A landspout tornado formed within a circulation associated with the remnants of former Hurricane Henriette which moved inland from the Gulf of California.
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A landspout tornado formed within a circulation associated with the remnants of former Hurricane Henriette which moved inland from the Gulf of California.
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 6, 2:45 AM MST, 10 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 345 AM MDT THU SEP 6 2007 .SYNOPSIS... THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE HENRIETTE ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE BORDERLAND WITH INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. THE SHOWERS SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. BECAUSE OF THIS RAIN...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE END OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE AREA BUT A WEAK EAST PUSH AT THE SURFACE WILL STILL KEEP ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AFTER SEEING TEMPERATURES RUN NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH WEST INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND COOL TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL ON TUESDAY. && .DISCUSSION... STILL WAITING THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINS FROM REMAINS OF HENRIETTE. RADAR SHOWS WIDESPREAD LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTHERN ZONES NOW...BUT NO SIGN OF HEAVY RAIN YET. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH OUT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS MODELS REMAIN QUITE BULLISH ON HEAVY RAIN. GFS DOES CONCENTRATE THE RAIN OVER THE WESTERN THIRD BEFORE SPREADING IT EASTWARD LATE THIS MORNING. NAM KEEPS IT MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED. GIVEN THAT...IM NOT GOING TO GET TOO FANCY WITH SPATIAL RESOLUTION TODAY. GFS/NAM BOTH SHOWING UPPER LOW OVER CENTRAL CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND NOT CLEARING CLEANLY OUT ON FRIDAY. SO WILL KEEP POPS IN FOR FRIDAY. BIT MORE TYPICAL SUMMER CONVECTIVE PATTERN OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL TAILOR LOW POP FIELDS TO SUIT THIS. GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW REASONABLY STRONG BACK DOOR FRONT...PERHAPS THE FIRST HINT OF FALL...TO PUSH INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. MOS TMPS LOOK TO WARM FOR TUESDAY AND HAVE UNDERCUT IT SOME. WILL WAIT TIL TIME GETS CLOSER BEFORE HITTING HARDER. && .AVIATION...VALID 06/12Z-07/12Z... WIDESPREAD LOW VFR CIGS ASSOCD WITH SHRA/TSRA...WITH OCNL MVFR CIGS/VSBY. CONDS BEGNG TO IMPROVE AFT 00Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 84 70 89 68 90 / 70 50 20 20 10 SIERRA BLANCA TX 85 68 89 64 90 / 70 50 20 20 10 LAS CRUCES 84 69 89 67 89 / 70 50 20 20 10 ALAMOGORDO 83 68 87 64 89 / 70 50 20 20 10 CLOUDCROFT 62 47 67 44 68 / 70 50 30 20 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 83 68 88 64 89 / 70 40 20 20 10 SILVER CITY 76 61 82 57 84 / 80 40 20 20 20 DEMING 85 68 88 65 90 / 80 50 20 20 10 LORDSBURG 83 68 88 64 89 / 80 40 20 20 10 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR NMZ022>025-030>032. TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR TXZ055-056. && 17 HEFNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1128 AM MDT THU SEP 6 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-071730- 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- 1128 AM MDT THU SEP 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES RAINFALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER VIA OUR 800 NUMBER OR VIA LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm chaser photographed a small tornado southwest of Tyrone, NM. It was on the ground for about 15 minutes, but caused no damage as it was in a remote area.
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