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 Aug 17, 2:22 AM MST, 10 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 322 AM MDT THU AUG 17 2006 .SYNOPSIS... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE MAINLY MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS EAST OF RIO GRANDE. LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM ANY STORMS THAT MAY FORM. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. DRIER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE SHIFTS WEST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. && .DISCUSSION... WITH RAINS HAVING ENDED AND SKIES CLEARED OVER PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY LEAD TO SOME PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG OR A LOW STRATUS CLOUD DECK TO FORM DURING THE MORNING HOURS. BY MID DAY THE FOG WILL BE GONE AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL START TO FORM AGAIN. THE MAIN AXIS OF THE MOISTURE PLUME AND THE UPPER LOW THAT TRIGGERED YESTERDAYS STORMS IS SHIFTING TO THE EAST. STORMS MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD OR NUMEROUS AS THE PREVIOUS DAYS. HOWEVER PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINS TO FUEL NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND WITH CLEARING SKIES...DAY TIME HEATING MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET THUNDERSTORMS GOING TODAY. WITH THE EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE MOISTURE PLUME...THE HEAVIEST RAIN EVENTS WILL BE MOUNTAINS AND LOCATIONS ALONG AND MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. WITH THE SATURATED CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA...EVEN MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ANOTHER 24 HOURS TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. MODELS PROJECT THE MAIN AXIS OF THE MOISTURE PLUME TO REMAIN MAINLY EAST ON FRIDAY BUT IT WILL THEN SHIFT BACK OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY AS THE HIGH TO THE EAST STRENGTHENS AND A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE APPROACHES THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINING IN THE REGION. BY MONDAY THE AREA MAY BEGIN TO GET A BREAK FROM ALL THE RAIN AS MOISTURE PLUME SHIFTS FURTHER WEST INTO ARIZONA AND A HIGH BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE STATE. THE DRYING TREND CONTINUES ON TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY WITH MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL WARMER AS WELL. && .AVIATION...VALID 17/12Z-18/12Z GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS. PATCHY EARLY MORNING FOG POSSIBLE WITH VSBY REDUCED 2 SM AT TIMES. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TIME TSTMS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF IFR/MVFR FOR CIGS/VSBY NEAR STORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 90 72 91 69 92 / 40 40 40 40 30 SIERRA BLANCA TX 79 64 83 65 85 / 40 40 40 40 30 LAS CRUCES 87 72 91 68 92 / 40 40 40 40 30 ALAMOGORDO 90 71 92 65 92 / 40 40 40 40 30 CLOUDCROFT 67 50 67 49 70 / 40 40 50 50 40 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 87 69 87 65 89 / 40 40 40 40 30 SILVER CITY 80 61 81 57 81 / 40 40 40 40 30 DEMING 88 67 89 65 90 / 40 40 40 40 30 LORDSBURG 89 67 90 65 89 / 40 40 40 40 30 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT TXZ 055>056 NMZ 022>025-030>032 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1035 AM MDT THU AUG 17 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-180000- 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- 1035 AM MDT THU AUG 17 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 FRIDAY 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...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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A DEEP LAYER OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE DRYING SOME MONDAY AND BEYOND. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING CONDITIONS OCCUR AT THEIR LOCATION.
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A slow moving thunderstorm dropped 3.23 inches of rain on Hurley, with more than 2 inches falling within 20 minutes. Two to three feet of water covered the south end of town which had to be closed off.
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