A slow moving line of strong thunderstorms dumped heavy rain on northwestern Dona Ana County.
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A slow moving line of strong thunderstorms dumped heavy rain on northwestern Dona Ana County.
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 8, 1:38 PM MST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 238 PM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BORDERLAND THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WITH THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A ALSO A CHANCE FOR FLOODING IN EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THURSDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION...DRYING AND WARMING THINGS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE TROUGH SITTING ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO INTO COLORADO. WITH THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW AND INSTABILITY PRESENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO LOOK FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH GOOD VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...DEEP CAPE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL MAY BE REPEATED TODAY WITH THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OUT FOR THE EAST COUNTIES IN THE CWA AS PW VALUES OF .65 FROM THIS MORNING ARE ABOUT 170% OF NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS THE GREATEST INSTABILITY SOUTH OF THE BORDER WITH CORFIDI VECTORS STEERING THE STORMS NORTHEAST. HAVE LEFT THE WESTERN COUNTIES OUT OF THE WATCH AS THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY THERE DO NOT LOOK AS FAVORABLE. THAT BEING SAID...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT WEST OF THE RIVER. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY. AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE EXITING LOW...THINGS WILL DRY AND WARM. THIS RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE INTO NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...VALID 09/00Z-10/00Z. SCT TSTMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TWEB ROUTE 195 AND ALL OF ROUTE 196. CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE VFR...BUT EXPECT MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS NEAR ANY TSTMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 51 78 54 87 59 / 30 20 10 0 0 SIERRA BLANCA TX 49 71 51 85 55 / 40 30 20 0 0 LAS CRUCES 51 77 54 88 58 / 30 20 10 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 47 75 52 84 55 / 30 20 20 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 36 56 39 63 42 / 40 30 20 0 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 49 75 51 84 55 / 30 20 10 0 0 SILVER CITY 45 71 49 77 51 / 40 20 10 0 0 DEMING 51 80 52 89 56 / 30 10 10 0 0 LORDSBURG 49 81 52 90 56 / 30 10 10 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NMZ024-025-032. TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR TXZ055-056. && 23/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 200 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-091245- 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- 200 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING HAIL OVER AN INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING AND PRODUCING FLOODING OVER ISOLATED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. ROGASH
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:12 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An apartment complex in Hatch was flooded, requiring the local fire department to pump water out of the apartments.
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