1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 11, 1:30 AM MST, 10 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 230 AM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES WARM AND RAIN CHANCES SOMEWHAT LIMITED. PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINS OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. STORM DEVELOPMENT IS MOST LIKELY WEST...WITH ONLY ISOLATED STORMS EXPECTED EAST. SATURDAY THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST BACK OVER THE REGION. IN ADDITION AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SLOWLY TRACK INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASED MOISTURE AND INCREASED INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO AN UPSWING IN STORM ACTIVITY AND AERIAL COVERAGE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH MID WEEK. THE MAIN CONCERN AGAIN WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING. && .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION IS KEEPING THE AREA TEMPERATURES WARM AND SUPPRESSING CONVECTION A BIT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA. THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME HAS SHIFTED WEST ON THE WEST END OF THE HIGH...CENTERED OVER AZ. THE HIGHER MOISTURE REMAINS OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND WRAPS AROUND THE HIGH OVER CENTRAL NM. CURRENT WATER VAPOR INDICATES A DRY SLOT OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE CWFA. PRECIPITABLE WATER ON THE LATEST EPZ SOUNDING IS DOWN ALSO. HOWEVER...PLENTY OF SURFACE HEATING IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND LOTS OF AM SUNSHINE. THUS DESPITE LIMITED MOISTURE...STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL LEAD TO SOME INSTABILITY OVER THE EAST. THE WEST SHOULD BE MORE UNSTABLE WITH MORE MOISTURE IN PLACE. THUS EXPECT SCATTERED STORM DEVELOPMENT WEST...ISOLATED EAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY SUNDAY THE UPPER HIGH WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT BACK NE AND SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW THE MOISTURE PLUME OVER AZ TO WORK BACK INTO OUR CWFA...AND SLOWLY REFOCUS OVER THE CENTER OF THE CWFA BY MONDAY AS A TROUGH PRESSES IN FROM THE WEST AGAINST THE HIGH TO OUR EAST. MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL EASTERLY WAVE...CURRENTLY VISIBLE AS A CLOSED LOW OVER THE GULF...WILL BE SLOWLY SPINNING INTO THE REGION AND THEN WEAKEN AND STALL. ITS UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME HOW POTENT THIS FEATURE WILL BE. IT MAY BE A NON-PLAYER. BY NEXT TUESDAY GFS INDICATES A STATIONARY MID LEVEL TROUGH SLUNG N TO S THROUGH THE HEART OF OUR CWFA...AS THE SURFACE ALSO SHOWS A SIMILAR PATTERN WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OVER THE REGION. THIS COMBINATION SETS UP THE POTENTIAL FOR MULTI-DAY REPEATING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. WELL KEEP POPS UP INTO THE SCATTERED CATEGORY FOR ALL ZONES FROM SATURDAY NIGHT ONWARD THRU THE FORECAST. RAIN CHANCES MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED FOR THE MON-WED TIME FRAME. LOTS OF CLOUDS...AND LOWERING TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK THE MOISTURE LOOKS TO GET FORCED BACK TO THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE REGION AS THE UPPER HIGH NOSES BACK IN FROM THE EAST. && .AVIATION...(11/12Z-12/12Z) GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. BRIEF IFR/MVFR CIGS/VSBY IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 97 73 94 70 91 / 20 20 30 40 50 SIERRA BLANCA TX 90 68 87 66 85 / 20 20 30 40 40 LAS CRUCES 95 70 92 69 93 / 20 30 30 30 50 ALAMOGORDO 96 69 93 68 92 / 20 20 30 40 50 CLOUDCROFT 72 51 72 50 70 / 50 20 30 40 50 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 94 69 91 67 93 / 30 30 30 30 50 SILVER CITY 84 62 82 61 82 / 30 30 40 30 50 DEMING 95 69 92 68 92 / 30 30 30 30 50 LORDSBURG 94 68 91 68 92 / 30 30 40 30 50 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 14 / BIRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1030 AM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-120630- 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- 1030 AM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS JUST TO THE WEST...OVER EASTERN ARIZONA AND EXTREME WESTERN NEW MEXICO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWEST DESERTS...AND GILA AREAS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED. SCATTERED STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A GENERAL MONSOONAL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. FOR THE WEEKEND THE MOISTURE PLUME IS FORECAST TO SHIFT BACK TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO NEXT WEEK. STORM CHANCES...AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN...AND FLOODING POTENTIAL ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE EAST. ANY STORM THROUGH THIS PERIOD MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE LOCAL WEATHER INFORMATION. SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE EL PASO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AT THEIR LOCATION. TRIPOLI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 104 PM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006 NMZ025-112215- SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 104 PM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF OTERO COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXHIBITING VERY SLOW MOVEMENT AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL...THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND STREAM BEDS...AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS IS A POSSIBILITY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. PIEPER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 104 PM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006 NMZ025-112215- SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON 104 PM MDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF OTERO COUNTY. AS OF 104 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 130...82...AND 24 EAST OF CLOUDCROFT. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXHIBITING VERY SLOW MOVEMENT AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED OVER THE GILAS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL...THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND STREAM BEDS...AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS IS A POSSIBILITY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. PIEPER
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to golf ball size hail was reported by a U.S. Customs agent at the checkpoint in Antelope Wells.
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