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 Jul 14, 11:57 AM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO-SANTA TERESA NM 1257 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2003 SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPRESS MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ISOLATED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. BY MIDWEEK...THE HIGH WILL SHIFT FURTHER NORTH...ALLOWING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION FOR AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY COOL TOWARD SEASONAL NORMALS BY THE WEEKEND. DISCUSSION... WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER THE STRONG INFLUENCE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. STABLE CONDITIONS FROM THE HIGH AND A DRY AIR MASS AT LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL BUT THE MOUNTAINS. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED A BAND OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA EARLIER TODAY BUT HAS LARGELY DROPPED SOUTH OF ELP...THOUGH SOME PART OF IT REMAINS OVER THE BOOTHEEL. ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IMPROVE SLIGHT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE ROTATES AROUND THE HIGH OVER THE FORECAST AREA. AVAILABLE MOISTURE REMAINS LIMITED SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SLIGHT CHANCE. PATTERN WILL CHANGE EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF FOUR CORNERS. THIS SHOULD ALLOW SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION THAT WILL BRING IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THE EAST AND GRADUALLY INCREASE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. FOR THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE BRING IN MOISTURE FOR IMPROVED CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. INCREASING CLOUDS AND MOISTURE SHOULD FORCE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO GRADUALLY DROP BACK TO SEASONAL NORMALS BY WEEKS END. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... EL PASO UU 074/100 072/098 072 00001 ALAMOGORDO UU 071/100 069/098 069 00101 LAS CRUCES UU 070/101 068/099 068 00001 CLOUDCROFT BB 051/076 049/074 049 12121 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES UU 070/100 068/098 068 10101 SILVER CITY BB 066/094 064/092 064 12111 DEMING UU 069/101 067/099 067 10001 LORDSBURG UU 069/100 067/098 067 10101 SIERRA BLANCA UU 069/096 067/094 067 00001 .ELP...NONE 04
NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-142215- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1020 AM MDT MON JUL 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS WILL FORM OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW MAY DRIFT OVER THE LOWLANDS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST MAY OCCUR OVER LOWLAND DESERTS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN TOMORROW WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER SERVICES ARE NOT REQUIRED TODAY. LUNDEEN
NMZ022-030-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 446 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS WITH BLOWING DUST WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 10 IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 445 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD LORDSBURG FROM THE NORTHEAST. AS IN PREVIOUS DAYS...THOUGH THE OUTLFOW WINDS PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS ARE NOT VERY STRONG...THE DUST IN THE AREA IS SO EASILY LIFTED THAT ZERO VISIBILITES CAN RESULT FROM ONLY A 25 TO 30 MPH WIND. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10 FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY WEST TO THE ARIZONA LINE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILTY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. THE STORMS SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 7 PM.
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 175 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong dry microburst blew over a storage shed and ripped off a metal awning. The debris from the awning caused damage to several vehicles at two nearby automobile dealerships.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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