Drought conditions persisted across Far West Texas during the month of June as the entire area was in exceptional or extreme drought through the month.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
Drought conditions persisted across Far West Texas during the month of June as the entire area was in exceptional or extreme drought through the month.
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 31, 1:17 PM MST, 10 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 217 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2011 .SYNOPSIS... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PUSH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WESTERN TEXAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THIS WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALLS. && .DISCUSSION... POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THE NEXT FEW DAYS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. UNUSUALLY DEEP FOR JUNE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WHILE STRONG RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. RESULTANT FLOW WILL EXHIBIT A DEEP SOUTHERLY WIND COMPONENT ALOFT WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE INFLOW FROM THE BAJA REGION. OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE...SURFACE HIGH OVER EASTERN TEXAS COMBINED WITH BROAD TROUGHING OVER GREAT BASIN AND SOUTHWEST WILL INDUCE LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW OVER AT LEAST EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH ADVECTION OF GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. AS A RESULT MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM EAST TO WEST WITH DEWPOINTS EXCEEDING 50 F OVER MOST OF THE EAST BY NOON WEDNESDAY. AIR MASS THUS BECOMES RATHER MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND AN INCH AND LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CAPES AT LEAST 1000 J/KG. UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL BE WEAK BUT SURFACE TROUGH/CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH DRY LINE PLUS SOLAR HEATING SHOULD INITIATE DEEP CONVECTION OVER FAR EASTERN AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/THIS EVENING WITH ACTIVITY SPREADING FURTHER WEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DESPITE THE HIGH PW'S SOUNDINGS ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD EXHIBIT AN INVERTED V PROFILE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS AT LEAST 40 F. THUS BOTH STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS LOOK POSSIBLE. AREAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE MAY HAVE CAPES ABOVE 2000 J/KG SUGGESTING AT LEAST SMALL HAIL FALLING WITH A FEW STORMS. LARGE SCALE PATTERN REMAINS THE SAME THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DEEP MEAN TROUGHING IN THE WEST COAST VICINITY AND HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGING TO THE EAST. THUS DEEP SOUTHERLY WIND COMPONENT WILL SUSTAIN MOISTURE INFLOW WITH THREAT OF CONVECTION INTO THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER A POSSIBLE LIMITING FACTOR IS MODELS INDICATE RIDGE ALOFT WILL SLOWLY EXPAND WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WITH ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE AND WARMING ALOFT SPREADING OVER THE CWA. THESE TRENDS SHOULD KEEP CONVECTIVE COVERAGE RATHER ISOLATED INTO THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...VALID 01/00Z-02/00Z. MOSTLY VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 KNOTS. EXPECT FEW150 SCT-BKN250 P6SM OVERNIGHT WITH THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR WEST TEXAS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL HAVE FEW-SCT250 P6SM....THEN FEW-SCT080-120CB IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. && .FIRE WEATHER... HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE GULF COAST AND PUSHING WESTWARD INTO THE BIG BEND AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW GULF MOISTURE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND UNSTABLE AIR...WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS HUDSPETH...OTERO...AND EL PASO COUNTIES EARLY TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STILL BE FAIRLY DRY. THIS MEANS DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE MOISTURE MAY BE PUSHED BACK TO THE EAST FOR LATE IN THE WEEK...BUT WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY PUSH ALL THE WAY TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD...WHILE AREAS FARTHER EAST WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY WITH WINDS STAYING BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 74 100 75 100 72 / 10 20 30 20 20 SIERRA BLANCA TX 68 94 68 95 66 / 30 20 30 20 20 LAS CRUCES 69 98 69 99 67 / 10 10 20 20 10 ALAMOGORDO 64 94 66 97 66 / 20 20 30 20 20 CLOUDCROFT 50 75 51 76 51 / 30 30 30 30 30 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 65 96 67 98 65 / 0 0 10 10 0 SILVER CITY 54 90 58 91 55 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEMING 65 97 68 98 64 / 0 0 10 10 0 LORDSBURG 64 98 68 99 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05 ROGASH/21 PARK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 534 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2011 NMZ024-025-032-TXZ055-056-011145- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 534 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SURGE OF GULF MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF HUDSPETH AND OTERO COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND HELP FORM THUNDERSTORMS. UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN SOME OF THE STORMS APPROACHING SEVERE CRITERIA WITH LARGER HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPREAD WEST INTO EL PASO COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A PLUME OF MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS FROM STORMS MAY ALSO CREATE BLOWING DUST THAT REDUCES VISIBILITY IN DUST PRONE AREAS OF THE LOWLAND DESERTS. ANOTHER FEATURE OF THESE STORMS WILL DRY LIGHTNING THAT MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRES STARTING IN VERY DRY FOREST AND GRASSLAND AREAS. THE MOISTURE PLUME WILL SHIFT EAST ON FRIDAY WITH NO CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE PLUME WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE WEST ON SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THIS OFFICE. NMZ022-023-030-031-011145- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- 534 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A PLUME OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND HELP FUEL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DRY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF SPOTTY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LUNDEEN
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
All of El Paso County remained in extreme(D3) drought through the month of June. The El Paso airport received 0.05 inches of precipitation during the month. The yearly precipitation at the El Paso airport was 0.16 inches. The precipitation in the early part of the month broke a stretch of 119 consecutive days without measurable precipitation at the airport.
The western half of Hudspeth County remained in extreme(D3) drought through the month of June while the eastern half was in exceptional(D4) drought. The Fort Hancock COOP received 0.18 inches of precipitation during the month which was the first measurable precipitation recorded there for the year.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 321372, 321378.