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 19, 1:33 PM MST, 8 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 233 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2002 SYNOPSIS... A PERSISTENT WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE BORDER LAND. AT THE LOW LEVELS SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW IS CONVERGING OVER THE REGION TO KEEP A VERY MOIST AIR MASS STREAMING INTO THE AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BAJA. THE DISTURBANCE ALOFT AND DAYTIME HEATING IS CREATING DAYTIME INSTABILITY WHICH WILL KICK OF DAILY ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MANY OF THESE SHOWS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. BECAUSE OF WEAK WINDS ALOFT STORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY...THUS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED AREAS OF ARROYO AND STREET FLOODING REMAINS LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DUE TO CLOUD COVER...AFTERNOON CONDITIONS WILL BE OPPRESSIVE DUE TO THE HIGH HUMIDITY. DISCUSSION... LARGER SCALE PATTERN SHOWS BROAD UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER EASTERN COLORADO. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS ANCHORED OVER THE CWFA ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE DOME. AT LOWER LEVELS...H7 AND H85...A WEAK LOW IS EVIDENT IN THE WINDS FIELDS WITH CYCLONIC FLOW CENTERED OVER THE CWFA. ITS TAKING A WHILE TO BREAK OUT OF THIS MORNINGS CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY. SEEING SOME TOWERS POP ALREADY WHERE THERE IS SOME DIFFERENTIAL SFC HEATING WHERE THE CLOUDS HAVE BROKE. THIS SPEAKS TO THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE (1.54 PW IN EPZ 12Z SOUNDING) AND LEVEL OF INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA. WITH THE ENTIRE CWFA UNDER ABUNDANT DEEP MOISTURE AND BROAD AREAS OF UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITY...ITS HARD TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS ON WHERE AND WHEN THE TSTM AND SHOWERS WILL HIT. HAVE TO BROAD BRUSH THE POPS. HOWEVER...THE CENTRAL CWFA SHOWS THE BEST POTENTIAL WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. THE EAST HAS GOOD POTENTIAL WITH THE DEEPEST MOISTURE. WILL HAVE SCAT CAT POPS FOR ALL AREAS TONIGHT. AT H7 LEVELS...THE MODELS KEEP THE LOW OVERHEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND AVN EVOLVES IT INTO AN INVERTED TROUGH WHICH KEEP THE MOISTURE PLUME FOCUSED OVER THE CENTER OF THE CWFA. MODELS ARE TRYING TO SHOW SOME DRYING OUT WEST AS THE UPPER HIGH REFORMS OVER ARIZONA IN AN ELONGATED SW-NE PATTERN...THAT MAKES FOR MORE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A THINNING OF THE SOUTHERLY MOIST FLOW. THIS WOULD MAKE POPS OUT WEST MORE ISOLATED...BUT CERTAINLY NOT ELIMINATE THEM. THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CWFA LOOKS TO KEEP DEEPER MSTR THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY MONDAY...AVN SHOWS THE H7 TROF TO PUSH WEST INTO ARIZONA AS THE RIDGE MOVES NORTH INTO THE ROCKIES. THIS COMES WITH SOME DRYING FOR THE EAST AND CENTRAL CWFA. WELL KEEP POPS IN BUT LOWER THEM A BIT. OF COURSE WITH WEAK SUMMER TIME PATTERNS AND THE SUBTLIES INVOLVED IN THESE MICRO-SCALE FEATURES...SPLITTING HAIRS IS FRUITLESS. EL PASO BB 68/ 90/ 69/ 92/ 70 42423 LAS CRUCES BB 65/ 89/ 66/ 91/ 67 42423 ALAMOGORDO BB 65/ 88/ 66/ 89/ 67 42423 CLOUDCROFT BB 46/ 68/ 45/ 70/ 45 35352 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES BB 66/ 90/ 64/ 92/ 65 43323 SILVER CITY BB 57/ 83/ 58/ 85/ 59 34233 DEMING BB 64/ 90/ 64/ 93/ 65 42323 LORDSBURG BB 64/ 91/ 64/ 93/ 65 42323 SIERRA BLANCA BB 65/ 89/ 66/ 91/ 67 42323 .ELP...NONE 14 / BIRD N
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Martin Luther King Highway in extreme northeast El Paso was closed due to mud covering the road.
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