A weak upper trough approaching from the west provided enough instability for severe thunderstorms to develop over far West Texas. A very dry atmosphere in place allowed storms to produce severe wind gusts across El Paso County.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
A weak upper trough approaching from the west provided enough instability for severe thunderstorms to develop over far West Texas. A very dry atmosphere in place allowed storms to produce severe wind gusts across El Paso 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 Jun 28, 2:00 PM MST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 300 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 .SYNOPSIS... EASTERLY FLOW BEHIND AN OVERNIGHT FRONTAL PUSH FROM THE PLAINS HAS BROUGHT INCREASED MOISTURE TO THE BORDERLAND. DAYTIME HEATING COMBINED WITH SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLY STORMS WILL LIKELY KEEP STORMS GOING WELL INTO THE NIGHT. STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING RAISING THE LIKELIHOOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED FLOODING. STORM CHANCES REMAIN STRONG EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. POSSIBLE DRYING FOR THE WEEKEND BUT THE TRACK OF HURRICANE ALEX WILL DETERMINE THAT LATER IN THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... LOTS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. FIRST WE HAD A GOOD LOW-LEVEL EASTERLY PUSH OVERNIGHT THAT BROUGHT UP PWS FROM .5 TO 1.0 INCHES. DEWPOINTS SOLIDLY IN THE 50S THIS MORNING WITH ONLY MINIMAL EROSION EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO CONTINUED EAST WINDS IN THE FIRST COUPLE THOUSAND FEET OFF THE SURFACE. ALOFT A REMNANT CIRCULATION IS STILL VISIBLE OVER THE GILA. THERE IS SOME WEAK...BARELY DISCERNIBLE...SURFACE CONVERGENCE OVER THE SW PORTION OF THE CWFA WHERE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS STALLED. TO THIS POINT...20Z... THESE AREAS LOOK TO BE THE FAVORED FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON SAT/RAD IMAGERY. FOR TONIGHT EXPECT T-STORMS TO CONTINUE AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INITIATE ADDITIONAL STORMS IN A MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. MAIN CONCERN FOR TODAY IS S-L-O-W STORM MOTION. WE EXPECT SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE PATTERN THROUGH THURSDAY. MAYBE A BIT OF A DOWNWARD TREND TOMORROW AS SOME OF THE DYNAMICS WAIN. I.E. LESS SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND WEAKENING UPPER CIRCULATION. HOWEVER THE MOISTURE REMAINS SO OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND HEATING WILL CONTINUE THE STORMS. WEDNESDAY THE MODELS SHOW A STRONG SECONDARY SURGE FROM THE EAST. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM ARE INDICATING INCREASE POPS AND QPF. BEYOND THURSDAY THE FORECAST BECOMES A BIT MORE MURKY AS MUCH OF THE FORECAST IS DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK THAT TROPICAL STORM ALEX TAKES AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND HEADS WEST ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO OR NORTH UP THE TEXAS COAST. THE UPPER PATTERN SHOWS A BROAD WEST COAST TROUGH MOVING EAST ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THIS PRODUCES DEEP WESTERLY FLOW AND DRIES OUT MOST OF THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY TROUGH THE WEEKEND. AS FAR AS THE UNCERTAINTY GOES...THE WEST ALEX TRACK SCENARIO WOULD LIKELY KEEP MOISTURE IN THE AREA AND KEEP STORM CHANCES ELEVATED. THE EASTERN TRACK WOULD KEEP US DRY AND ALLOW FOR LESSER CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. FOR NOW WE WILL TREND DRY AND ALLOW FOR DIURNAL MTN STORMS. 14 - BIRD && .AVIATION...VALID 29/00Z-30/00Z EAST SFC FLOW WL BRING SCTD TSRA WITH LCL +RA WITH CIGS 060-100BKN-OVC IN TS MAINLY 29/00Z-29/04Z AND 29/18Z-30/00Z. WNDS 070-120 DEG 8 TO 15 KT W LCL GUSTS TO 35 KTS IN TS. TSGR PSBL. SEE TAFS FOR DTLS. 02 && .FIRE WEATHER... A SLOWLY EVOLVING UPPER AIR PATTERN WITH A RIDGE TO OUR EAST... TROUGH TO OUR WEST AND TROPICAL STORM ALEX IN THE SOUTHERN GULF WILL CONTROL THE FORECAST ESPECIALLY LATER THIS WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY A MOIST EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL ENSURE SCATTERED STORMS EACH AFTERNOON MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE GILA AND SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING 20-30 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATE THE WEDNESDAY MAY BE A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE. THE WEATHER LATER IN THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON THE TRACK OF NOW TROPICAL STORM ALEX. WITH MODELS TRENDING TOWARD A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK INTO EASTERN TEXAS...ODDS ARE WE WILL SEE A DRYING TREND AS SINKING AIR WEST OF ALEX WILL REINFORCE THE UPPER RIDGE AND TEND TO DRY OUT THE AIR MASS AND CAP THOSE STORMS THAT DO OCCUR. NONETHELESS...ISOLATED STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLD OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY WITH MODERATE WINDS. SOME DRYING OUT ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS IS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK. 02 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 70 92 69 87 67 / 30 20 30 40 30 SIERRA BLANCA TX 64 88 64 83 62 / 30 20 30 40 30 LAS CRUCES 66 92 66 87 64 / 30 20 20 40 30 ALAMOGORDO 64 89 64 85 62 / 30 20 30 40 30 CLOUDCROFT 48 66 47 61 44 / 40 40 40 50 30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 64 88 64 88 62 / 30 20 20 30 30 SILVER CITY 59 81 58 83 56 / 30 30 30 40 30 DEMING 64 92 64 90 62 / 30 20 20 30 30 LORDSBURG 65 93 65 91 63 / 30 20 20 30 30 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1115 AM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-291715- 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- 1115 AM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE IN THE EVENING BECOMING SCATTERED. A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVED IN FROM THE EAST OVERNIGHT AND THIS CONVERGENCE LINE HAS STALLED OVER THE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT MOISTURE LEVELS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE REGION ON EASTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE NOW NEAR AN INCH. ALOFT A REMNANT UPPER DISTURBANCE REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...STEERING FLOW ALOFT IS WEAK AND THERE IS SOME 180 DEGREE SHEAR...MEANING STORM MOTION SHOULD BE SLOW AND BACKBUILDING STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS MEANS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH TODAYS STORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE INFLUX OF MOISTURE FROM THE EAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...KEEPING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. ISOLATED LOWLAND AND SCATTERED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE DURING THE NIGHT. THE INCREASED MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MIGHT PRODUCE MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES AND LOW SPOTS DURING THE WEEK. DRIER CONDITIONS WITH MORE ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR NEXT FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THIS OFFICE. BIRD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 237 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 TXZ056-282145- HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 237 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTY... METEOROLOGISTS USING DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAVE DETECTED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH .THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW FROM .5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCAL LOW AREA FLOODING...AND PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD AVOID ANY WATER COVERING OR CROSSING ROADWAYS AND MOVE AWAY FROM ARROYOS AND STREAMS THAT MAY BECOME RAPIDLY INUNDATED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AREAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE: FORT QUITMAN...SIERRA BLANCA...AND INDIAN HOT SPRINGS. REMEMBER TO AVOID LOW AREAS AND TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 338 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 NMZ030-282300- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LORDSBURG 338 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HIDALGO COUNTY... METEOROLOGISTS USING DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAVE DETECTED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HIDALGO COUNTY MOVING NORTH AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE LOCATED NORTH OF RODEO AND ANIMAS AND MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 10 WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW FROM .5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR. ALSO AHEAD OF THE STORMS IN THE DRIER AIR...OUTFLOW WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY TO NEAR ZERO CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 10 TEMPORARILY. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCAL LOW AREA FLOODING...AND PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD AVOID ANY WATER COVERING OR CROSSING ROADWAYS AND MOVE AWAY FROM ARROYOS.AREAS THAT MAYBE IMPACTED INCLUDE: COTTON CITY...ANIMAS...ROAD FORKS,,,AND LORDSBURG. REMEMBER TO AVOID LOW AREAS AND TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 451 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 NMZ023-031-032-290100- SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...DEMING... LAS CRUCES 451 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 |...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LUNA SIERRA DONA ANA COUNTIES... METEOROLOGISTS USING DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAVE DETECTED CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONVERGING FROM THE WEST AND NORTHEAST INTO LUNA...SIERRA...AND DONA ANA COUNTIES...SHOWING SLOW MOVEMENT AROUND 5 MPH. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW FROM .5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE FAIRLY SLOW MOVING...MANY MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCAL LOW AREA FLOODING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES AND AVOID ANY WATER COVERING OR CROSSING ROADWAYS AND STAY AWAY ARROYOS. BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. REMEMBER TO AVOID LOW AREAS AND TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 718 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 NMZ031-032-290330- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-SOUTHERN DESERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEMING...LAS CRUCES 718 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS LUNA DONA ANA COUNTIES... METEOROLOGISTS USING DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUE TO MONITOR A CLUSTER OF STORMS FROM EASTERN DONA COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTY. THIS COMPLEX IS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH AND VERY GRADUALLY DECREASING IN INTENSITY. NEVERTHELESS... THESE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 MPH. SOME ISOLATED CELLS COULD PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE RANGED FROM .5 TO 1 INCHES WITH SOME ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF 1.5 INCHES. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE FAIRLY SLOW MOVING...MANY MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH LOCAL LOW AREA FLOODING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND AVOID ANY WATER COVERING OR CROSSING ROADWAYS. STAY AWAY FROM ARROYOS. BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. AHEAD OF THESE STORMS IN THE DRIER AIR...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS MAY KICK UP LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THEREBY REDUCING VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 9 EAST OF COLUMBUS AND INTERSTATE 10 SOUTH OF MESQUITE. 20 NOVLAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 739 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 TXZ055-290345- EL PASO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EL PASO 739 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EL PASO COUNTY... METEOROLOGISTS USING DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUE TO MONITOR A LINE OF STRONG STORMS CONVERGING ON EL PASO COUNTY FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE EL PASO IN ABOUT AN HOUR OR LESS. THESE STRONG STORMS STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH. A FEW CELLS MAY PULSE UP BRIEFLY TO SEVERE LIMITS. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. IN ADDITION THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR AND CAUSE LOW AREA FLOODING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND AVOID ANY WATER COVERING OR CROSSING ROADWAYS. STAY AWAY FROM ARROYOS. BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. AHEAD OF THESE STORMS IN THE DRIER AIR...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS MAY KICK UP LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THEREBY REDUCING VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN THE EVENT SOME STORMS BECOME SEVERE. 20 NOVLAN
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several severe wind reports were received across eastern and northeastern El Paso with a peak gust of 62 mph reported 3 miles north-northeast of El Paso. Other reports included 61 mph at Chapin High School and 60 mph at the El Paso International Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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