1 tornado, 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 Jun 5, 12:20 PM MST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO-SANTA TERESA NM 120 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2003 SYNOPSIS... A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS INSTABILITY FROM A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND MOISTURE COMBINE TO FORM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN ZONES. A BACKDOOR COOL FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA EARLY TOMORROW THAT WILL CONTINUE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A DRY WEST FLOW ALOFT AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL DIMINISH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION... RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY FORMING OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...EMBEDDED IN A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...MOVES OVER THE FORECAST AREA RESULTING IN INSTABLE REGION FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. AVAILABLE MOISTURE REMAINS HIGHER OVER REGIONS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WITH CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE ALONG THE EASTERN FRINGES OF THE CWA AS EVIDENCED BY HIGHER CAPE AND THETA-E AND PW VALUES EAST. EXPECT MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. LATER TONIGHT AN EXPECTED BACKDOOR FRONT WILL PUSH ALL THE WAY INTO THE FORECAST AREA AS FAR AS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THIS FRONT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVE FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH SOME SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THE MOISTURE AND FRONT RETREAT TO THE EAST. FOR MONDAY AND THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND A DRY AND STABLE WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... EL PASO BU 068/089 066/089 065 22212 ALAMOGORDO BB 061/087 060/085 059 22222 LAS CRUCES BU 067/088 064/088 063 12212 CLOUDCROFT BE 044/066 047/061 046 35332 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES BU 063/089 060/083 059 12110 SILVER CITY BU 056/082 055/076 054 01010 DEMING UU 065/092 063/087 062 00000 LORDSBURG UU 064/095 061/088 060 00000 SIERRA BLANCA EB 066/080 061/084 060 23323 .ELP...NONE 04
NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-051900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1015 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS SOUTH INTO HUDSPETH COUNTY. A COUPLE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL TO 1-1/2 INCHES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. OUTFLOWS FROM THESE STORMS MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL STORMS WEST TO THE RIO GRANDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HUDSPETH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER SERVICES MAY BE REQUIRED EAST OF RIO GRANDE ESPECIALLY OVER HUDSPETH AND EASTERN OTERO COUNTIES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
420 PM MDT THU JUN 05 2003
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0400 PM 20 SW ALAMOGORDO ON WSMR NM 69 MPH WIND GUST
06/05/03 OTERONMZ024-025-060045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 542 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2003 ...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER EASTERN OVER OTERO COUNTY... AT 545 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS IN EASTERN OTERO COUNTY OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE TULAROSA BASIN. THE AREA OF STRONGEST STORM ACTIVITY IS SOUTH OF TIMBERON...EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO PINON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER AS HAIL TO HALF AN INCH AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ELP BIRD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Forest Service reported a small tornado (landspout) just east of Whitetail which knocked down a few trees.
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