Above normal rainfall across all of southern New Mexico lead to improvements in drought conditions for many areas. At the end of the month, no location in the region was still in Extreme(D3) drought.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
Above normal rainfall across all of southern New Mexico lead to improvements in drought conditions for many areas. At the end of the month, no location in the region was still in Extreme(D3) 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 Aug 31, 2:44 PM MST, 9 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 344 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER HIGH OVER THE BAJA PENINSULA WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD...OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THURSDAY. THIS WILL GRADUALLY END OUR DRY WEST FLOW ALOFT BY TUESDAY AND ALLOW TROPICAL MOISTURE TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL GIVE THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REST OF THE BORDERLAND THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE WARM THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ABOUT 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT THEN FALL BACK TO NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... WV IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER HIGH OVER THE NORTHERN BAJA AND SONORAN DESERT OF NORTHERN MEXICO. HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE FROM EX STORM MARIE ALMOST ENTIRELY DISSIPATED NOW. GENERAL PATTERN OF HOT AND DRY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THEN MOISTENING UP WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CURRENT PW'S RANGING FROM ABOUT .6"-.8". UPPER HIGH WILL BEGIN SHIFTING EAST...OVER THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT TUESDAY...OVER TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...AND OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON THURSDAY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE HIGH WILL INITIALLY BRING HOT TEMPERATURES TO THE CWA AS THE HIGH IS NEARLY OVERHEAD. HIGHS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL RUN ABOUT 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ONCE THE HIGH SETTLES IN CLOSER TO EAST TEXAS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP AND BRING SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE BACK TO THE AREA. MODELS STILL SHOWING ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY TO JUSTIFY LOW POPS IN THE SAC MTNS. ECMWF STILL THE MORE BULLISH MODEL FOR PCPN FOR THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THOUGH THE GFS REMAINS UNIMPRESSIVE WITH QPF...IT MIRRORS THE ECMWF MORE NOW IN KEEPING SOME PCPN IN THE CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY SEVERAL DAYS AFTERWARD. && .AVIATION...VALID 01/00Z - 02/00Z... VFR CONDITIONS. 00Z-06Z FEW-SCT080-100 FEW-SCT250 WINDS 24012G22KT. 06Z-24Z: SKC-FEW080/FEW250 WINDS 30010KT. OCNL MDT TURBC IN THERMALS SFC TO 8KT AGL UNTIL 02Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR AREA WARM AND DRY AIR UNDER CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH MID WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL UNTIL THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. AFTER WEDNESDAY THE UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD SHIFT MORE TO THE EAST AND ALLOW SOME SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE TO BEGIN TO RETURN INTO OUR AREA. THIS IN TURN SHOULD BRING MORE CLOUDINESS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOONS...AND ALSO BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 74 98 75 99 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 SIERRA BLANCA 66 94 69 95 68 / 0 0 0 0 0 LAS CRUCES 65 96 69 97 69 / 0 0 0 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 66 94 68 96 69 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 51 75 52 76 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 65 94 68 96 68 / 0 0 0 0 0 SILVER CITY 63 91 64 92 64 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEMING 63 96 68 98 68 / 0 0 0 0 0 LORDSBURG 64 95 67 96 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 WEST EL PASO METRO 71 97 73 98 72 / 0 0 0 0 0 DELL CITY 67 99 71 99 69 / 0 0 0 0 0 FORT HANCOCK 70 98 74 98 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 LOMA LINDA 70 93 71 92 70 / 0 0 0 0 0 FABENS 70 96 72 96 72 / 0 0 0 0 0 SANTA TERESA 70 97 70 98 71 / 0 0 0 0 0 WHITE SANDS HQ 66 94 70 95 70 / 0 0 0 0 0 JORNADA RANGE 63 93 69 95 67 / 0 0 0 0 0 HATCH 65 96 68 97 68 / 0 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 65 94 70 95 69 / 0 0 0 0 0 OROGRANDE 67 95 70 96 70 / 0 0 0 0 0 MAYHILL 57 83 59 84 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 MESCALERO 57 84 59 85 56 / 0 0 0 0 0 TIMBERON 57 84 60 85 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 WINSTON 58 85 59 86 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 HILLSBORO 66 91 67 91 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 SPACEPORT 66 93 68 95 68 / 0 0 0 0 0 LAKE ROBERTS 58 89 57 89 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 HURLEY 64 93 66 93 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLIFF 50 92 52 94 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 MULE CREEK 48 89 50 91 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 FAYWOOD 64 91 66 91 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 ANIMAS 66 93 67 94 67 / 0 0 0 0 0 HACHITA 65 95 67 96 67 / 0 0 0 0 0 ANTELOPE WELLS 67 93 65 94 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLOVERDALE 67 93 68 92 67 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && HEFNER/NOVLAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1116 AM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-011715- 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- 1116 AM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DRY AND VERY WARM THROUGH TUESDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE ON WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SACS. MORE MOISTURE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED. HEFNER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe(D2) drought conditions continued for the entire month. The Gila Hot Springs Cooperative Observer reported 2.55 inches of precipitation which was 0.56 inches above normal.
The northern half of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought during the month of September.
The month started with Extreme(D3) drought for the southeastern portion of the zone and Severe(D2) drought for the remainder of the zone. At the end of the month, the northern and eastern portions of the zone were in Severe(D2) drought and the remainder was down to Moderate(D1) drought. The Redrock Cooperative Observer reported 2.62 inches of precipitation which was 1.05 inches above normal.
The month started out with Severe(D2) drought for the southeast and northwest portions of the zone, while the remainder of the area was in Extreme(D3) drought. At the end of the month, the southeast and northwest sections were in Moderate(D1) drought and the rest of the zone was in Severe(D2) drought. The Antelope Wells Cooperative Observer reported 4.55 inches of precipitation which was 2.89 inches above normal.
September started out with the western portions of the zone in Severe(D2) drought and Extreme(D3) drought for the eastern areas. At the end of the month, the east was in Severe(D2) drought and the west was in Moderate(D1) drought.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, September 2014
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: 542528, 542529, 542530, 542531, 542533.