A very moist atmosphere was in place with weak flow aloft keeping storm motion very slow. A weak upper level trough was passing over the region which triggered scattered thunderstorms with very heavy rain which lead to flash flooding on the east side of El Paso.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
A very moist atmosphere was in place with weak flow aloft keeping storm motion very slow. A weak upper level trough was passing over the region which triggered scattered thunderstorms with very heavy rain which lead to flash flooding on the east side of El Paso.
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 1, 12:07 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 107 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH FLASH FLOODING REMAINING A BIG THREAT INTO AT LEAST SUNDAY MORNING. SOME DRIER AIR WILL TRY TO MOVE INTO AT LEAST THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE AN UPPER TROUGH MOVE IN FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND BRINGS AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR RAIN ONCE AGAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND RETURN TO NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURES FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD...DO DIFFER ON QPF PLACEMENT AND AMOUNTS WHICH IS TYPICAL IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT. CURRENTLY VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE WITH KEPZ SOUNDING SHOWING PW'S OF 1.6 THIS MORNING. PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER HAMPERING TEMPS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON EXCEPT OVER THE FAR WEST AND GILA REGION. LINGERING ELONGATED VORT WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER ACROSS THE BORDER REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING AND EXPECT TO SEE BEST CHANCE OVER EAST REMAINING WHERE ECHOES ARE CURRENTLY AT...OVER EL PASO...HUDSPETH AND SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTIES. OTHER AREAS TO WATCH...ESPECIALLY FOR FLOODING WILL BE THE GILA REGION AND TOWARD LORDSBURG WHERE BETTER DESTABILIZATION TAKING PLACE. STORM MOTION ABOUT 5KTS OR LESS ACROSS AREA SO WITH RECENT RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT AND WILL LEAVE FF WATCH GOING AS IS. LITTLE CHANGE FOR SAT EXCEPT MODELS NOT SHOWING MUCH UPPER DISTURBANCE...BUT RIDGE AXIS STARTS TO SHIFT SLOWLY EAST AND SETS UP SOME DECENT LOWER AND MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE FROM THE RIVER WESTWARD. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS CLOUD COVER AND MORNING PRECIPITATION PLAYING HAVOC WITH SOLAR INSOLATION. COOLER GUIDANCE HAS BEEN BETTER LATELY AND HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE COOLER MET GUIDANCE NUMBERS. AGAIN NOT MUCH CHANGE IN PATTERN FOR SUNDAY EXCEPT UPPER HIGH SHIFTS EVER SO SLIGHTLY EAST AND MAY BRING IN JUST ENOUGH DRIER AIR INTO THE FAR EAST TO KEEP IT GENERALLY DRY THERE. KEPT HIGH CHANCE POPS GOING WEST AND TAPERED DOWN TO THE EAST...NOT SURE LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORIES SUPPORT AS MUCH DRYING AT THE SURFACE AS THE GFS IS INDICATING. ECMWF SUPPORTS DRYING OVER HUDSPETH ON MONDAY...JUST NOT AS MUCH AGAIN AS GFS. WENT WITH 40 POPS WEST AND DOWN TO 20 IN THE FAR EAST WITH A WARMING TREND FOR TEMPERATURES. RIDGE STARTS TO WEAKEN A BIT GOING INTO MIDWEEK WITH A WEAK UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. BOTH MODELS INDICATING INCREASED POPS FOR WEST STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THIS TROUGH WILL BE SLOW TO MAKE MUCH PROGRESS EASTWARD. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SPREAD BACK EAST TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. PRECIP DOES NOT LOOK AS WIDESPREAD OR LONG LASTING WITH PW'S DOWN TO AN INCH...SO SHOULD SEE MORE SUN ALLOWING FOR HIGHS WARMING BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S FOR THE LOWLANDS. && .AVIATION... P6SM SCT-BKN040-060 BKN-OVC100-120 WITH SCT TO NMRS 1-3SM BKN020-030 SHOWERS AND TSMS ACROSS THE AREA WITH MAIN FOCUS OVER FAR WEST TX AND OVER GILA REGION THRU 12Z AND ALL AREAS AGAIN AFT 18Z. EASTERN SLOPES OF AREA MTS COULD AGAIN SEE SCT-BKN010-020 BETWEEN 10Z-18Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... MOIST WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH A GRADUAL DRYING TREND STARTING SUNDAY FROM THE EAST. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH EXCELLENT RECOVERIES AS WELL. WINDS WILL REMAIN UNDER 15 MPH THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL GOING INTO NEXT WEEK AS DRIER AIR TRIES TO MOVE IN...HOWEVER A DAILY CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION REMAINS EACH DAY WITH WESTERN ZONES HAVING GREATEST CHANCE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 67 85 68 87 70 / 70 60 40 40 30 SIERRA BLANCA 67 83 68 84 64 / 60 40 30 30 20 LAS CRUCES 65 83 66 86 66 / 70 60 50 40 30 ALAMOGORDO 66 82 67 84 67 / 60 60 40 40 20 CLOUDCROFT 50 64 51 66 51 / 80 70 40 40 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 65 81 66 83 66 / 60 60 50 50 40 SILVER CITY 61 78 62 77 63 / 70 70 60 50 40 DEMING 66 83 66 85 66 / 60 60 60 40 40 LORDSBURG 66 83 66 85 68 / 70 60 60 50 40 WEST EL PASO METRO 67 84 68 86 70 / 60 60 40 40 30 DELL CITY 66 84 67 86 66 / 60 40 30 30 20 FORT HANCOCK 67 85 67 87 69 / 60 40 30 30 20 LOMA LINDA 64 85 65 83 64 / 60 50 40 40 20 FABENS 68 85 66 87 68 / 60 50 40 30 20 SANTA TERESA 64 84 65 86 69 / 60 60 40 40 30 WHITE SANDS HQ 67 85 68 87 68 / 60 60 50 40 30 JORNADA RANGE 66 83 67 87 67 / 60 60 50 50 30 HATCH 64 83 65 85 66 / 60 60 50 50 30 COLUMBUS 66 84 67 86 67 / 70 60 60 40 30 OROGRANDE 64 85 65 86 67 / 60 60 40 40 20 MAYHILL 57 71 58 74 59 / 80 80 50 40 20 MESCALERO 56 71 57 73 57 / 70 70 40 40 30 TIMBERON 59 71 60 73 56 / 70 60 40 40 20 WINSTON 58 79 59 79 60 / 70 80 60 50 50 HILLSBORO 65 84 66 86 65 / 60 70 50 50 40 SPACEPORT 65 82 66 84 66 / 60 60 50 40 30 LAKE ROBERTS 61 82 62 82 61 / 90 80 60 50 50 HURLEY 62 78 63 80 64 / 60 70 60 50 40 CLIFF 54 81 55 83 63 / 90 70 60 50 50 MULE CREEK 62 80 63 82 64 / 80 60 70 50 40 FAYWOOD 63 83 64 82 64 / 60 70 60 50 40 ANIMAS 65 84 66 85 67 / 80 60 60 50 40 HACHITA 64 85 65 86 66 / 80 60 60 50 40 ANTELOPE WELLS 64 83 65 85 66 / 80 50 60 40 40 CLOVERDALE 62 81 63 83 62 / 80 50 50 50 40 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR NMZ401>417. TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR TXZ418>424. && 26/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1157 AM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-021800- 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- 1157 AM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED 2 OR MORE INCHES FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...SHIFTING TO THE WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE MONDAY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SOAKED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALLS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN RUNOFF TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS AND AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS WILL HAVE INCREASED PONDING OF WATER. RAINS THROUGH SUNDAY ARE PROJECTED TO BE BETWEEN AND INCH AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY MONDAY...WITH HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL LIMITED TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THAT DAY. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ISOLATED IN THE LOWLANDS...WHICH IS MORE TYPICAL DURING MONSOON SEASON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THIS OFFICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. FAUSETT
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports of extensive street flooding with water well over the curbs at intersection of Rojas and Joe Battle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 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: 538823.