Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy
- When
- June 23, 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Carlsbad
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.417, -104.233
Power lines blown down.
Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, June 23, 2001
Afternoon thunderstorms developed over the mountains of Southeast New Mexico and became severe by evening after they moved onto the plains. At least one of these storms developed into a supercell that produced damaging wind and golfball size hail.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Afternoon thunderstorms developed over the mountains of Southeast New Mexico and became severe by evening after they moved onto the plains. At least one of these storms developed into a supercell that produced damaging wind and golfball size hail.
What forecasters said that day
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 1:11 PM MST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:11 PM MST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 311 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2001 PLENTY OF MILD CONVECTION FIRING IN NW CWA THIS AFTERNOON...MOST LIKELY ALONG SFC BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FM LAST NIGHT/S MCS. FURTHER W...DIURNAL CONVECTION IS FIRING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AS WELL. GOES SOUNDINGS SHOW NEGATIVE LI/S/GOOD CAPES AREAWIDE... WITH BEST INSTABILITIES IN THE NE ZONES. MESOETA 18Z RUN HAS A 45+KT H85 JET SETTING UP BY 09Z OVR KMAF...AND THIS SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION GOING FOR AWHILE. DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IS LOUSY AT WSMN5...AND NOT AS PRONOUNCED AT TCUN5...SO DO NOT EXPECT A REPEAT MCS AS LAST NIGHT/S. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THE CURRENT SITUATION...WILL LEAVE 1ST PD POPS PRETTY MUCH AS THE ARE. THETA-E RIDGE TO REMAIN STRONG OVER WRN PART OF THE CWA SUN...AND CANNOT RULE OUT POPS THEN OMTNS AND ADJACENT PLAINS...CARRYING ON INTO THE EVENING. WILL CONTINUE THIS INTO MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THE RIDGE WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY BY THEN...AND ANYTHING THAT FIRES WILL BE DUE TO OROGRAPHICS/HEATING...AS UPPER LVL RIDGE ELONGATES NEWD AND SHUNTS SHORTWAVE ELSEWHERE. GUIDANCE TEMPS CONTINUE TO REMAIN TOO COOL...ESP ON OVERNIGHT LOWS. HIGHS ARE BETTER...BUT WILL REMAIN ON THE HIGH SIDE OF THEM AS WELL. WARMEST TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE NW UNDER THE THETA-E RIDGE SUNDAY...AND COOL A LITTLE MONDAY AS RIDGE WEAKENS. EXTENDED LOOKS FINE...W/RIDGING TO PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK...AND TEMPS TO REMAIN STAGNANT. THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE BELOW IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO ZONE FORECAST. MAF 71/94/69/95 3000 LSA 67/90/65/90 3000 6R6 71/95/68/92 3000 MRF 62/92/57/87 4121 CNM 70/99/67/96 3212 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:00 PM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-240300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2001 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL MAINTAIN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THIS REGIME WILL FAVOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING. .THREATS... THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARN7INGS...ADVISORIES...AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE MIDLAND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE... CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MAF
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lea
- When
- June 23, 6:08 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Hobbs
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -103.133
Hail, Lea
- When
- June 23, 6:08 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Hobbs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -103.133
Hail, Lea
- When
- June 23, 6:17 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Hobbs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -103.133
Thunderstorm Wind, Lea
- When
- June 23, 6:40 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Hobbs
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -103.133
Power poles and trees blown down. Power knocked out to much of city.
Flash Flood, Lea
- When
- June 23, 6:51 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lea County, Hobbs
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water up to three feet deep in city streets.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Connecticut, June 23, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 23 to 28, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, June 23, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 23 to 25, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 23 to 24, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flooding in New York, June 23 to 24, 2001
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 23, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 23, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 23, 2001
- Hail in Montana, June 23, 2001
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2001
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: 5252071, 5252072, 5252073, 5252074, 5252075, 5252076.