A disturbance moving through deep northeast flow over the Borderland with good low level moisture and instability in place helped to produce a severe thunderstorm which brought a large tree down over East El Paso.
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A disturbance moving through deep northeast flow over the Borderland with good low level moisture and instability in place helped to produce a severe thunderstorm which brought a large tree down over East 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 Jun 27, 2:17 AM MST, 11 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 317 AM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015 .SYNOPSIS... MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM STRONGER STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAIN ZONES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THIS WEEKEND. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH REDUCED COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE DRIER AIR MASS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM ABOVE NORMAL BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... A WET ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL KEEP THE LOCAL AREA UNDER A NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW ALOFT THAT WILL ALLOW WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TO DROP SOUTH OVER THE AREA. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE FUELED BY ABUNDANT LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. TODAY'S THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE SLIGHTLY ENHANCED BY FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE FRONT WILL BE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR STRONGER STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG DRAINAGES...NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY OCCUR BUT WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD. TEMPERATURES TODAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND NEARER TO SEASONAL NORMALS. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL DROP SOUTH OVER THE AREA BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY FOR CONTINUED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THERE WILL BE A DROP IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS DRIER CONTINENTAL AIR FLOWS INTO THE AREA AND LIMITS STORM DEVELOPMENT. GENERALLY CONDITIONS WILL BE DRIER FOR AREAS EAST OF THE RIVER WHILE AREAS TO THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BECOME MORE SPOTTY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WITH THE DRIER CONDITIONS WITH PORTIONS OF THE LOWLANDS APPROACHING 110 DEGREE READINGS. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL INCREASE LATE NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND RAIN AMOUNTS FOR NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...VALID 27/12Z-28/12Z... MOIST CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION WITH ISOLD TO SCT THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONDS IN VCNTY OF TSRA WOULD BE VRB25G40KT WITH 1-3SM VSBY AND CIGS OF BKN030-050. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS VFR CONDITIONS WITH SCT 070-090 BKN200-250 WITH EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS. && .FIRE WEATHER... LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST OVER THE COMING DAYS WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE NORM INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN THREAT WITH OUTFLOW WINDS OF OVER 40 MPH ALSO POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES GENERALLY 15 TO 30 PERCENT FOR THE LOWLANDS AND 30-45 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS. WEAK FLOW IN THE MIXED LAYER WILL KEEP VENT RATES GENERALLY FAIR TO LOW END GOOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 93 73 94 73 / 40 40 20 20 SIERRA BLANCA 88 67 91 68 / 30 30 20 10 LAS CRUCES 93 69 92 70 / 30 50 20 30 ALAMOGORDO 90 68 91 69 / 40 50 40 30 CLOUDCROFT 68 53 69 56 / 60 50 60 40 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 91 68 90 69 / 40 50 40 40 SILVER CITY 86 63 84 63 / 60 50 60 40 DEMING 94 69 93 69 / 40 50 30 30 LORDSBURG 95 70 93 69 / 40 50 30 40 WEST EL PASO METRO 94 73 94 74 / 40 40 20 20 DELL CITY 89 66 92 67 / 40 30 20 10 FORT HANCOCK 93 70 94 70 / 40 40 20 20 LOMA LINDA 87 67 87 68 / 40 40 30 20 FABENS 94 70 95 70 / 30 40 20 20 SANTA TERESA 93 71 93 72 / 40 40 20 20 WHITE SANDS HQ 91 69 91 71 / 30 40 20 20 JORNADA RANGE 92 68 91 69 / 30 50 20 30 HATCH 94 68 93 68 / 40 50 30 30 COLUMBUS 94 70 93 69 / 40 50 20 30 OROGRANDE 90 70 91 71 / 30 40 20 20 MAYHILL 76 56 78 58 / 50 50 50 40 MESCALERO 79 56 79 57 / 50 50 60 40 TIMBERON 76 55 78 57 / 50 50 50 40 WINSTON 84 60 83 61 / 60 60 60 50 HILLSBORO 91 64 90 65 / 50 50 50 50 SPACEPORT 92 68 91 69 / 30 50 30 30 LAKE ROBERTS 84 59 83 58 / 70 60 70 40 HURLEY 88 65 86 65 / 50 50 50 40 CLIFF 93 64 91 64 / 40 40 40 40 MULE CREEK 92 64 90 64 / 50 50 50 50 FAYWOOD 89 65 87 65 / 50 50 50 40 ANIMAS 96 69 95 68 / 40 50 30 40 HACHITA 95 68 94 67 / 40 50 30 40 ANTELOPE WELLS 94 67 92 66 / 40 40 30 40 CLOVERDALE 91 67 89 67 / 40 50 30 50 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 04 LUNDEEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1059 AM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-281700- 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- 1059 AM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. IMPULSES DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND STORMS FORMING OVER THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT GREAT BUT SOME SHEAR ALOFT MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED STORMS WITH MODERATE SIZED HAIL. IN ADDITION STRONG OUTFLOW GUSTS MAY NEAR 50 MPH. FINALLY THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT WEATHER APPEARS TO BE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. POSSIBLE IMPACTS TODAY/TONIGHT INCLUDE LIGHT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES/TREES/SIGNS DUE TO STRONG WINDS. LOCALIZED FLOODING LOW-LYING AREAS AND WATERWAYS/ARROYOS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAS THROUGH FRIDAYS EACH DAY WILL KEEP SOME CHANCES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE MOIST AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN. THE FOCUS FOR STORM/RAIN ACTIVITY WILL FOCUS WEST AND NORTH WITH THE SE PORTIONS OF THE REGION SEEING LOWERING PCPN CHANCES AND MORE ISOLATED COVERAGE. BETTER RAIN/STORM CHANCES WILL BE NE AREAS OVER THE GILL...SIERRA...LUNA...HIDALGO COUNTIES. HOWEVER ALL AREAS WILL HAVE SOME CHANCE OF STORMS. THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISOLATED MODERATE HAIL...GUSTY OUTFLOWS...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REAL-TIME REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...INTENSE RAINFALL RATES...FLOODING... HAIL SIZE...WIND GUSTS. BIRD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
104 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NMZ411-413-TXZ418-419-271930-
SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA
VALLEY-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
104 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA
AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES...
AT 103 PM MDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR NORTHEAST EL
PASO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNLAND PARK...WEST EL PASO...NORTHEAST EL PASO...EAST EL PASO...
CENTRAL EL PASO...EL PASO...VINTON...FORT BLISS...SANTA TERESA...
CANUTILLO...WESTWAY...ANTHONY GAP AND FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS STATE PARK.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3171 10637 3174 10639 3175 10642 3176 10646
3175 10648 3175 10649 3178 10653 3179 10663
3185 10674 3205 10654 3187 10621 3170 10635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 035DEG 7KT 3187 10635
LANEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
126 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NMZ411-TXZ418-419-272000-
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY NM-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TX-
EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY TX-
126 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DONA ANA AND
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM MDT...
AT 126 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FORT BLISS...OR NEAR CENTRAL EL PASO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNLAND PARK...WEST EL PASO...NORTHEAST EL PASO...CENTRAL EL PASO...
EL PASO...FORT BLISS...SANTA TERESA...CANUTILLO AND FRANKLIN
MOUNTAINS STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3176 10645 3175 10649 3178 10653 3178 10664
3185 10674 3199 10648 3184 10626 3174 10640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 067DEG 12KT 3183 10644
LANEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
144 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0143 PM TSTM WND GST KELP 31.81N 106.38W
06/27/2015 M55 MPH EL PASO TX ASOS
&&
EVENT NUMBER EPZ1500086
BIRDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 207 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015 NMZ407-411-272045- SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- 207 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN DONA ANA AND EASTERN LUNA COUNTIES... AT 207 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKELA...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY AND EASTERN SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN COUNTIES. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3207 10721 3205 10695 3180 10725 3196 10745 TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 062DEG 16KT 3199 10718 LANEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
234 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NMZ407-411-272115-
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES
BASIN-
234 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN DONA ANA
AND SOUTHEASTERN LUNA COUNTIES...
AT 234 PM MDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 7 MILES EAST OF
COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3190 10792 3202 10751 3179 10729 3178 10731
3178 10783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 055DEG 12KT 3183 10751
LANEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
244 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NMZ411-TXZ418-419-272115-
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-WESTERN EL PASO
COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
244 PM MDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN DONA ANA AND CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTIES...
AT 243 PM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EAST EL PASO...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HORIZON CITY...EAST EL PASO...MISSION VALLEY...CENTRAL EL PASO...EL
PASO...SOCORRO...FORT BLISS...SPARKS AND SAN ELIZARIO.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3157 10628 3162 10630 3169 10635 3171 10637
3174 10639 3176 10645 3176 10647 3175 10648
3175 10649 3178 10653 3179 10658 3191 10634
3167 10614 3156 10627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 055DEG 12KT 3176 10631
LANEYThe El Paso radar (KEPZ), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 35 foot pine tree was blown down at intersection of Trawood and George Dieter.
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