Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 11, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 11, 2001
Start: 2001-05-11T17:55
End: 2001-05-11T17:55
Location: New Mexico

May 11, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Cooperative observer estimated gusts to 70 mph and Roswell Police reported hail to one-half inch from a strong storm.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 ABQ wrote it up.

Cooperative observer estimated gusts to 70 mph and Roswell Police reported hail to one-half inch from a strong storm.

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 Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 11, 3:35 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:35 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
435 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2001

AFTERNOON GOT PRETTY ACTIVE SO THIS TO BE A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THE
NORM...FOR ME AT LEAST. WEAK COLD FRONT HAS BACKED UP TO NEAR OR A
LITTLE WAYS EITHER SIDE OF CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. EXPECT IT...AIDED
BY OUTFLOW FROM LINE OF STORMS JUST E OF CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...TO
GET TO NEAR OR JUST E OF DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT. SO THAT WILL
INCREASE...IN RATHER SHALLOW FASHION W OF CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. WILL BE DEEPER IN E. UPSLOPE SHOULD
GENERALLY BECOME A BIT LESS BY SAT AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING E OF
CENTRAL CHAIN. BUT WITH MOISTURE IN PLACE WILL BE SOME PM STORM
DEVELOPMENT STARTING DEPENDABLY OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
FIRST. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SOMEWHAT LESS ESPECIALLY E SAT AND LI/S
TO BE MORE UNSTABLE IN W PREDICTABLY. WITH RIDGE ESTABLISHING ITSELF
OVER STATE INCREASINGLY WITH TIME CAP MAY INCREASE WITH AT LEAST A
LITTLE MID LEVEL WARMING PRETTY GOOD BET. MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE
THOUGH WITH NOTHING MUCH TO SWEEP IT OUT. GENERALLY WENT NEAR FWC
GUIDANCE MOST OF TIME FOR THIS PACKAGE. FEW CHANGES TO EXTENDED. 43

ABQ BB 57/81 56/82 A55 43123
SAF BB 48/76 48/78 47 43232
TCC BB 57/79 56/84 55 43101

.ABQ...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 1:52 PM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
252 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0235 PM    CIMARRON                  NM   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/11/01   COLFAX                         LARGE HAIL AT CITY HALL.

0250 PM    CIMARRON                  NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/11/01   COLFAX                         REPORTED BY POLI$CE.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Chaves

When: May 11, 5:55 PM MST
Where: Chaves County, Roswell
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.383, -104.517

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

Every storm in New Mexico in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, May 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: 5244418.