A surface low was setup near the bootheel of New Mexico with southeast winds over far South-Central New Mexico and a southerly flow aloft. This allowed for a brief landspout tornado to occur near the Santa Teresa Airport.
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A surface low was setup near the bootheel of New Mexico with southeast winds over far South-Central New Mexico and a southerly flow aloft. This allowed for a brief landspout tornado to occur near the Santa Teresa Airport.
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 13, 12:25 PM MST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 125 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 .SYNOPSIS... MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL FLOW INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WHILE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALLS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. WARMER DRIER WEATHER WILL GRADUALLY RETURN AFTER TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE AREA. && .DISCUSSION... THE MORNING SANTA TERESA SOUNDING SHOWED A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE CWA WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AT 1.3 INCHES AND THE CAPE AT 1000 J/KG. SATELLITE DATA AND SHORT TERM MODEL FORECASTS ALSO INDICATED SEVERAL VORTICITY CENTERS OR SHORT WAVES WILL BE MOVING NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE REGION. WITH LITTLE INHIBITION DETECTED DEEP CONVECTION HAS ALREADY ERUPTED ...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGH TERRAIN AREAS WITH ECHO TRAINING CONTRIBUTING TO OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OTERO COUNTY. WITH DEEP HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND TROUGHING WEST OF THE DIVIDE THIS SITUATION SHOULD PERSIST WELL INTO THIS EVENING AS LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW TRAJECTORIES WILL SUSTAIN MOISTURE INFLOW FROM BOTH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND GULF OF CALIFORNIA. ALSO EXPECT FURTHER WEAK WAVES TO ENTER THE CWA FROM MEXICO SUPPORTING A FEW STRONGER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING THE PRIMARY THREATS. AFTER TONIGHT MODELS SHOWING GOOD AGREEMENT AND CONSISTENCIES IN EXPANDING STRONG UPPER RIDGE WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. AS THIS OCCURS WARMER AIR ALOFT AND WEAK BUT LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA. IN ADDITION TRAJECTORIES AROUND THE RIDGE WILL TRANSPORT DRIER MORE CONTINENTAL AIR AT MID LEVELS INTO THE REGION FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. THUS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH WITH MOST LOCATIONS WARMER AND DRY BY THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...VALID 14/00Z-15/00Z. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A TCS-DMN LINE... WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE FARTHER WEST. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND EVEN SMALLER DESERT MOUNTAIN RANGES THIS AFTERNOON... AND AS OUTFLOWS MOVE INTO THE LOWLANDS...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY OVER THE DESERTS AS WELL. LRU AND ELP ARE THE MOST LIKELY TERMINALS TO BE IMPACTED. SHOWERS AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FROM THIS MORNING HAVE SUPPRESSED CU DEVELOPMENT IN/AROUND ELP SO FAR...BUT HAS ALSO RESULTED IN A THERMAL BOUNDARY WHICH MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. FOR NOW...HAVE INTRODUCED VCTS AT KELP STARTING 23Z. CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR TEMPO GROUPS. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREDOMINATE...WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS. && .FIRE DISCUSSION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURING OVER PARTS OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND EVEN THE BLACKS RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL REPORTS HAVE BEEN COMMON IN AREAS EAST OF CLOUDCROFT TO NEAR MAYHILL. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...PROVIDING GOOD WETTING RAINS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER LOWLAND AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. AS THE UPPER RIDGE EXPANDS WESTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THE SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE TAP WHICH HAS BEEN OVER THE AREA THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL BE CUT...ALLOWING OVERALL AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO DECREASE IN TIME. EXPECT DAILY DECREASES IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BEGINNING THURSDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS IT MOVES OVER THE MIDWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT A RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND WESTWARD INTO OUR AREA...KEEPING EASTERLY UPPER FLOW IN PLACE. PRECIP CHANCES NEXT WEEK LOOK TO BE ON THE LOW SIDE INITIALLY...BUT MUCH WILL DEPEND ON A SERIES OF INVERTED TROUGHS AFFECTING CENTRAL/NORTHERN MEXICO...AND ANY RESIDUAL MOISTURE THAT CAN FIND ITS WAY NORTH OF THE BORDER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 74 97 74 98 76 / 40 10 10 10 20 SIERRA BLANCA TX 70 94 70 92 71 / 40 20 20 10 20 LAS CRUCES 72 95 72 97 73 / 30 10 10 10 10 ALAMOGORDO 70 94 70 96 71 / 40 20 10 10 20 CLOUDCROFT 52 73 52 74 53 / 60 30 30 20 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 70 93 70 96 71 / 20 10 10 10 10 SILVER CITY 62 86 62 87 63 / 10 20 10 10 10 DEMING 71 94 71 97 72 / 20 10 10 10 10 LORDSBURG 70 94 70 97 71 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05 ROGASH/25 HARDIMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1235 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-141715- 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- 1235 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING OVER ISOLATED LOCATIONS. THUS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH MOST LOCATIONS REMAINING DRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THIS OFFICE. ROGASH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1249 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 NMZ022>025-031-032-TXZ055-056-132145- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES... ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...DEMING... LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 1249 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SOUTHERLY FLOW IS BRINGING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...WILL TRIGGER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 2 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH CAN RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER RECENT BURN SCARS...NEAR ARROYOS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO HAVE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS. PARK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
150 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0139 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW SILVER LAKE 32.97N 105.66W
07/13/2011 M2.32 INCH OTERO NM MESONET
MEASURED AT DRY CANYON CWOP SITE. MOST OF THE RAIN FELL
WITHIN 1 HOUR.
0142 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 E CLOUDCROFT 32.94N 105.66W
07/13/2011 M1.69 INCH OTERO NM MESONET
0143 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SW SILVER LAKE 32.99N 105.67W
07/13/2011 M1.25 INCH OTERO NM MESONET
0144 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 WNW MAYHILL 32.90N 105.52W
07/13/2011 M1.23 INCH OTERO NM MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER EPZ1100306 EPZ1100307 EPZ1100308 EPZ1100309
HARDIMANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
228 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0223 PM FLASH FLOOD CLOUDCROFT 32.95N 105.74W
07/13/2011 OTERO NM EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODING OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF CLOUDCROFT
INCLUDING THE HIGH SCHOOL AREA...AROUND THE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT AND OVER HIGHWAY 130. PEA SIZED HAIL
ALSO COVERING THE GROUND. SAND BAGS NOW BEING UTILIZED.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EPZ1100310
JARPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
323 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM HEAVY RAIN CLOUDCROFT 32.95N 105.74W
07/13/2011 M2.10 INCH OTERO NM EMERGENCY MNGR
CLOUDCROFT EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 2.1 RAIN LAST
HOUR AT FIRE STATION.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EPZ1100311
TRIPOLIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
325 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM FLASH FLOOD CLOUDCROFT 32.95N 105.74W
07/13/2011 OTERO NM EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSECTION OF CHAUTAUQUA AND WOODLANDS ROADS IS
CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAYS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EPZ1100312
TRIPOLIThe El Paso radar (KEPZ), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
National Weather Service Employees saw a landspout tornado about 3 miles west of the office with some dust debris on the ground. The tornado did not strike any structures and remained in the rural desert.
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