SLATED TO AFFECT THE AREA NEXT WEEKEND. BIRD
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding from 1.65 inches of rain in 45 minutes was reported near Red Rock and in Red Rock Canyon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, October 2002
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5323026.