A dryline was setup along the Rio Grande Valley with a weak upper level disturbance moving through a northwest flow aloft which helped to trigger some isolated severe thunderstorms.
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A dryline was setup along the Rio Grande Valley with a weak upper level disturbance moving through a northwest flow aloft which helped to trigger some isolated severe thunderstorms.
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 6, 1:56 PM MST, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 256 PM MDT THU JUN 6 2013 .SYNOPSIS... MOISTURE HAD SLIPPED BACK INTO THE REGION AND WILL GIVE EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA A CHANCE FOR RAIN TODAY AND MOST OF THE AREA A CHANCE FOR RAIN ON FRIDAY...A FEW OF THOSE STORMS BY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY COULD BE SEVERE. FOR SATURDAY THE DRIER AIR WILL WORK BACK INTO THE REGION. FOR SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AS AN AREA OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER NEW MEXICO. && .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE HAS BEGUN TO RETURN TO THE REGION...RIGHT NOW IT HAS ONLY MADE IT INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND THE MOISTURE IN THE VALLEY IS PRETTY SHALLOW. FURTHER EAST IN EASTERN OTERO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES WILL HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO HELP FUEL A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. LOOKING AT THE SOUNDING FROM THIS MORNING...WE DO HAVE A LITTLE DIRECTIONAL SHEER SO I CAN'T RULE OUT THAT A STORM OR TWO THAT DEVELOPS OUT EAST WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. OUT WEST IN THE GILA REGION WE WILL HAVE JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE THAT WILL HELP FIRE OFF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE IN A DRY ENVIRONMENT SO MOST OF THEIR RAIN WILL NOT REACH THE SURFACE. UNFORTUNATELY THEIR LIGHTNING WILL BE ABLE TO REACH THE GROUND AND WITH NO RAIN IT WILL BE POSSIBLE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO START SOME FIRES. ON FRIDAY THE MOISTURE PUSH WILL DRIVE THE MOISTURE EVEN FURTHER TO THE WEST. THE MOISTURE ITSELF WILL PROBABLY MAKE IT TO THE BORDER OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA...BUT THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL BE FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND TO THE EAST. OUR TURNING WINDS WILL BE EVEN A LITTLE STRONGER ON FRIDAY SO THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FRIDAY'S SET UP LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST SUNDAY WHEN WE HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF ONE INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 60+ MPH. ON SATURDAY DRIER AIR WILL QUICKLY MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION AND THIS WILL PUSH ALL OF THE MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES BACK TO THE EAST. WE WILL SEE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGIN TO NOSE INTO NEW MEXICO AND THAT WILL BEGIN TO TURN ON THE HEAT. BY SUNDAY (IF NOT ON SATURDAY) WE WILL SEE THE TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IN THE LOWLANDS. FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK THE RIDGE CENTERS OVER NEW MEXICO AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A VERY HOT WEATHER PATTERN. TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WILL RUN 12 TO 14 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. LOWLAND TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH 105 DEGREES FOR HIGHS. THESE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES LOOK TO CONTINUE INTO THE END OF NEXT WEEK AND INTO THE THE WEEKEND TO FOLLOW. && .AVIATION...VALID 07/00Z-08/00Z. VFR THRU THE PERIOD. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-15KTS THRU PD BUT VARIABLE WITH GUSTS TO 50KTS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLD TO WDLY SCT 3-5SM BKN060-080CB THRU 04Z MAINLY EAST OF RIO GRANDE. AFT 16Z WDLY SCT TO SCT 2-4SM TSRA BKN040-060CB WITH BEST COVERAGE RIO GRANDE EASTWARD AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF GILA. && .FIRE WEATHER... HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LEVELS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. A FAIRLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINING WITH THIS MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH AREAS MAINLY EAST OF RIO GRANDE BEING AFFECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY OF DRY LIGHTNING OVER THE GILA REGION...A LITTLE TONIGHT...BUT A BETTER CHANCE ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY THE FURTHER NORTH YOU GO. A STRONG...BROAD UPPER HIGH WILL START BUILDING INTO THE REGION SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL LEAD TO DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS WITH SOME LOWLAND LOCATIONS LIKELY APPROACHING 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DAYTIME WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LIGHT...BUT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RETURN TO SINGLE DIGITS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 72 93 71 97 75 / 30 30 30 10 0 SIERRA BLANCA 66 90 69 93 71 / 40 50 40 10 0 LAS CRUCES 66 92 62 95 68 / 20 30 30 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 67 92 65 95 71 / 50 40 40 10 0 CLOUDCROFT 45 66 42 70 44 / 50 40 40 10 10 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 66 91 64 93 69 / 30 30 30 0 0 SILVER CITY 54 84 56 88 58 / 20 30 30 10 0 DEMING 66 94 61 97 67 / 10 30 20 0 0 LORDSBURG 63 97 61 99 67 / 0 20 20 0 0 WEST EL PASO METRO 72 93 72 95 77 / 20 30 30 0 0 DELL CITY 66 89 63 94 67 / 40 50 50 10 0 FORT HANCOCK 70 96 70 99 74 / 30 40 40 10 0 LOMA LINDA 63 83 64 86 65 / 40 40 40 10 0 FABENS 71 93 68 96 72 / 30 40 30 10 0 SANTA TERESA 68 92 68 96 74 / 20 30 30 0 0 WHITE SANDS HQ 73 90 71 94 72 / 40 40 40 0 0 JORNADA RANGE 59 92 57 95 63 / 40 30 30 0 0 HATCH 66 89 64 93 70 / 20 30 30 0 0 COLUMBUS 68 96 66 96 72 / 10 30 20 0 0 OROGRANDE 66 93 64 96 70 / 40 40 40 10 0 MAYHILL 51 76 49 81 51 / 50 40 40 10 10 MESCALERO 48 77 46 82 48 / 50 40 40 10 10 TIMBERON 47 75 45 78 47 / 50 40 40 10 10 WINSTON 47 84 46 85 48 / 30 40 30 0 0 HILLSBORO 56 87 57 87 58 / 20 30 30 10 0 SPACEPORT 65 90 63 94 69 / 30 30 30 0 0 LAKE ROBERTS 48 86 47 89 48 / 20 40 30 10 0 HURLEY 54 85 55 90 58 / 20 20 20 10 0 CLIFF 45 92 46 96 54 / 10 30 30 0 0 MULE CREEK 42 92 43 95 44 / 10 30 20 0 0 FAYWOOD 56 87 57 90 58 / 20 30 30 10 0 ANIMAS 64 97 62 99 68 / 0 10 10 0 0 HACHITA 63 95 61 97 67 / 0 10 10 0 0 ANTELOPE WELLS 65 96 63 98 69 / 0 10 10 0 0 CLOVERDALE 59 96 60 92 61 / 0 20 20 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && BRICE/GRZYWACZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1131 AM MDT THU JUN 6 2013 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-071745- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- 1131 AM MDT THU JUN 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A LITTLE MOISTURE HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION BEHIND AN OVER NIGHT EAST PUSH. THIS MOISTURE WILL BE JUST ENOUGH TO HELP FIRE A SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN HUDSPETH AND EASTERN OTERO COUNTIES. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND HAIL GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN SIZE. IN ADDITION JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE MAY BE AVAILABLE TO HELP START A FEW DRY LIGHTNING PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GILA REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ON FRIDAY MORE MOISTURE WILL PUSH IN AND IT WILL PUSH FURTHER WEST SO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL PUSH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AGAIN A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. ALSO ON FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING IN THE GILA REGION. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES BUILD INTO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NWS OFFICE VIA OUR 800 NUMBER OR CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TWEET US A REPORT USING OUR OFFICE USERNAME @NWSELPASO
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A SAMS site from the White Sands Missile Range reported a 68 mph wind gust.
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