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 Sep 6, 1:49 PM MST, 7 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 249 PM MDT TUE SEP 6 2005 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO LAY ACROSS THE AREA...COMBINED THAT WITH A SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND WEAK WINDS ALOFT AND WE WILL AGAIN SEE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS THIS EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE OUR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE COMING WEEKEND THE MOISTURE WILL RETURN AND OUR CLOUDS AND CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO INCREASE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN NEAR NORMAL OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL INTO THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... PRECIPITAL WATERS CONTINUE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WARM CLOUD DEPTH IS OVER 3.5 KILOMETERS AND WINDS ARE LIGHT...SO WE WILL SEE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL AGAIN TODAY. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS TRIGGERS IN THE MODELS OR SAT PICS SO I HELD OFF ON ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME ISOLATED FLOODING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE UPPER HIGH THAT HAS BEEN LURKING JUST TO OUR EAST THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL NOSE ITS WAY INTO HERE STARTING TOMORROW...THAT WILL HELP PUSH THE MOISTURE PLUME OFF TO OUR WEST. THIS WILL DRY US OUT...AND WARM US UP A FEW DEGREES. DESPITE THE DRIER AIR THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE TO KEEP SOME ISOLATED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. THE MODELS HAVE ALL BEEN CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A COUPLE OF TROFS INTO THE WEST COAST. THE FIRST TROF WILL MOVE ASHORE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THAT WILL SLOWLY START TO PUSH THE MOISTURE PLUME BACK TO THE EAST...SO THIS WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE WE WILL AGAIN SEE A GOOD SHOT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK A SECOND STRONGER TROF WILL DIG INTO THE WEST COAST AND THIS WILL REINFORCE THE EAST PUSH OF THE MOISTURE PLUME SO WE WILL SEE A SLOW DRYING TREND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE PLUME SLOWLY MOVES OFF TO OUR EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TOMORROW...BUT WILL GET CLOSE TO NORMAL LEVELS FOR THE END OF WEEK. THEN WITH THE RETURN OF THE MOISTURE WELL SEE THEM DROP A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... SCT TSTMS WL REMAIN MOSTLY OVER THE GILA AND SACRAMENTO RANGES THRU ERLY EVNG AS MORE MOISTURE STREAMS IN FM THE S. VSBYS SHD LWR TO MVFR CATEGORY IN HEAVIER RAIN SHAFTS. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN ATMOSPHERE...TAF SITES AND TWB RTES SHD SEE SCT MID DECKS THRU ERLY MRNG. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 67 88 66 90 67 / 30 20 20 10 10 SIERRA BLANCA TX 63 85 60 83 60 / 30 20 20 10 10 LAS CRUCES 66 86 65 90 64 / 30 20 20 10 10 ALAMOGORDO 68 83 65 85 65 / 30 20 20 10 10 CLOUDCROFT 45 67 44 68 46 / 30 30 20 20 10 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 66 84 63 87 63 / 30 20 20 10 20 SILVER CITY 57 80 56 82 60 / 40 30 30 20 20 DEMING 66 86 63 88 63 / 30 20 20 10 20 LORDSBURG 66 87 63 89 63 / 30 30 30 10 20 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NM, TX...NONE. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1115 AM MDT TUE SEP 6 2005 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-062310- 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 1115 AM MDT TUE SEP 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE... DEEP MOISTURE CONTINUES TO LIE OVER THE AREA. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON HEATING TO GIVE US SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLASH FLOODING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY...BUT THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WED THROUGH FRIDAY. ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MOISTURE WILL AGAIN RETURN TO REGION FOR AN INCREASED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK DRIER AIR AGAIN MOVES IN TO DECREASE OUR CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR HEAVY RAINS AND MINOR FLOODING.
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:09 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A cluster of thunderstorms dropped 1.5 to 3 inches of rain on mainly east El Paso, where numerous water rescues were performed due to major street flooding.
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