Strong outflow from a cluster of severe thunderstorms caused wind damage in Deming.
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Strong outflow from a cluster of severe thunderstorms caused wind damage in Deming.
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 May 15, 1:59 PM MST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 259 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS A MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES DEVELOP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL DUE TO INCREASED CLOUDS AND MOISTURE. && .DISCUSSION.. AN ACTIVE PATTERN OF DAYTIME AND NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED WEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY...PULLING ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO AREA. AT THE SAME TIME A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES OR IMPULSES IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ARE MOVING ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...OVERRUNNING THE LOW LEVEL MOIST EASTERLY FLOW. WITH AN MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EASILY TRIGGERED BY THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES AS THEY MOVE ACROSS. DECENT DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND CAPE VALUES WOULD INDICATE THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE CRITERIA IN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. ANOTHER FEATURE OF THIS PATTERN WILL THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS IN PLACE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RUNNING AT 170 PERCENT OF NORMAL OR HIGHER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MODELS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY VARIABLE IN THE AMOUNT OF PRECIP EXPECTED FROM THIS PATTERN WITH WIDESPREAD HIGH PRECIP AMOUNTS UNCERTAIN. AS THIS PATTERN CONTINUES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...OTHERWISE...LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG DRAINAGES MAY OCCUR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT TOWARD SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AS THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY BEGINS TO SHIFT EAST. A DRIER PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR NORMALS. && .AVIATION...VALID 16/00Z-17/00Z. VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MOST THE PERIODS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND CONTINUE ON OVERNIGHT. MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR STORMS DUE TO RAIN SHAFTS/BLOWING DUST AND POSSIBLE HAIL. SEE APPROPRIATE TAFS AND TWEBS FOR MORE DETAILS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 63 80 58 79 59 / 50 50 50 50 40 SIERRA BLANCA TX 57 72 52 75 52 / 60 60 50 50 40 LAS CRUCES 60 82 59 80 56 / 50 50 50 50 40 ALAMOGORDO 56 77 54 75 52 / 60 60 50 50 40 CLOUDCROFT 42 58 41 58 42 / 60 60 60 50 50 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 57 82 57 78 55 / 50 50 50 50 40 SILVER CITY 51 77 51 76 49 / 30 50 50 50 40 DEMING 59 84 58 82 55 / 40 50 50 40 40 LORDSBURG 59 86 59 86 56 / 30 40 40 40 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 04/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 822 AM MDT TUE MAY 15 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-161430- 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- 822 AM MDT TUE MAY 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH SURFACE MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO GIVE US A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE A CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACCUMULATION. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE HALF TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A THREAT FOR SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THE RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS OR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE CALLED UPON FOR REPORTS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 236 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2007 NMZ022-152115- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- 236 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO... AT 230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER OVER PORTIONS OF GRANT AND SIERRA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE VICINITY OF GILA HOT SPRINGS AND LAKE ROBERTS AND ACROSS HIGHWAYS 15 AND 163. THE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALLS. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. ROGASH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 251 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2007 TXZ056-152130- HUDSPETH TX- 251 PM MDT TUE MAY 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS... AT 245 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER LOCATED OVER HUDSPETH COUNTY ACROSS INTERSTATE 10 IN THE VICINITY OF SIERRA BLANCA AND FORT HANCOCK. THE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALLS. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL. ROGASH
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles and trees were blown down in Deming.
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