1 flash flood, 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 13, 2:13 PM MST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 313 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006 .SYNOPSIS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY RAIN FALL FROM SOME OF THE STORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO CLOUDS AN RAIN. && .DISCUSSION... INCREASED MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION IS HELPING TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING AND ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A WEAKENING UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST MAY HELP TRIGGER CONVECTION THROUGH THE MORNING. WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL AND HIGH DEW POINTS THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS OF HEAVY RAIN. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVY RAIN ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SPOTTY IN COVERAGE WITH FLOODING POTENTIAL GENERALLY LOCALIZED NEAR STORMS AT THIS TIME. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE GREATER TOMORROW AND TUESDAY AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE. CONVECTION WILL BE AIDED BY THE WEAKENING UPPER LOW AND A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL HELP FOCUS CONVECTION ALONG IT WITH A POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR TOMORROW AND TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY APPEAR TO TRANSITION DAYS AT THIS TIME WITH THE MOISTURE PLUME BEGINNING TO SLOWLY SHIFT BACK THE WEST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE BUT MAY BE LESS INTENSE. BY FRIDAY THE PLUME OF MOISTURE SHOULD BE FURTHER WEST WITH BEST RAIN CHANCES WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. NEXT WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE A BIT DRIER WITH SCATTERED MOUNTAIN AND ISOLATED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER UPPER LOW MAY AFFECT THE REGION BY LATE NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...14/00Z-15/00Z GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SCATTERED AREAS OF IFR/MVFR FOR CIGS AND VSBY IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TSTM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AND BE MORE PREVALENT TOMORROW ACROSS THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 72 88 69 88 68 / 40 50 50 50 40 SIERRA BLANCA TX 63 83 60 81 64 / 50 40 40 40 40 LAS CRUCES 69 88 69 88 67 / 40 50 50 50 40 ALAMOGORDO 69 87 67 89 66 / 50 50 50 50 40 CLOUDCROFT 51 66 47 65 48 / 50 50 50 50 50 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 69 88 68 85 65 / 40 50 50 50 40 SILVER CITY 62 82 60 79 59 / 50 60 60 60 40 DEMING 67 90 66 88 66 / 40 50 50 50 40 LORDSBURG 65 89 65 86 66 / 40 50 50 50 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1057 AM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-141700- 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- 1057 AM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE CONTINUES OVER THE REGION. LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES AND ARROYOS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE GENERALLY HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A GENERAL MONSOONAL MOISTURE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE FUELING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE MOISTURE PLUME MAY SHIFT BACK TO THE WEST BY NEXT WEEKEND...REDUCING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING CONDITIONS OCCUR AT THEIR LOCATION. LUNDEEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1149 AM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-140500- SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM-EL PASO TX- HUDSPETH TX-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL NM- 1149 AM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS MORNING...AHEAD OF DEEPER MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA. SLOW MOVEMENT IS FORECAST WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND ADDED MOISTURE...THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AROUND DEEPER MOISTURE IS BEGINNING TO MOVE BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING. WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LILKELY. TRIPOLI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1247 PM MDT SUN AUG 13 2006
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1228 PM FLASH FLOOD MAYHILL 32.89N 105.48W
08/13/2006 OTERO NM LAW ENFORCEMENT
VOLUNTEER LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 82 IN
MAYHILL WAS MADE IMPASSABLE BY RUNNING WATER OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH.
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PIEPERThe El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 61 was washed out near San Juan. Also, further northwest (near Mimbres) a Jeep was swept away by the rain swollen Mimbres River. The driver survived without injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5530530.