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 Jul 30, 1:30 PM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 230 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2005 .SYNOPSIS... DEEP SOUTHEAST FLOW AT LOWER LEVELS HAS USHERED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE INTO THE BORDERLAND. AFTERNOON HEAT HAS CAUSED THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND RESULTED IN AREAWIDE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING EXISTS. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN ARE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF COUNTIES BORDERING MEXICO AND ESPECIALLY FROM DEMING WESTWARD. THE MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT WEST INTO ARIZONA ON SUNDAY BUT ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. EARLY NEXT WEEK MOISTURE LEVEL FURTHER DECREASE ALLOWING FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. && .DISCUSSION... DECIDED TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A MAJOR PORTION OF THE CWFA. MORNING SOUNDINGS AND LATEST MODEL OUTPUTS SHOW A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE CWFA. PROG SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AT SFC TEMPS A FAIR BIT BELOW EXPECTED MAX TEMPS. AREA WIDE SCT TSTMS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. THE SW AREA WILL BE LATER DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUDCOVER. HOWEVER I BELIEVE THAT AREA WILL ALSO FIRE OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. ALOFT A WEAK DISTURBANCE LOOKS TO TRACK OVER THE CWFA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WILL FOCUS THE HIGHER POPS OVER THE SW AND THIS CORRELATES WELL WITH TWC POPS. NORTH CENTRAL CWFA LOOKS THE MOST STABLE AND THE DRIEST...BUT EVEN THEY HAVE GOOD POTENTIAL...SO POPS ADDED FOR ALL ZONES. ADDED POPS TO THE S SAC ZONE ALSO DUE TO TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT LIKELIHOOD. INCREASED POPS IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE PWS ARE EXCEEDINGLY HIGH. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE VERY SLOW. LESS THAN 5 MPH... EARLY EVIDENCE VERIFIES THIS. FOR TOMORROW GFS AND ETA BOTH INDICATE SUBSTANTIAL MID AND UPPER DRYING. THE RIDGE ALOFT IS SHIFTING EAST A BIT AND THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE IS BEING DIRECTED OVER EASTERN AZ. WELL LOSE SOME PW...BUT THE LOW LEVELS STAY MOIST WITH HEALTHY DEWPOINTS. THUS WE STILL LOOK TO GO MODERATELY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON. THUS WILL HAVE TO KEEP SOME SLIGHT POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES. WILL AGAIN FAVOR HIGHER POPS OUT WEST. SUNDAY AND MONDAY SOME ADDITIONAL DRYING WILL HELP TO WARM TEMPS AND FURTHER DECREASE TSTM ACTIVITY. BY MIDWEEK IT APPEARS THAT SOME RECYCLED ENTRAPPED MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH BEGINS TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA. THUS BROADBRUSH MINIMAL POPS FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST WITH SEASONALLY WARM TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 69 93 70 95 72 / 30 10 10 0 0 SIERRA BLANCA TX 66 89 65 95 69 / 30 10 10 0 0 LAS CRUCES 67 91 68 94 70 / 20 10 10 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 64 88 64 94 67 / 10 0 0 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 47 78 47 74 50 / 10 10 0 10 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 67 92 67 94 70 / 10 0 0 0 0 SILVER CITY 63 87 64 89 64 / 30 20 20 20 0 DEMING 66 92 66 95 69 / 40 20 20 0 0 LORDSBURG 66 92 66 94 69 / 40 30 30 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING UNTIL 10PM NMZ022-024-030>032. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING UNTIL 10PM TXZ055>056. && 14 / BIRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1115 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2005 NMZ022>024-030>032-TXZ055-056-302200- EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM- SOUTHERN DESERT 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 1115 AM MDT SAT JUL 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... VERY HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS OVER THE AREA AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS ACROSS THE BORDERLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL HELP TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LOCALIZED AREAS. THUS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO COUNTIES OF DONA ANA...OTERO...LUNA...GRANT...AND HIDALGO. THE WATCH ALSO COVERS THE FAR WEST TEXAS COUNTIES OF EL PASO AND HUDSPETH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY AND MONDAY THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT TO REDUCE FLOODING RISKS BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TO EXPECT ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING STORMS. MID WEEK MOISTURE AGAIN INCREASES SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BIRD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 156 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2005 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-302300- 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 156 PM MDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH 5 PM ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT ROUGHLY 5 TO 10 KTS. WITH SUCH A SLOW DRIFT AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THE GREATEST THREATS WILL BE HEAVY RAINS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES AND LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THESE STORMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ARROYOS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Major street flooding occurred from north of Anthony NM into northwestern El Paso County, including Anthony TX and Canutillo. Numerous stalled cars were observed from Interstate 10.
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