1 flash flood, 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 28, 12:40 PM MST, 11 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO-SANTA TERESA NM 140 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004 SYNOPSIS... A MOIST AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DAY TIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES. DISCUSSION... LITTLE CHANGE IN OUR WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR AS A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. LATEST MODEL RUNS DO NOT INDICATE ANY DECENT PROCESS OR MECHANISM FOR FLUSHING OUT THE MOISTURE AT THIS TIME. THE LONG WAVE PATTERN REMAINS STATIC WITH A TROUGH ON THE WEST COAST AND RIDGE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. MOISTURE THAT FLOWED INTO THE AREA REMAINS TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE AND IS OCCASIONALLY REINFORCED BY SURGES OF MOISTURE FROM THE EAST AND FROM THE SOUTH. THIS MOISTURE SERVES AS THE FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TRIGGERED WITH DAY TIME HEATING IN THE AFTERNOON AND FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERACTION AT NIGHT. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SPINNING OFF FROM THE TROUGH ALSO WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE LOCALIZED FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR AN INCH CONTINUING OVER THE FORECAST AREA THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE LESS FREQUENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH A SMALL DROP IN AVAILABLE MOISTURE PROGGED BY THE LATEST MODEL RUNS. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION. DAY TIME TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TO THE WEEKEND. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... EL PASO BB 065/090 064/092 068 43322 ALAMOGORDO BB 061/089 061/091 062 43322 LAS CRUCES BB 063/090 064/092 064 43322 CLOUDCROFT BB 047/067 048/069 049 43333 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES BB 060/087 060/089 062 42211 SILVER CITY BB 055/082 056/085 056 22211 DEMING BB 062/090 062/092 064 32222 LORDSBURG BB 062/090 062/093 063 11111 SIERRA BLANCA BB 061/088 062/090 063 43322 .ELP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1229 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-290028- 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...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 1229 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WILL OCCUR AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FIRST OVER MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...THEN DEVELOP OVER THE LOWLANDS AS OUTFLOWS FROM THE FIRST STORMS HELP INITIATE CONVECTION. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...ARROYOS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE AIR MASS REMAINS MOIST OVER THE AREA. A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EACH DAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS WILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. GNL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 915 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004 NMZ031-032-290418- SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEMING...LAS CRUCES... SUNLAND PARK AND UNIVERSITY PARK 915 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY NEW MEXICO... AT 910 PM MDT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL LUNA COUNTY NEW MEXICO. THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 9 BETWEEN HACHITA AND COLUMBUS WITH STRONG STORMS ALSO APPROACHING HIGHWAY 11 FROM THE DEMING AREA SOUTH TO COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH THE PONDING OF WATER OVER LOW LYING AREAS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY RESULT FROM LOW VISIBILITIES AND WATER COVERED ROADS. REMEMBER...NEVER TRY TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OF TRAVEL. ROGASH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1135 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004 NMZ024-031-032-TXZ055-290644- EL PASO TX-SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...ANTHONY...CANUTILLO... CHAPARRAL...DEMING...EL PASO...FABENS...FORT BLISS...HOLLOMAN AFB... LAS CRUCES...MONTANA VISTA...SAN ELIZARIO...SOCORRO... SUNLAND PARK AND UNIVERSITY PARK 1135 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2004 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO... AT 1125 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. ONE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 9 BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND SANTA TERESA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN DEMING AND LAS CRUCES AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN LAS CRUCES AND HATCH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS HIGHWAY 70 OVER WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE JUST EAST OF SAINT AUGUSTINE PASS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PONDING OF WATER LIKELY OVER LOW LYING AREAS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY RESULT FROM LOW VISIBILITIES AND FROM WATER COVERING THE ROADS. REMEMBER...NEVER TRY TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OF TRAVEL. ROGASH
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:22 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms repeatedly moved over northeast El Paso dropping more than 3 inches of rain, resulting in extensive urban street flooding and a rockslide on Transmountain Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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