A weak upper level disturbance was approaching the area out of Southern Arizona with modest moisture and instability in place over Southwestern New Mexico. Slow moving thunderstorms brought over an inch of rain to Hachita which created some minor flooding issues.
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A weak upper level disturbance was approaching the area out of Southern Arizona with modest moisture and instability in place over Southwestern New Mexico. Slow moving thunderstorms brought over an inch of rain to Hachita which created some minor flooding issues.
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 Aug 24, 2:28 PM MST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 328 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014 .SYNOPSIS... MOISTURE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH OUT OF MEXICO AND THAT WILL BRING RAIN CHANCES BACK TO THE BORDERLAND STARTING TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WE WILL SEE DRIER AIR MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND WHICH WILL REDUCE OUR CHANCES FOR RAIN. WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES RUNNING A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MIDWEEK AND THEN WE WILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE WAS MAKING SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS BACK INTO THE AREA. WE WILL SEE A SLOW UPTICK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT. BY MONDAY WE WILL HAVE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR EAST AND THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO OUR WEST PUMPING LOTS OF MOISTURE UP OUT OF MEXICO. THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT CONNECTION WITH THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE MARIE OFF THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO...BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE A LARGE CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. THE MAIN THRUST OF THE MOISTURE PLUME WILL BE ALONG THE AZ/NM BORDER...BUT AS THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT AND MOVES TO OUR NORTH IT DRAGS THE MOISTURE PLUME BACK ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. I HAVE INCREASED THE POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY INTO THE SCATTERED CATEGORY. WE MAY NEED TO BUMP THEM A LITTLE HIGHER STILL IF THE MODELS CONTINUE WITH THIS SOLUTION. AFTER THE UPPER TROUGH HEADS EAST WE WILL SEE SOME DRIER AIR MOVE INTO THE REGION. AT THE SAME TIME A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL TRY AND PUSH ACROSS THE AREA. IF THE FRONT WERE TO PUSH IN GOOD AND STRONG IT MIGHT HELP FIRE OFF SOME ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...BUT FOR NOW THE PUSH LOOKS WEAK SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR IT WILL BE ABLE TO KICK OFF TO MANY EXTRA THUNDERSTORMS. AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND WE WILL SEE THE DRY AIR CONTINUE MOVE IN. BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SAY THAT WILL PRETTY MUCH SHUT OFF OUR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...BUT THE DGEX SAYS WE MAY STILL HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO KICK OFF SOME THUNDERSTORMS. FOR NOW I HAVE LEFT SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST...BUT WE MAY NEED TO SCALE EVEN THOSE POPS BACK FURTHER IF THE ECMWF AND GFS STICK TO THEIR GUNS. TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR TEMPERATURES...WE WILL SEE HIGHS DEPRESSED SOME BECAUSE OF THE MOISTURE...CLOUDS AND RAIN SO HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE NEAR NORMAL AND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL SEE TEMPERATURES RUNNING A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH THE RETURN OF THE DRIER AIR WE WILL SEE OUR HIGHS DRIFT BACK A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION...VALID 25/00Z - 26/00Z... ISOLD LOWLAND -TSRAGS/VSBY 2SM/WND VRB20G45KT/CIGS 040-080 THRU 04Z. VFR CONDTS ELSEWHERE. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS LIKELY EVEN FROM DISTANT STORMS. ACTIVITY RAMPS UP AGAIN AFT 18Z...WITH SCT MTN AND LOWLAND STORMS MAINLY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. SCT MTN/ISOLD LOWLAND ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVER AREAS EAST. && .FIRE WEATHER... ...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING POSE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... ...UP TO 2 OR MORE INCHES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SERVE AS THE MAIN IMPACTS WITH STORMS ON TUESDAY... TONIGHT EXPECT A SLIGHT UPTICK IN STORM ACTIVITY EARLY...WITH CONVECTION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP PRIMARILY OVER THE LOWLANDS ON OUTFLOWS FROM A FEW AFTERNOON MOUNTAIN STORMS. THIS RESULTS AS MEAGER AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL SUB TROPICAL MOISTURE ARE DRAWN BACK INTO THE REGION...BY CIRCULATION AROUND A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. THE PASSAGE OF NOW HURRICANE MARIE NEAR THE BAJA PENINSULA...PROVIDES THE SOURCE FOR SOME OF THIS ADDED MOISTURE. COUPLED WITH EXISTING MONSOON MOISTURE OVER THE SIERRA MADRE...THIS PROVIDES A HEALTHY SUPPLY OF EXTRA FUEL FOR STORMS MONDAY...MAINLY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ON TUESDAY...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAIN. STRENGTHENED SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...WILL SEND THE MOISTURE STREAM FURTHER EAST OVER NM + FAR WEST TX. STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY MORE HAIL AS A RESULT. AT THAT TIME. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT FOLLOWS INTO THE WESTERN STATES WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE TROUGH. THIS WILL BEGIN SUPPRESS STORM ACTIVITY AS EARLY AS MIDWEEK...AS NORTHERLY FLOW AROUND ITS EASTERN PERIPHERY BEGINS TO TRANSPORT DRIER AIR DOWN FROM THE NORTH. A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL ALSO SLIDE SOUTH OVER AREAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...WHICH MAY PROLONG STORM ACTIVITY THERE LATER INTO WED EVENING. MAIN THREAT SHIFTS TO STRONG OUTFLOW DRIVEN WINDS THU AND FRI...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND TULAROSA BASIN. MIN RH TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 20S LOWLANDS...TO THE MIDDLE 40S OVER HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. VALUES CLIMB 5 TO 15% TUESDAY. MIN RH DROPS ROUGHLY 5% WEST FURTHER WEST OF THE RIVER WED...WHILE INCREASING A FEW PERCENT FOR AREAS EAST. MIN RH SHOULD FALL BACK 5-10 % BY WEEKS END.FAIR TO GOOD VENT RATES ARE EXPECTED ALL AREAS THROUGH MONDAY...BECOMING EXCELLENT OVER SIERRA...NORTHERN GRANT AND OTERO COUNTIES TUESDAY AS WINDS ALOFT STRENGTHEN AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AT THAT TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 72 93 72 88 70 / 10 20 30 30 40 SIERRA BLANCA 67 91 67 87 65 / 20 20 30 30 40 LAS CRUCES 67 93 67 88 65 / 10 20 30 30 40 ALAMOGORDO 66 89 66 84 64 / 20 20 30 30 40 CLOUDCROFT 48 70 48 68 47 / 20 40 50 40 40 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 66 88 66 83 64 / 10 30 30 30 40 SILVER CITY 61 85 61 79 59 / 20 30 40 40 40 DEMING 66 93 66 88 64 / 20 30 30 30 40 LORDSBURG 65 92 65 86 63 / 20 40 40 40 40 WEST EL PASO METRO 71 92 71 88 69 / 10 20 30 30 40 DELL CITY 68 94 68 89 66 / 10 20 30 30 40 FORT HANCOCK 72 96 71 91 69 / 20 20 30 30 40 LOMA LINDA 69 87 69 83 67 / 10 20 30 30 40 FABENS 70 95 69 90 67 / 10 20 30 30 40 SANTA TERESA 68 93 68 89 67 / 10 20 30 30 40 WHITE SANDS HQ 68 93 68 88 66 / 10 20 30 30 40 JORNADA RANGE 67 93 67 88 65 / 10 20 30 30 40 HATCH 66 93 66 88 64 / 10 30 30 30 40 COLUMBUS 68 94 68 89 66 / 20 30 30 30 40 OROGRANDE 68 90 68 86 66 / 10 20 30 30 40 MAYHILL 55 78 54 77 53 / 20 30 40 30 30 MESCALERO 55 77 54 75 53 / 20 30 40 40 40 TIMBERON 56 76 55 75 54 / 20 30 40 30 40 WINSTON 55 82 55 78 53 / 20 40 40 50 50 HILLSBORO 64 88 64 83 62 / 20 30 30 30 40 SPACEPORT 66 90 66 85 64 / 10 20 30 30 40 LAKE ROBERTS 60 83 60 79 58 / 30 40 40 50 50 HURLEY 63 88 63 80 61 / 20 30 40 40 40 CLIFF 55 86 54 80 53 / 20 40 40 40 40 MULE CREEK 52 83 53 77 50 / 20 40 40 50 50 FAYWOOD 63 90 63 83 61 / 20 30 30 40 40 ANIMAS 66 90 66 85 63 / 20 40 40 40 40 HACHITA 65 92 65 86 63 / 20 30 40 40 40 ANTELOPE WELLS 63 91 63 85 61 / 20 30 40 30 40 CLOVERDALE 65 84 65 78 63 / 30 40 40 40 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && BRICE/TRIPOLI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1234 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-251845- 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- 1234 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES WERE RETURNING TO THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL CREEP IN FROM THE SOUTH AND WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY OUR BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WE COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED FLOODING CONCERNS...BUT RIGHT NOW WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK WE WILL SEE DRIER AIR MOVE INTO THE REGION AND THAT WILL LESSEN...BUT NOT ELIMINATE OUR RAIN CHANCES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
539 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014
TXZ420>424-250015-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS TX-RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF
EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES TX-RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF
EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY TX-SALT BASIN TX-SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS
TX-
539 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING SOUTHERN HUDSPETH COUNTY THROUGH
615 PM MDT/715 PM CDT/...
AT 532 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT HANCOCK AND
SOUTHEAST OF SIERRA BLANCA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS ON AREA ROADWAYS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIERRA BLANCA...
FORT HANCOCK...
FRENCHMAN CANYON...
ALLAMOORE...
FORT QUITMAN...
ESPERANZA...
ACALA...
MCNARY...
QUITMAN CANYON...
INTERSTATE 10...
TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN EARLIER ON ROAD FM1111 JUST NORTH
OF SIERRA BLANCA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3107 10561 3111 10566 3118 10579 3138 10600
3171 10574 3165 10493 3066 10491 3065 10493
3064 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 193DEG 6KT 3142 10561
NOVLANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
624 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014
TXZ420>424-250115-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS TX-RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF
EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES TX-RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF
EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY TX-SALT BASIN TX-SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS
TX-
624 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING SOUTHERN HUDSPETH AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM MDT...
AT 617 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF SIERRA BLANCA...MOVING NORTH AT
5 TO 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO DANGEROUS LEVELS ON AREA ROADWAYS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INTERSTATE 10 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF SIERRA BLANCA
SIERRA BLANCA...
FORT HANCOCK...
FRENCHMAN CANYON...
BOSQUE BONITA...
ALLAMOORE...
FORT QUITMAN...
ESPERANZA...
ACALA...
MCNARY...
QUITMAN CANYON...
TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3105 10560 3111 10566 3118 10579 3127 10586
3130 10593 3139 10601 3171 10565 3144 10496
3068 10503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 167DEG 3KT 3113 10550
NOVLANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
725 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0723 PM FLASH FLOOD HACHITA 31.92N 108.32W
08/24/2014 GRANT NM CO-OP OBSERVER
STREET FLOODING REPORTED AT HACHITA. RAINFALL IS
DIMINISHING.
&&
EVENT NUMBER EPZ1400363
JARPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
740 PM MDT SUN AUG 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HEAVY RAIN HACHITA 31.92N 108.32W
08/24/2014 M1.12 INCH GRANT NM CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
EVENT NUMBER EPZ1400364
JARThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A Cooperative Observer reported 1.12 inches of rain fell quickly in Hachita and caused some street flooding in town.
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