Slow moving thunderstorms within a very moist air mass resulted in very heavy rains.
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Slow moving thunderstorms within a very moist air mass resulted in very heavy rains.
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 Jul 12, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 230 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORMS TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW AREAS OF FLOODING. ATMOSPHERE BECOMES A BIT DRIER MONDAY AND BEYOND BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION... VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE AS MORNING SOUNDINGS AND SOUNDER IMAGERY BOTH SHOW PWS OF 1.3 TO 1.5 INCHES. UPPER RIDGE PERSISTING FROM SOUTH TEXAS ACROSS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA. WITH GOOD LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE...AND MODERATE RAINS ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY... ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN CWA. MORNING DEBRIS CLOUDS SLOWED DAYTIME HEATING OVER MUCH OF THE EAST BUT NOW SHOULD START HEATING UP AS LEFTOVER CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED. GILA WILDERNESS ALSO SEEING SOME STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED AS A FEW AREAS RECEIVED MODERATE RAINFALL YESTERDAY. REMAINS OF INVERTED TROUGH NOW SOUTH OF THE BOOTHEEL AND MAY BE AIDING IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THAT AREA. FEATURE SHOULD BE OUT OF AREA LATER THIS EVENING. MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT IN OVERALL PATTERN OF HIGH GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE MERIDIONALLY ORIENTED OVER ARIZONA LATER TOMORROW DUE TO FORCING OF LARGE HUDSON BAY LOW AND ATTENDANT TROUGH DROPPING SOUTH INTO TEXAS. NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN AIRMASS BUT FRONT COULD WELL BE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION. WITH NORTHERLY FLOW SETTING UP OVER AREA DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE. WILL KEEP SUNDAY STORMS IN SCATTERED CATEGORY...BUT DIMINISH TO ISOLATED MONDAY AND BEYOND. DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW MAY WELL INCREASE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE HOWEVER. && .AVIATION...VALID 13/00Z-14/00Z... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A FEW AREAS OF MVFR FOR CIGS AND VSBY. STORMS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 72 95 73 96 72 / 40 30 40 20 30 SIERRA BLANCA TX 67 91 67 90 68 / 40 30 40 20 30 LAS CRUCES 69 95 70 95 68 / 30 30 40 20 30 ALAMOGORDO 67 93 67 93 66 / 40 30 40 20 30 CLOUDCROFT 50 70 49 72 47 / 40 40 50 40 40 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 69 94 69 94 68 / 40 30 40 20 30 SILVER CITY 63 87 63 86 63 / 50 40 40 30 30 DEMING 69 94 69 96 68 / 30 30 40 20 30 LORDSBURG 67 95 70 97 69 / 30 30 40 20 30 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR NMZ024-025. TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR TXZ055-056. && 17 HEFNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1108 AM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-131645- 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- 1108 AM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING EXISTS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A PERSISTENT PATTERN OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MORE ISOLATED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER.
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:19 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 30 homes were flooded in Anthony. Sandbags were requested for this area as well as nearby Mesquite (just to the north).
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