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 Jul 6, 2:21 PM MST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 321 PM MDT THU JUL 6 2006 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUED TO LAY ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...BOTH THIS EVENING AND ON FRIDAY. WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE A SLOW DRYING TREND FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. BUT THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES CREEPING BACK TOWARD NORMAL DURING NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... THE MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. AN UPPER HIGH TO OUR EAST AND AN UPPER LOW TO OUR SOUTWEST CONTINUE TO PULL MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHWEST. IN ADDITION A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT JUST EAST OF EL PASO MAY BE ENHANCING THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE HAS BEEN CLOUD MOST OF THE DAY SO IT WILL TAKE SOME QUICK CLEARING FOR THEM TO GET MUCH OF ANYTHING THIS EVENING. THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW IS FOR ESSENTIALLY THE SAME...WITH A LITTLE MORE EMPHASIS OUT WEST. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT THE UPPER HIGH WILL DRIFT A LITTLE WEST AND THAT WILL HELP PUSH THE MOISTURE PLUME A LITTLE WEST AS WELL. SO IVE BUMPED THE POPS OUT WEST UP A NOTCH FOR SUNDAY. THE MODELS DISAGREE A LITTLE ON WHERE THE UPPER HIGH WILL MIANDER DURING THE COMING WEEK. A LITTLE WEST AND WE WILL SEE OUR POPS DROP A LITTLE EAST AND WE WILL SEE OUR POPS INCREASE. FOR NOW ILL TAKE THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND SLOWLY TREND THE POPS DOWN INTO THE ISOLATED CATEGORY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL WITH THE CLOUDS AND RAINFALL...BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE COMING WEEK WE WILL SEE OUR HIGHS SLOWLY TREND TOWARD SEASONAL NORMALS. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES...LOWERING TO IFR IN A FEW LOCATIONS...IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 69 90 70 92 70 / 50 40 40 30 30 SIERRA BLANCA TX 63 86 64 91 63 / 40 30 40 30 30 LAS CRUCES 66 89 67 92 67 / 50 40 40 30 30 ALAMOGORDO 64 89 66 92 65 / 50 40 40 30 30 CLOUDCROFT 45 65 47 67 46 / 50 50 50 40 40 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 65 88 67 91 66 / 50 40 40 40 40 SILVER CITY 59 80 60 82 61 / 50 40 40 40 40 DEMING 65 89 67 91 66 / 50 40 40 40 40 LORDSBURG 65 90 67 90 66 / 50 40 40 40 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 15
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The third flood producing thunderstorm of the day for El Paso County caused flooding in central El Paso.
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