1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Mar 4, 3:04 AM MST, 9 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO-SANTA TERESA NM 304 AM MST THU MAR 4 2004 SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BORDERLAND TODAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING WITH IT MORE CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO THE WINDS BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE STRONG. AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS MOVED TO OUR EAST WELL SEE PLENTY OF SUN AND OUR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BOUNCE BACK ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY OUR MUCH ANTICIPATED UPPER LEVEL LOW IS MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE EAST AND MAY EVEN TURN A LITTLE NORTHEAST. THE SYSTEM HAS MANAGED TO SWEEP A FAIR AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION SO MORE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND EVEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS THE COLD POOL OF THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO AT THE SURFACE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO TIGHTEN UP AND WE WILL SEE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JUST HOW WINDY WE GET WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH SUN WE SEE TODAY. I DONT THINK WE WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT THE MODELS THINK WE WILL. WELL HAVE TO MUCH CLOUD COVER TODAY AND TOMORROW THE BEST WIND DYNAMICS WILL HAVE MOVED TO EAST BY THE TIME WE GET TO MAX HEATING...SO ILL GO WITH WINDY WORDING FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY...BUT WILL KEEP THINGS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...SO I WILL CONTINUE THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR POINTS NORTH OF 6K IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND ABOVE 7500 IN THE SAC. TONIGHT MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL SEE MORE SNOW SHOWERS...BUT WITH THE BEST DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE TO OUR EAST IM NOT EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. AS THE MAIN TROF MOVES TO OUR EAST A SHORT WAVE TROF WILL BE QUICK ON ITS HEELS. THIS SECOND SYSTEM WILL HELP KEEP OUR WINDS UP ON FRIDAY...BUT WILL QUICKLY SCOOT EAST AS WELL. IN THE WAKE OF THE LOWS A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE AREA AS A RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS INTO THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL GIVE US PLENTY OF SUN AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... EL PASO BB 058/042 060/036 066 41000 ALAMOGORDO EB 057/040 057/034 066 41000 LAS CRUCES EB 057/040 059/035 066 41000 CLOUDCROFT EB 035/028 035/020 045 41000 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES EB 054/039 055/033 065 41000 SILVER CITY WB 036/034 047/030 058 52000 DEMING EB 054/040 056/034 066 41000 LORDSBURG EB 052/039 054/034 066 41000 SIERRA BLANCA BB 058/039 058/035 065 41000 .ELP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY INTO THIS EVENING FOR NMZ022-025 15 BRICE
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
7 to 8 inches of snow blanketed the community of Pinos Altos and the surrounding area in the Pinos Altos Mountains.
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