1 strong wind, 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 Jun 21, 2:20 PM MST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO-SANTA TERESA NM 320 PM MDT MON JUN 21 2004 SYNOPSIS... A COOL FRONT WILL PUSH WEST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...INCREASING THE MOISTURE AND COOLING TEMPERATURES SOME. THIS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE MOISTURE WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME ISOLATED ON THURSDAY AS WEST WINDS AT THE SURFACE DEVELOP AND BEGIN TO DRY THE AREA OUT. FRIDAY WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AT DRY WESTERLIES PERSIST. DISCUSSION... COOL FRONT NOW INTO FAR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND POISED TO MOVE WEST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. KEPT LOW POPS IN TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN CWA AS STORM MOTION COULD PUSH MEXICAN STORMS INTO OUR AREA. WITH FRONT THROUGH MOST OF AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIRE OFF FAIR AMOUNT OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. THOUGH WEAK WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE LAYER...PROG SOUNDINGS SHOW DECENT DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND CAPE PROFILES FOR SOME SUPER CELL DEVELOPMENT. WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE A REPEAT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE. MODELS DO SHOW WEST WINDS AT THE SURFACE BEGINNING TO ERODE THE MOISTURE AWAY ON THURSDAY SO HAVE JUST KEPT ISOLATED WORDING IN. THE EROSION OF MOISTURE LOOKS MORE COMPLETE ON FRIDAY SO LITTLE OR NO CHANCE OF CONVECTION. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... EL PASO UB 068/089 064/091 066 11322 ALAMOGORDO UB 066/088 061/089 061 01332 LAS CRUCES UB 065/087 061/089 062 01322 CLOUDCROFT UB 042/066 040/069 042 02332 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES UB 065/087 060/088 060 01322 SILVER CITY UB 057/083 053/084 053 02322 DEMING UB 065/088 061/089 060 11322 LORDSBURG UB 065/088 061/089 060 11322 SIERRA BLANCA UB 064/087 059/089 061 11332 .ELP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE 17 HEFNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1115 AM MDT MON JUN 21 2004 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-212300- EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM- SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM-SOUTHWEST DESSERT/BOOTHEEL NM- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...DEMING...EL PASO...LAS CRUCES...LORDSBURG...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 1115 AM MDT MON JUN 21 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE... EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND ALSO OVER FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...ALLOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. DRIER AIR MOVING IN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SHOULD DIMINISH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BACK TO JUST A FEW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 806 PM MDT MON JUN 21 2004 NMZ024-030>032-TXZ055-056-220504- EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-SOUTHERN DESERT NM- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM-SOUTHWEST DESSERT/BOOTHEEL 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...SOCORRO...SUNLAND PARK AND UNIVERSITY PARK 806 PM MDT MON JUN 21 2004 THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF EL PASO HAVE CREATED STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS THAT HAVE GENERATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MOVING NORTH. EXPECT WIND GUSTS UP 45 MPH AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS. BLOWING DUST CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEARLY ZERO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 10 AND OTHER MAJOR HIGHWAYS. LUNDEEN
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong outflow from a distant thunderstorm complex, with winds measured up to 49 mph, blew power lines down and caused minor roof damage in parts of El Paso.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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