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 16, 1:20 PM MST, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 220 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006 .SYNOPSIS... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS LOOKS TO PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE. BY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY THE AIRMASS LOOKS TO BECOME DRIER AND THUNDERSTORMS LIMITED MORE TO ISOLATED COVERAGE. && .DISCUSSION... NOT MUCH TIME TO CHAT. MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE AREA FOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING PROBLEMS. GFS AND NAM STILL IN DISAGREEMENT ON DRYING TREND. WILL STICK CLOSER TO GFS FOR NOW WHICH KEEPS THE DEEPER MOISTURE PLUME OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. PLUME BEGINS TO MOVE WEST ON MONDAY...TO MAINLY WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. HIGH ALOFT MOVES OVER THE BIG BEND/WEST TEXAS AREA TO HOPEFULLY DRY MOST OF THE CWA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...VALID 17/00Z-18/00Z SCT MVFR CIGS IN +TSRA...WITH ISOLATED IFR CIGS/VSBY. TSRA PERSISTING FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 70 90 72 91 70 / 60 40 40 40 40 SIERRA BLANCA TX 61 79 64 83 66 / 70 40 40 40 40 LAS CRUCES 70 87 72 91 69 / 60 40 40 40 40 ALAMOGORDO 69 90 71 92 66 / 70 40 40 40 40 CLOUDCROFT 49 67 49 67 49 / 70 40 40 50 50 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 69 87 69 87 66 / 50 40 40 40 40 SILVER CITY 61 80 61 81 58 / 50 40 40 40 40 DEMING 68 88 67 89 66 / 60 40 40 40 40 LORDSBURG 66 89 67 90 66 / 50 40 40 40 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 17 HEFNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1120 AM MDT WED AUG 16 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-161645- 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- 1120 AM MDT WED AUG 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOR FAR WEST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALLS WITH RAIN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES WITHIN 3 HOURS OVER A FEW LOCATIONS. FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A DEEP LAYER OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE DRYING SOME LATER SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM BOTH DAY AND NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING CONDITIONS OCCUR AT THEIR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
639 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006
TXZ055-171300-
RIVER FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO, TX
639 PM MDT WED AUG 16 2006
...THIS IS A REISSUE OF THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIO GRANDE
IN EL PASO...
FOR THE RIO GRANDE, INCLUDING EL PASO, MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECASTED.
THE LATEST STAGE IS 8.1 FEET AT 06 PM WEDNESDAY. MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST, WITH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 8.8 FEET AT 12 AM THURSDAY, WHICH
IS 0.3 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE STAGE WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE AT 02 AM THURSDAY.
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
FLD OBVSERVED FORECAST 7AM
RIO GRANDE STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT
EL PASO 8.5 8.1 WED 06 PM 6.7 5.7 5.3The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 142 was washed out where it crosses Alamosa Creek just outside of Placitas.
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