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 6, 2:37 AM MST, 10 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 337 AM MDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .SYNOPSIS... SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE PRESENT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST ACTIVE PORTION SHOULD BE WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. FEWER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY...WITH ANOTHER UPSWING IN ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO A WEATHER DISTURBANCE LATE TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT SHOULD INCREASE TEMPERATURES TO AROUND NORMAL AND KEEP THUNDERSTORMS TO ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE AFTER MIDWEEK. && .DISCUSSION... AS BEFORE...THE NAM IS QUICK TO PUSH ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM BELT WESTWARD WITH THE GFS MUCH SLOWER. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING PLUME SHRINKING SOMEWHAT AS SUBSIDENCE AHEAD OF APPROACHING INVERTED TROUGH (CURRENTLY NEAR SOUTHERN LOUISIANA) SQUEEZES IT AGAINST PERSISTENT UPPER LOW WEST OF CALIFORNIA. JUST CANT SEE BIG CUT IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY...THOUGH FOCUS WILL PROBABLY SHIFT WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. HAVE LET FFA EXPIRE AND WILL LET DAY SHIFT CONSIDER ISSUING ANOTHER WESTERN PORTION SHOULD MOISTURE HANG IN THERE. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE COULD BE LESS MONDAY WITH AN INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AS INVERTED TROUGH ARRIVES FROM EAST. HOPEFULLY PUBLIC WILL NOT LET GUARD DOWN WITH LOSS OF TROPICAL AIR MASS IN FAVOR OF MORE TYPICAL MONSOON SCENARIO. IT ONLY TAKES A HEALTHY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ON TOP OF LEFTOVER STANDING WATER AND FLOOD RAKED SECTIONS TO RENEW THE RECENT PROBLEMS. FINALLY....FINALLY...LET THE MODELS BE CORRECT WITH UPPER HIGH BUILDING WESTWARD AND PLACING OUR CWA IN A WARMER LESS MOIST PATTERN AFTER MIDWEEK. WOULDNT DARE DESCRIBE IT AS DRY...BUT ISOLATED POPS WOULD SURE BE WELCOME OVER WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR LONG TERM DROUGHT && .AVIATION...VALID 06/12Z-07/12Z SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS AFT 18Z WITH AREAS OF MVFR VSBY AND CIGS NEAR STORMS WITH MTN TOPS OCNLY OBSCD. ISOLATED AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR HEAVY RAINFALL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 88 71 90 70 92 / 40 30 20 30 30 SIERRA BLANCA TX 86 64 84 65 88 / 30 30 20 30 30 LAS CRUCES 89 68 90 68 91 / 40 30 20 40 30 ALAMOGORDO 86 67 86 67 93 / 40 30 20 30 20 CLOUDCROFT 63 48 66 47 65 / 30 20 30 40 30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 86 67 89 66 90 / 50 30 20 40 30 SILVER CITY 84 61 81 59 83 / 50 50 30 50 30 DEMING 88 68 90 66 91 / 50 40 20 40 30 LORDSBURG 88 68 89 66 92 / 50 40 30 50 30 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 01 FAUSETT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1024 AM MDT SUN AUG 6 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-071630- 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- 1024 AM MDT SUN AUG 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA. THE GROUND IN MANY AREAS IS SATURATED. THESE TWO FACTORS WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON HEATING THAT WILL GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY WILL BE A LITTLE DRIER...BUT ON TUESDAY AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TO GIVE US ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL SEE ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE EL PASO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IS SEVERE WEATHER OR HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AT THEIR LOCATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on Marble Canyon, with the runoff flooding eastern Alamogordo and Boles Acres downstream.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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