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 31, 1:03 PM MST, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 203 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2006 .SYNOPSIS... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...RESULTING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH MONDAY. NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT LITTLE FEATURES CAN PLAY A BIG ROLE IN PRODUCING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. LAST NIGHTS RAIN EVENT WAS CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF A SMALL WEAK TROUGH MOVING UP FROM MEXICO INTO THE REGION AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT WHICH HELPED TRIGGER LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ELP METRO AREA AFTER THE STANDARD DIURNAL PATTERN OF CONVECTION HAD ENDED. THAT PATTERN MAY REPEAT ITSELF TONIGHT. SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH EMBEDDED IN THE MOISTURE THAT MAY MOVE UP INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND COULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE FAIRLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS PRESENT...WILL KEEP MENTION OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERER STORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPS DOWN INTO THE AREA. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA...IT WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL LIFT FOR ENHANCED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. THE LOW LEVEL AIR MASS WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A STEADY EAST FLOW AT THE SURFACE. THE WARMER MOIST AIR MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH WILL MOVE OVER THE TOP OF THIS COOLER LAYER...SETTING UP THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE RAIN SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. WITH REGARDS TO HURRICANE JOHN OFF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO AT THIS TIME...MODELS CONTINUE TO PROJECT THAT IT WILL TAKE A NORTHWESTERLY TRACK FURTHER OUT INTO THE PACIFIC BEFORE RE-CURVING LAND-WARD AND IS NOT A THREAT TO MOVE TOWARD OUR LOCAL AREA AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SOME MOISTURE MAY BE TAPPED FROM THE SYSTEM AND PULLED UP OVER THE AREA...CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WEEKENDS RAIN POTENTIAL. BY LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY THE REGION SHOULD COME UNDER A NORTHWEST TO NORTH FLOW AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. SOME MOISTURE WILL REMAIN AND IMPULSES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...THINKING MAINLY ISOLATED LOWLAND AND SCATTERED MOUNTAIN STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS PATTERN MAY EVEN PRODUCE A FEW STORMS THAT MAY APPROACH SEVERE IF CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT. && .AVIATION...VALID 01/00Z SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR AND WIDELY SCATTERED IFR FOR CIGS/VSBY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS THIS EVENING. SEE APPROPRIATE TAF AND TWEBS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 68 92 69 84 63 / 30 30 30 50 40 SIERRA BLANCA TX 58 87 61 78 53 / 40 30 30 60 50 LAS CRUCES 66 90 67 83 63 / 30 30 30 40 40 ALAMOGORDO 66 89 66 83 61 / 30 30 30 50 40 CLOUDCROFT 47 67 46 61 43 / 40 30 30 50 40 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 65 89 65 82 62 / 30 30 30 40 40 SILVER CITY 59 81 62 79 59 / 30 30 40 40 30 DEMING 64 90 64 87 60 / 30 30 30 40 40 LORDSBURG 62 91 63 88 59 / 30 30 30 40 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1142 AM MDT THU AUG 31 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-011745- 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- 1142 AM MDT THU AUG 31 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 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND AREAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...ARROYOS AND LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY...INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS IN AN HOUR POSSIBLE. SHOULD HEAVY RAINS OCCUR...FLOODING ALONG ARROYOS AND DRAINAGES IS POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAY SEE WATER POND UP AND ACCUMULATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING CONDITIONS OCCUR AT THEIR LOCATION. LUNDEEN
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:18 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Major street flooding took place in the northeast and west portions of El Paso. A water rescue was performed at the intersection of Mesa and Glory Road.
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