Thunderstorms resulted in severe wind gusts across parts of southeast New Mexico during the afternoon of the 9th. The most significant damage was in the south parts of Carlsbad.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms resulted in severe wind gusts across parts of southeast New Mexico during the afternoon of the 9th. The most significant damage was in the south parts of Carlsbad.
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 9, 9:12 AM MST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1112 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002 SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA A LITTLE STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED DUE TO WANING LOW LEVEL JET AND TIGHTER SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT EAST OF SURFACE TROUGH. WILL SEND AN UPDATE MOMENTARILY TO UP WINDS MOST GROUPS. DRYLINE SHOULD SHARPEN AND MAKE EASTWARD PROGRESS TO EAST OF THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO STATELINE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD SEE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/INSTABILITY ALONG DRYLINE TO WARRANT ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY...WITH OUTSIDE CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS FROM ANY OF THE STORMS. TEMPERATURES AND SKY CONDITION LOOK GOOD. .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. AKL
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-101000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 220 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR THE TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH HEATING... INSTABILITY...AND MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE TO PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A TATUM...HOBBS...FORT STOCKTON... MARFA LINE. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD GENERATE STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH DUE TO INTENSE SURFACE HEATING AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY. OTHERWISE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. AKL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm produced a microburst over the south side of Carlsbad. Local media reported part of the roof of a local convinience store was destroyed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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