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 Oct 15, 1:58 AM MST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 258 AM MDT SAT OCT 15 2005 .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS TODAY BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. MOSTLY DRY WEATHER WILL OCCUR ON SUNDAY BEFORE ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PRODUCES SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN SEASONABLY WARM AND DRY WEATHER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW NOW MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA WITH UPWARD MOTION/PVA AHEAD OF IT SPREADING INTO NEW MEXICO. AS A RESULT CONVECTION HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER MOST OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WITH ACTIVITY NOW SPREADING INTO WESTERN TEXAS. LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CWA TODAY/EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ASSOCIATED UPWARD MOTION AND COOLING ALOFT. CAPES WILL RANGE FROM 500 TO 1000 J/KG WITH MODERATE SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR SO SCATTERED CONVECTION LIKELY WITH ISOLATED STORMS JUST BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. TROUGH WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST OF THE CWA THIS EVENING...THUS EXPECT WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND IT WILL RESULT IN DRY WEATHER LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER MODELS HAVE BEEN PLEASANTLY CONSISTENT IN MOVING STRONG UPPER LOW SOUTHWARD THROUGH CALIFORNIA TODAY BEFORE SYSTEM BECOMES ALMOST STATIONARY OFF NORTHERN BAJA COAST SUNDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY. APPROACH OF LOW WILL AGAIN BRING INCREASING SOUTHERLY WIND COMPONENT TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO/WESTERN TEXAS WITH AN ATTENDANT TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SEASONABLY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER OF OVER AN INCH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH CAPES NEAR 1000 J/KG. THUS EXPECT INCREASING RAIN THREAT AFTER SUNDAY. MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE TIMING...WHILE LOW REMAINS OFF BAJA COAST THROUGH MONDAY IT IS LIKELY SEVERAL SHORT WAVES WILL EJECT AHEAD OF SYSTEM INTO THE CWA BUT TOO FAR AHEAD TO DETERMINE WHEN. LOW FORECASTED TO LIFT/ACCELERATE NORTHEAST TUESDAY WITH TRAILING TROUGH SWINGING ACROSS NEW MEXICO/WESTERN TEXAS AND SUSTAINING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. THEREAFTER WEST TO NORTHWEST SUBSIDING FLOW BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL BRING SEASONABLY WARM DRY WEATHER AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LATEST GFS DEVELOPS A CLOSED LOW JUST SOUTH OF THE ARIZONA BORDER FRIDAY SUGGESTING RAIN THREAT. WILL IGNORE THIS FEATURE FOR NOW AND KEEP THINGS DRY TO END OF WEEK. && .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AND ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS IN STRONGER STORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 72 55 79 56 78 / 50 20 20 20 30 SIERRA BLANCA TX 68 47 77 53 72 / 40 20 20 20 30 LAS CRUCES 70 52 78 54 77 / 50 20 20 20 30 ALAMOGORDO 67 55 73 57 71 / 50 30 10 10 30 CLOUDCROFT 51 39 59 39 56 / 50 30 10 10 30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 67 50 75 53 76 / 50 20 10 10 30 SILVER CITY 64 46 69 49 70 / 50 10 20 20 40 DEMING 69 52 78 53 77 / 50 10 20 20 40 LORDSBURG 74 49 80 52 81 / 40 10 20 20 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NM, TX...NONE. && 05 ROGASH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 400 AM MDT SAT OCT 15 2005 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-151800- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 400 AM MDT SAT OCT 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A FEW STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING IN ISOLATED AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE AROUND A QUARTER INCH BUT RAINFALL MAY EXCEED AN INCH OVER A FEW LOCATIONS RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ROGASH
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 173 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak landspout tornado was observed by NM State Police south of Animas. It remained over unpopulated desert terrain.
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