A dry Monsoon Season brought Severe(D2) drought to Hudspeth County in August.
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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 dry Monsoon Season brought Severe(D2) drought to Hudspeth County in August.
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 15, 10:26 AM MST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 1126 AM MDT Tue Aug 15 2023 ...New AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 312 AM MDT Tue Aug 15 2023 Drier air will begin to work into the region today. We will see lower rain chances today through Friday with higher afternoon temperatures. High temperatures on Thursday and Friday will run 5 to 10 degrees above average. For next weekend, we will continue to see very warm high temperatures with just a slight chance for afternoon and evening thunderstorms. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 312 AM MDT Tue Aug 15 2023 After another day with isolated to scattered thunderstorms on Monday, we will see less storm coverage today. Upper level high pressure will begin to build into the region this morning. This ridge will suppress some of the convection and will help push some of the moisture westward into Arizona. There will be plenty of moisture trapped under the ridge, so I do think we will see isolated thunderstorms today and Wednesday, with scattered storms in area mountains. We saw some of the "coolest" temperatures this summer yesterday, but today, with the ridge aloft, we will see things start to warm up. High temperatures today and Wednesday will run around 5 degrees above average. For Thursday and Friday, we will see the upper level ridge slowly begin to drift off into Oklahoma. The circulation around the ridge will continue to keep most of the moisture in Arizona. High temperatures both days will be 5 to 10 degrees above average, with many lowland locations near or a little above the triple digit mark. While we will have lower rain chances, they won't be zero. We will continue to see a slight chance for rain, especially in area mountains. For the weekend into the first of next week, we will see a strong southeast flow across the region. Which keeps all of the pacific moisture to our west, but eventually starts to pull in some Gulf of Mexico moisture. But rain chances will continue to stay low for Saturday through Monday with high temperatures dropping a few degrees. We will also see breezy southeast surface winds this weekend. The extended GFS tries to bring some moisture and better rain chances into the region for the start of next week, but the ECMWF keeps us on the dry side of things (literally). && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1121 AM MDT Tue Aug 15 2023 VFR conditions are expected through the period across all of the TAF sites with CIG FEW090-SCT250. There will be periods of SKC. The winds will be generally light through the end of the period with at times some gustiness at all of the terminals until 00Z Wednesday. The winds will become less gusty thereafter. There will be no reduction in the VSBY across the runways. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 312 AM MDT Tue Aug 15 2023 Today will begin a drying and warming trend, but we will still see a chance for afternoon and evening thunderstorms, mainly in area mountains, through the end of the week. Min RH's today will be in the 20's in the lowlands and in the 30's in the mountains. We will slowly dry out as we move through the week and into next weekend so that by Friday min RH's in the lowlands will be in the teens and in the 20's in area mountains. Winds look to stay below critical levels, but by the end of the week and into next weekend we could see some low end gusty southeast winds. Vent rates will range from good to very good over the next couple of days. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... El Paso 98 76 99 76 / 10 0 0 10 Sierra Blanca 88 66 91 67 / 20 10 10 0 Las Cruces 95 70 97 71 / 10 10 0 10 Alamogordo 92 67 94 69 / 30 10 10 10 Cloudcroft 69 50 71 53 / 50 10 40 10 Truth or Consequences 92 69 94 71 / 20 10 10 10 Silver City 87 64 89 66 / 40 20 20 10 Deming 95 69 97 69 / 10 10 0 10 Lordsburg 93 70 96 70 / 20 30 10 20 West El Paso Metro 96 75 97 76 / 10 10 0 10 Dell City 93 68 96 69 / 10 0 10 0 Fort Hancock 96 70 98 71 / 10 10 0 10 Loma Linda 88 68 90 69 / 10 10 10 0 Fabens 95 71 97 72 / 10 0 0 0 Santa Teresa 94 71 96 71 / 10 10 0 10 White Sands HQ 94 73 96 74 / 10 10 10 10 Jornada Range 93 67 94 70 / 10 10 10 10 Hatch 94 68 96 69 / 20 10 10 10 Columbus 94 70 96 71 / 10 10 0 10 Orogrande 92 66 94 68 / 10 10 10 10 Mayhill 81 56 83 58 / 50 10 40 10 Mescalero 79 53 82 56 / 60 10 40 10 Timberon 79 53 80 55 / 40 10 30 10 Winston 81 58 83 60 / 40 10 30 10 Hillsboro 91 64 94 66 / 30 10 10 10 Spaceport 92 66 94 68 / 20 10 10 10 Lake Roberts 86 56 88 58 / 50 30 30 20 Hurley 92 65 94 66 / 20 10 10 10 Cliff 95 59 97 61 / 40 30 30 10 Mule Creek 89 64 91 66 / 40 30 30 20 Faywood 90 66 92 68 / 20 10 10 10 Animas 94 67 96 69 / 30 30 20 20 Hachita 93 67 95 68 / 20 20 10 10 Antelope Wells 93 66 95 67 / 20 20 10 10 Cloverdale 89 66 91 66 / 30 40 20 20 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && FORECASTER...36-Texeira
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 1121 AM MDT Tue Aug 15 2023 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-161730- 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- 1121 AM MDT Tue Aug 15 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms in the mountains, and isolated in the lowlands again today. Local areas of heavy rain and minor flooding. Pea size hail and wind gusts 35-45 mph are also possible with any storm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... Isolated mountain thunderstorms, and a slight chance of thunderstorms over the lowlands. Temperatures warming up again. Otherwise, no hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The entire zone went from Moderate(D1) drought to Severe(D2) drought.
The entire zone went from Abnormally Dry(D0) drought to Severe(D2) drought.
The entire zone went from Abnormally Dry(D0) drought to Severe(D2) drought.
The entire zone went from Abnormally Dry(D0) drought to Severe(D2) drought.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2023
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: 1135016, 1135017, 1135018, 1135019.