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 Sep 13, 1:30 PM MST, 8 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 230 PM MDT WED SEP 13 2006 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE BORDERLAND TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTHEAST FROM ARIZONA. BEHIND THIS TROUGH A WESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP ALOFT WHICH SHOULD BRING SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY WEATHER WITH SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES. && .DISCUSSION... POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TOMORROW. UPPER LOW IS OPENING UP ATTM AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. DRY SLOT IS ALREADY KICKING OFF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE AREA. MODELS SHOW GOOD ALIGNMENT OF TROUGH FORCING...LEFT EXIT REGION OF UPPER JET...H5 COLD POCKET...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND DRYING ALOFT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW. CAPES ARE MARGINAL BUT WITH LIFTED INDICES APPROACHING -3...INSTABILITY SHOULD BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND...PERHAPS...SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. GIVEN THE VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE CANT EVEN RULE OUT A FUNNEL CLOUD/TORNADO SOMEWHERE IN THE CWA. ONCE THIS FIRST TROUGH MOVES BY LATE TOMORROW DRY WEATHER SHOULD FOLLOW FOR SEVERAL DAYS. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT TROPICAL SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY BUT DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WILL KEEP DRY FORECAST FOR NOW. && .AVIATION... && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 65 88 66 89 65 / 40 20 10 10 0 SIERRA BLANCA TX 62 86 63 84 60 / 40 30 20 10 0 LAS CRUCES 62 88 63 89 63 / 40 20 10 10 0 ALAMOGORDO 60 89 63 87 61 / 40 20 10 10 0 CLOUDCROFT 46 66 47 66 44 / 40 30 20 10 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 60 87 62 86 60 / 40 30 10 10 0 SILVER CITY 55 79 55 78 55 / 50 30 10 10 0 DEMING 61 86 62 88 60 / 40 30 10 10 0 LORDSBURG 61 87 61 90 59 / 50 30 10 10 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1035 AM MDT WED SEP 13 2006 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-132200- 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- 1035 AM MDT WED SEP 13 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 AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL PRODUCED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES...AND LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY ENDING BY EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS EARLY. STORMS SHOULD END BY LATE AFTERNOON. DRY WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MACBLAIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 652 PM MDT WED SEP 13 2006 NMZ031-140330- LUNA COUNTY NM- 830 PM MDT WED SEP 13 2006 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DEMING NEW MEXICO... AT 830 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING INTO DEMING FROM BOTH THE WEST AND SOUTH. TODAYS STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...FUNNEL CLOUDS...AND EVEN A COUPLE OF WEAK TORNADOS. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND MODERATE HAIL. UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR PRODUCING LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND ARROYOS. IN ADDITION HAIL UP TO HALF AN INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED SOUTH OF DEMING ON STATE HIGHWAY 11. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS. SEEK SHELTER IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION TAB
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:49 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
More than 3 inches of rain fell during the evening. Homes were flooded in Socorro while roads were closed and barricaded in Horizon. An average of 1.5 feet of water covered streets in Horizon where numerous cars were stalled.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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