All of the areas of El Paso and Far Western Hudspeth Counties started out the month in Moderate(D1) drought, but by the end of the month all areas were in Severe(D2) drought.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
All of the areas of El Paso and Far Western Hudspeth Counties started out the month in Moderate(D1) drought, but by the end of the month all areas were in Severe(D2) drought.
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 Apr 23, 4:13 AM MST, 8 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 513 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 .SYNOPSIS... WE WILL SEE ANOTHER SUNNY WARM DAY TODAY...BUT TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WE WILL BE SUNNY BUT COOLER ON WEDNESDAY. FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WE WILL SEE A RETURN TO WARM TEMPERATURES WITH PLENTY OF SUN. FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE SOME MOISTURE MOVE INTO THE REGION WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR SOME CLOUDY SKIES. && .DISCUSSION... OUR SUNNY WARM SPRING TEMPERATURES LOOK TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND. CURRENTLY A ZONAL FLOW ALOFT IS DOING ITS BEST AT KEEPING A COLD FRONT AT BAY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THE FRONT IS ALREADY THROUGH ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WILL MAKE MUCH MORE WESTWARD PROGRESSION TODAY. BY TONIGHT THE FRONT WILL PULL ITSELF TOGETHER AND MAKE A PUSH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT WILL PUSH WEST AT LEAST TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND FIVE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. OUR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL NOT LAST LONG AS THE WESTERLY FLOW WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL ALSO BE APPROACHING THE AREA ON THURSDAY. A RACE WILL BE ON AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES AND WHAT LITTLE MOISTURE CAME IN WITH THE FRONT IS PUSHED BACK TO THE EAST. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY. MY GUT TELLS ME THAT WE WILL SEE A FEW PUFFY CU POP UP...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WAIT TO GET GOING TO THE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. ALSO ON THURSDAY AS THE UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR WINDS. WE MAY HIT WIND ADVISORY LEVELS WHICH ALSO MAY GIVE US SOME BLOWING DUST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WE WILL SEE A RETURN OF ZONAL WHICH MEANS MORE SUNNY AND WARM WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING THREE TO SIX DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS STILL VERY UNCLEAR. THE ECMWF HAS US SUNNY...DRY AND WARM WHILE THE GFS AND DGEX HAVE A COLD FRONT WITH LOTS OF RAIN AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE AREA. FOR NOW I'VE BUMPED THE CLOUDS UP A BIT FOR TUESDAY. I WILL SAY THAT THE GFS HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN ITS RAIN SOLUTION...BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE ECMWF HAS ALSO BEEN EQUALLY CONSISTENT IN ITS DRY SOLUTION. && .AVIATION...VALID 23/12Z-24/12Z ANOTHER SUNNY WARM DAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS. SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 27015G25KT BY THE AFTERNOON. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO TO AT LEAST THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHICH WILL SWING OUR SURFACE WINDS AROUND TO 05010G20KT. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN UNLIMITED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .FIRE WEATHER... WE WILL SEE ONLY A BRIEF RELIEF FROM OUR VERY DRY WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY. TODAY WILL AGAIN BE VERY DRY AND WARM AS MIN RH'S WILL AGAIN BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. WINDS WILL BE A BIT BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT RIGHT NOW THE WINDS LOOK TO STAY JUST BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL SEE A COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TO AT LEAST THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE FRONT WILL SWING SURFACE WINDS AROUND TO THE EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MEANS OUR MIN RH'S WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT RH'S WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ON THURSDAY AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL HELP GIVE US WINDY CONDITIONS. IT DOES LOOK LIKE A RED FLAG WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL END BY THURSDAY EVENING AND WE WILL STAY DRY INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. MODELS FOR NEXT WEEK RANGE FROM DRY AND WARM TO COOL AND RAINY TO A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED AS LATER MODEL RUNS WILL HOPEFULLY CLEAR THINGS UP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 86 57 74 60 84 / 0 0 0 0 10 SIERRA BLANCA 79 43 76 50 79 / 0 0 0 10 10 LAS CRUCES 84 47 74 52 80 / 0 0 0 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 80 44 73 52 77 / 0 0 0 0 10 CLOUDCROFT 59 30 52 34 56 / 0 0 0 10 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 82 49 76 57 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 SILVER CITY 82 45 73 47 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEMING 83 47 77 52 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 LORDSBURG 83 50 80 50 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 WEST EL PASO METRO 84 54 75 56 82 / 0 0 0 0 10 DELL CITY 77 43 70 44 77 / 0 0 0 10 10 FORT HANCOCK 86 52 77 53 83 / 0 0 0 10 10 LOMA LINDA 75 43 70 46 74 / 0 0 0 10 10 FABENS 85 53 80 53 83 / 0 0 0 0 10 SANTA TERESA 85 47 76 52 82 / 0 0 0 0 10 WHITE SANDS HQ 79 55 75 62 79 / 0 0 0 0 10 JORNADA RANGE 80 42 73 47 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 HATCH 80 52 73 54 77 / 0 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 85 49 78 58 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 OROGRANDE 83 49 74 50 81 / 0 0 0 0 10 MAYHILL 63 31 61 37 65 / 0 0 0 10 20 MESCALERO 67 33 62 36 66 / 0 0 0 10 10 TIMBERON 61 30 61 33 65 / 0 0 0 10 10 WINSTON 76 38 73 43 71 / 0 0 0 0 0 HILLSBORO 80 47 73 50 74 / 0 0 0 0 0 SPACEPORT 81 43 72 50 79 / 0 0 0 0 0 LAKE ROBERTS 77 39 70 43 69 / 0 0 0 0 0 HURLEY 79 42 72 44 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLIFF 84 44 79 47 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 MULE CREEK 81 35 76 36 75 / 0 0 0 0 0 FAYWOOD 79 44 71 47 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 ANIMAS 84 54 81 53 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 HACHITA 83 49 79 49 78 / 0 0 0 0 0 ANTELOPE WELLS 84 53 79 54 81 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLOVERDALE 77 48 76 50 76 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && BRICE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 615 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-241215- 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- 615 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ON THURSDAY WE WILL SEE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WHICH MAY GIVE US SOME AREA OF BLOWING DUST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The entire zone was placed into Severe(D2) drought on April 23rd.
The entire zone was placed into Severe(D2) drought on April 23rd. The El Paso Airport only recorded a trace of precipitation during the month which was 0.24 inches below normal.
The entire zone was placed into Severe(D2) drought on April 23rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2013
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: 443485, 443486, 443487.