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 29, 1:30 PM MST, 10 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 230 PM MDT TUE AUG 29 2006 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT. THIS MADE FOR A SLIGHTLY COOLER DAY AND KEPT THE AIRMASS SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE. ADEQUATE MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THROUGH THE WEEK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM. THE HIGH SHOULD KEEP STORM ACTIVITY MORE ISOLATED...BUT CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL REMAIN EVERYDAY. SATURDAY A STRONGER COLD FRONT LOOKS TO PUSH INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL AGAIN COOL OUR TEMPERATURES. AS THE FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION CHANCES FOR STORMS AND RAIN WILL INCREASE. && .DISCUSSION... KIND OF A MIXED BAG OF FEATURES AND MODEL DATA LEAD TO AN UNCERTAIN PERIOD ACROSS THE CWFA. THE MORNING SOUNDING INDICATED A SLIGHT UP SWING IN THE PRECIPITABLE WATER AND A SIGNIFICANT WETTING OF THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS...LEADING TO A SOUNDING WITH DEEPER MOISTURE...WHILE THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED VERY DRY AIR ALOFT. IN ADDITION THE PROG SOUNDINGS FOR ELP SHOWED ALMOST NEUTRAL STABILITY AND LITTLE CAPE WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER SURFACE TEMPS. THIS AFTERNOON THE WATER VAPOR IS BEGINNING TO SHOW A MOISTENING OF THE UPPER LEVELS ON SOUTHERLY FLOW BUT IT SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY SOUTH OF THE REGION OR ONLY INTO THE SOUTHERN ZONES DUE TO NW FLOW ALOFT. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IT APPEARS THAT THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN MOSTLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. MODELS DO SHOW SOME MOISTURE BEGINNING TO WORK NW INTO SE ARIZONA. THIS SHOULD MAKE FOR A WEST TO EAST / NORTH TO SOUTH POP GRADIENT WITH HIGHER POPS EXPECTED WEST AND SOUTH FROM WED THROUGH FRIDAY. SATURDAY EVENING/NIGHT A SECOND...AND MUCH STRONGER...COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM THE MODELS INDICATE INCREASED POPS ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT PASSES. BEHIND IT COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...VALID 30/00Z-31/00Z... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXCEPT FOR IFR CIG/VSBY IN WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. POTENTIAL FOR OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 KTS THIS EVENING. SEE LATEST TAF AND TWB PRODUCTS FOR UPDATED DETAILS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 66 88 68 89 68 / 30 20 20 20 20 SIERRA BLANCA TX 62 83 62 86 65 / 30 30 30 20 20 LAS CRUCES 65 87 67 88 66 / 20 20 20 20 20 ALAMOGORDO 62 89 63 87 65 / 30 20 20 20 20 CLOUDCROFT 45 67 46 70 46 / 30 20 20 30 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 62 85 64 84 65 / 20 20 20 20 20 SILVER CITY 57 82 59 84 60 / 30 20 20 30 20 DEMING 63 87 65 88 65 / 20 20 20 20 20 LORDSBURG 64 88 65 90 65 / 30 20 20 20 20 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 14 / BIRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1130 PM MDT TUE AUG 29 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-261815- 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- 1130 PM MDT TUE AUG 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG DRAINAGES AND ARROYOS AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE SEMI-MOIST PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. RAIN FALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AREA WIDE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOBILIZE QUICKLY DURING THIS PERIOD DUE TO THE FLOOD RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING CONDITIONS OCCUR AT THEIR LOCATION. BIRD
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:33 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant street flooding took place in northeast and west El Paso, with a water rescue performed at Mesa and Glory Road (UTEP campus).
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