1 heavy rain, 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 Aug 15, 1:14 PM MST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO-SANTA TERESA NM 214 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 SYNOPSIS... MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS WHILE WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. AS A RESULT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BY WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA. THIS CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WARMER DRIER WEATHER LATER THIS WEEK. DISCUSSION... AIR MASS REMAINS MOIST WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS AROUND 1.2 INCHES. IN ADDITION WHILE CLOUD COVER IS AGAIN BLOCKING OUT SOLAR HEATING THE AIR MASS IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE DUE TO HIGH SURFACE DEWPOINTS AND A LACK OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. SATELLITE AND SHORT TERM MODEL OUTPUT ALSO SHOWING WEAK SLOW MOVING SHORT WAVE/VORT MAX MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO WITH THE CWA ALSO IN DIVERGENT AND STRONGLY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT. THUS DESPITE THE LACK OF SUNSHINE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION NOW OCCURRING WITH STRONGEST ACTIVITY OVER THE GILAS WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW IS THE DEEPEST. WITH REGIONAL CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG EXPECT RATHER WIDESPREAD CONVECTION CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING AS VORT MAX SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE CWA. SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS AGAIN SUGGESTS HEAVY RAINFALL FOR A FEW LOCATIONS. ON MONDAY EXPECT A REPEAT OF TODAYS SCENARIO. AT LOW LEVELS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL SUSTAIN MOISTURE INFLOW AT LEAST INTO LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER WHILE ANOTHER WEAK SLOW MOVING SHORT WAVE/VORT CENTER MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. MODELS ALSO SHOWING WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ZONE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA BY AFTERNOON. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER STAYING AT NEAR 1.2 INCHES AND WITH CAPES AROUND 1000 AND NO CONVECTIVE INHIBITION, EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED CONVECTION MONDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING. MODELS STILL INDICATE DEVELOPING WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING TREND TOWARD WARMER DRIER WEATHER AFTER TUESDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... EL PASO TB 064/085 064/088 069 55432 ALAMOGORDO TE 059/082 059/084 064 55432 LAS CRUCES TB 062/084 061/088 066 55432 CLOUDCROFT TE 043/065 042/068 046 55432 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES TE 061/084 061/087 066 55432 SILVER CITY TB 056/078 056/083 061 55432 DEMING EB 061/085 061/088 066 54432 LORDSBURG EB 061/083 061/086 066 54432 SIERRA BLANCA TE 058/081 058/083 063 55432 .ELP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE 05 ROGASH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1043 AM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-152300- EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM- SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...ANTHONY...CANUTILLO... CHAPARRAL...DEMING...EL PASO...FABENS...FORT BLISS...HOLLOMAN AFB... LAS CRUCES...LORDSBURG...MONTANA VISTA...SAN ELIZARIO... SIERRA BLANCA...SILVER CITY...SOCORRO...SUNLAND PARK... TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES AND UNIVERSITY PARK 1043 AM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL WITH FLOODING. ISOLATED STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH FLOODING. HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH MOST ACTIVITY OCCURING ONLY OVER MOUNTAIN AREAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER TO OUR OFFICE VIA OUR 800 NUMBER. ROGASH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1238 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 NMZ022-151945- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY 1238 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER GRANT COUNTY NEW MEXICO... AT 1230 THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER GRANT COUNTY NEW MEXICO. STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE VICINITY OF SILVER CITY...SAN LORENZO...PINOS ALTOS AND LAKE ROBERTS ALONG HIGHWAYS 180 AND 152. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. TRAVELERS MUST REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ELP. ROGASH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 207 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 NMZ032-TXZ055-152102- EL PASO TX-SOUTHERN DESERT NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...CANUTILLO...EL PASO...FABENS... FORT BLISS...LAS CRUCES...MONTANA VISTA...SAN ELIZARIO...SOCORRO... SUNLAND PARK AND UNIVERSITY PARK 207 PM MDT SUN AUG 15 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER DONA ANA COUNTY NEW MEXICO... AT 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS DONA ANA COUNTY NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE LAS CRUCES AREA WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN LAS CRUCES AND EL PASO TEXAS. THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS MAY CAUSE STREET FLOODING IN A FEW AREAS. PERSONS TRAVELING MUST REMEMBER NEVER TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ELP. ROGASH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Two inches of rain fell within 70 minutes (one inch in 20 minutes) and caused street flooding throughout Truth or Consequences. Not far to the south, runoff from heavy rain led to a brief closure of NM 152 between Caballo and Hillsboro.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2004
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5420902.