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 5, 10:50 AM MST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1150 AM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006 .SYNOPSIS... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...SO THE THREAT FOR MORE FLOODING CONTINUES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. SUNDAY WILL BEGIN A DRYING TREND...BUT AGAIN THE CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. BY MONDAY DRIER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE...BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL CONTINUE BELOW NORMAL...AND THEN CREEP TOWARD NORMAL ON BY THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COMING WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... LITTLE HAS CHANGED FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS...BUT THERE ARE CHANGES COMING UP. FOR TONIGHT WE WILL AGAIN SEE THE CHANCES FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS AND MORE FLOODING. THE EPZ MORNING SOUNDING SHOWED 1.62 INCHES OF PW AND IT WAS PRETTY UNSTABLE WITH ALMOST 1800 OF CAPE. IN ADDITION STEERING WINDS ARE WEAK...SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT MEANS WE WILL SEE NUMEROUS HEAVY RAINFALL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY. THE THREAT FOR MORE FLASHING FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING IS HIGH SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. ON SUNDAY DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO THE AREA...BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO GIVE US SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. THE DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. NOW WHEN I SAY DRYING IM BASICALLY MEANING WE WILL DRY OUT TO MORE WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST. THAT MEANS WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL DIMINISH AS WE WORK THROUGH THE WEEK AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE AS PREVALENT AND THEY WILL NOT BE THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS WEVE SEEN FOR THE LAST WEEK. IF THE GFS IS TO BE BELIEVED THE UPPER HIGH TO OUR EAST WILL BUILD INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IVE NEVER THOUGHT ID BE HAPPY TO SEE A BIG HIGH SITTING ON TOP OF THE CWA. TEMPERATURES FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL CONTINUE TO RUN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE REST OF THE COMING WEEK WE WILL SEE A SLOW WARMING TREND AS TEMPERATURES CREEP BACK TOWARD SEASONAL NORMALS. && .AVIATION...AUG 05 18Z - AUG 06 18Z GNLY SCT-BKN30-050 BKN100-150 AGL WITH WDLY SCT SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH MVFR VSBY AND CIGS NEAR STORMS WITH MTN TOPS OCNLY OBSCD. WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF IFR CONDITIONS IN VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LCL SCT010 BKN015-030 OVC050-080 AGL WITH VSBY 1-3 MI IN +SHRA TS AND BR. MTNS FQTLY OBSCD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 68 88 71 90 70 / 70 40 30 20 30 SIERRA BLANCA TX 63 86 64 84 65 / 70 30 30 20 30 LAS CRUCES 70 89 68 90 68 / 60 40 30 20 40 ALAMOGORDO 66 86 67 86 67 / 60 40 30 20 30 CLOUDCROFT 50 63 48 66 47 / 70 30 20 30 40 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 67 86 67 89 66 / 40 50 30 20 40 SILVER CITY 61 84 61 81 59 / 50 50 50 30 50 DEMING 66 88 68 90 66 / 50 50 40 20 40 LORDSBURG 67 91 68 89 66 / 50 50 40 30 50 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1022 AM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-061630- 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- 1022 AM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING CONTINUES TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN PRODUCE RAINFALLS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR. THE THREAT FOR ROADWAY...RIVER...ARROYO AND RESIDENTIAL FLOODING REMAINS HIGH FOR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN SUNDAY...BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SO THE FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING. AS WE MOVE INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK THE DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE...BUT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOST OF THE DAYS NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTACT THE EL PASO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IF SEVERE WEATHER OR HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AT THEIR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 313 PM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006 TXZ055-052145- EL PASO TX- 313 PM MDT SAT AUG 5 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EL PASO COUNTY... AT 315 PM MDT NATIONAL SERVICE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT ONE HOUR. IT WILL TAKE THE STORMS A LITTLE LONGER TO MOVE INTO THE CITY OF EL PASO. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL. THIS RAINFALL WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND WILL RESULT IN SOME FLOODING. TSB
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant street flooding occurred at some intersections in the western and downtown portions of El Paso.
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