Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- July 18, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 8 mi SSW of Carlsbad
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -104.280
Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 18, 1996
Winds from a wet microburst damaged seven mobile home, including removing the roof from one of them. Telephone poles were knocked down as well.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Winds from a wet microburst damaged seven mobile home, including removing the roof from one of them. Telephone poles were knocked down as well.
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 192 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 20, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 18 to 19, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 1996
Sources
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: 5577330.