Low level moisture remained in place as an upper trough started to exit the region. Eastern New Mexico was in the southeastern quadrant of a 100 knot jet moving through the northern plains which aided in lift across the region.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
Low level moisture remained in place as an upper trough started to exit the region. Eastern New Mexico was in the southeastern quadrant of a 100 knot jet moving through the northern plains which aided in lift across the region. Weak flow in the lower and mid levels kept storms moving very slowly allowing for locally heavy rain to occur over the Sacramento Mountains which already had saturated soil from over 5 inches of rain over the previous days.
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 19, 1:58 PM MST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 258 PM MDT THU SEP 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FUEL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THOUGH LIMITED MAINLY TO THE MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL THIS EVENING COULD BE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WITH SOME LOCAL FLOODING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AHEAD. && .DISCUSSION... DEEP MOISTURE PLUME SHEARING OFF T.S. MANUEL OVER WEST TEXAS AND POINTS EASTWARD WITH CLOUDS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. PW'S IN THIS AREA ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1.2 INCHES. TO THE WEST MUCH DRIER MID/UPPER AIR PERSISTS WITH PW'S AROUND .8 TO 1.0 INCHES. THIS AREA REMAINS UNSTABLE AND WITH CONSIDERABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE SPRINGING UP OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. RAINFALL OF .5 TO 1.0 INCH IS COMMON OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS. POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING OF STORMS THOUGH SO RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE GREATER WHERE THIS OCCURS. MODELS KEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY BUT WILL KEEP SOME CLOUDS AND LOW POPS OVER HUDSPETH COUNTY FRIDAY. MODELS STILL BRINGING IN BACK DOOR COLD FRONT MID DAY BUT ARE SOMEWHAT UNDERWHELMING WITH QPF. WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS EAST OF EL PASO WITH THE INCREASING LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW. REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND LOOKS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED AS STRONG DRYING ALOFT CONTINUES OVER ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. LOOK FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. MODEL PW'S REMAIN AROUND .7 TO .9 INCHES SO FLOOD POTENTIAL SHOULD REMAIN LOW EXCEPT WHERE SHOWERS FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. NEXT WEEK TAKING ON MORE OF A FALL PATTERN AS MAIN MID LATITUDE JET SETS UP OVER MUCH THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. FOR NOW KEPT MENTION OF SOME ISOLATED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON. WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH MODELS AS THEY DO SHOW MID LEVEL MOISTURE JUST TO OUR SOUTH POSSIBLY MOVING UP OVER CWA MID WEEK. STILL INCONSISTENT WITH THIS FEATURE THOUGH. && .AVIATION...VALID 20/00-21/00Z... MOSTLY VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH P6SM FEW-SCT030-060 SCT-BKN 070-110. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS. WINDS GENERALLY 5-15 KTS EXCEPT STRONG AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER... EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ACROSS EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL HAVE ISOLATED ACTIVITY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TOMORROW AND SATURDAY...MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE AND IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. DRIER WEATHER WITH WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK AS WESTERLY FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE OVER LOWLANDS AND IN THE 40S AND 50S OVER MOUNTAIN AREAS TOMORROW AND SATURDAY...THEN 10 TO 20 PCT DRIER SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. HAINES INDICES MAINLY FAIR TO POOR SATURDAY THEN FAIR TO GOOD SUNDAY. WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH EXCEPT NEAR ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 68 87 69 86 65 / 20 20 20 20 30 SIERRA BLANCA 62 85 63 86 62 / 20 30 20 20 30 LAS CRUCES 65 84 66 84 66 / 20 20 20 10 20 ALAMOGORDO 61 82 62 85 64 / 20 20 20 20 30 CLOUDCROFT 47 66 48 66 47 / 20 30 30 30 50 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 62 82 63 81 59 / 20 20 20 10 10 SILVER CITY 57 79 57 77 59 / 30 20 20 20 10 DEMING 63 83 64 83 63 / 20 20 20 10 10 LORDSBURG 66 88 67 87 65 / 20 20 20 10 10 WEST EL PASO METRO 68 88 69 86 65 / 20 20 20 20 30 DELL CITY 64 86 65 87 63 / 20 30 20 20 30 FORT HANCOCK 67 89 68 87 64 / 20 30 20 20 30 LOMA LINDA 61 80 63 81 62 / 20 20 20 20 30 FABENS 67 93 68 86 64 / 20 20 20 20 30 SANTA TERESA 67 86 68 83 65 / 20 20 20 20 20 WHITE SANDS HQ 64 86 65 81 63 / 20 20 20 20 20 JORNADA RANGE 63 88 64 83 57 / 20 20 20 10 10 HATCH 63 84 64 82 61 / 20 20 20 10 10 COLUMBUS 67 87 68 86 67 / 20 20 20 10 10 OROGRANDE 66 86 67 83 67 / 20 20 20 20 30 MAYHILL 54 71 55 70 50 / 20 30 30 30 50 MESCALERO 54 74 55 73 49 / 20 30 30 30 40 TIMBERON 54 73 55 71 53 / 20 30 30 30 40 WINSTON 54 74 56 72 52 / 30 30 20 20 10 HILLSBORO 58 81 60 75 58 / 20 20 20 20 10 SPACEPORT 61 85 62 81 61 / 20 20 20 10 10 LAKE ROBERTS 54 78 56 75 56 / 30 30 20 20 10 HURLEY 58 81 60 79 59 / 20 20 20 10 10 CLIFF 55 82 57 81 57 / 20 20 20 20 10 MULE CREEK 53 83 55 81 53 / 20 20 10 20 10 FAYWOOD 59 82 61 76 59 / 20 20 20 10 10 ANIMAS 65 89 66 87 64 / 20 20 20 10 10 HACHITA 63 85 64 85 61 / 20 20 20 10 10 ANTELOPE WELLS 63 87 64 87 62 / 20 20 20 10 10 CLOVERDALE 61 84 63 84 56 / 20 20 20 10 10 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && HEFNER/PARK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1130 AM MDT THU SEP 19 2013 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-201730- 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- 1130 AM MDT THU SEP 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE EVENING. MOST OF THE THESE STORMS WILL BE OVER MOUNTAINS. SOILS AND DRAINAGES OF THE MOUNTAINS WERE ABLE TO DRY SOME ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE LACK OF RAIN BUT STILL LIKELY REMAIN MOIST SO MOUNTAIN RUNOFF REMAINS SOMEWHAT HIGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. AGAIN THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE OVER MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THIS OFFICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. HEFNER
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was over the roads and driveways in Sixteen Springs. Ditches were running 1 to 2 feet deep.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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