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Article: Meteorological aspects of south-central and southwestern New Mexico and far western Texas flash floods.
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- National Weather Digest
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Abstract
Deep convection that produces excessive rainfall and flash flooding poses a threat to lives and property over south-central and southwestern New Mexico and far western Texas, primarily during the summer monsoon season. Forecasting these phenomena are difficult across this region due to the irregular terrain, the sparse data and the relatively poor performance of numerical models in the prediction of heavy rain across the southwestern United States. This study, therefore, examines meteorological aspects of flash flood-producing convection for this area over a 30-year period.
Climatologically, it was found the vast majority of flash floods ...