Severe thunderstorms affected parts of southeast New Mexico during the evening of the 5th. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds were reported.
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Severe thunderstorms affected parts of southeast New Mexico during the evening of the 5th. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds were reported.
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 5, 12:25 PM MST, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
225 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003
ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE NEXT IN SERIES
OF STRONG SHORTWAVES IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TRANSLATES SOUTHEAST
OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE TEXAS ROLLING PLAINS. ACTIVITY
HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON SO FAR WITH THE ATMOSPHERE
IN THE RECOVERING STAGES FROM LAST NIGHTS EPISODE. BELIEVE THE FURTHER
SOUTH GFS QPF PLAUSIBLE AS DECENT HEATING IS ONGOING ACROSS EASTERN
NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. IN ADDITION A NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE
WILL DEVELOP A SOUTHWARD MOVING FRONT TONIGHT THAT SHOULD HELP PROPAGATE
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SOUTHWARD AS WELL. WE WILL HOIST A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN BASIN AS THIS AREA WILL BE TARGETED
WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS...THIS AREA HAS BEEN WORKED OVER IN THE LAST
WEEK WITH DECENT RAINFALL. WILL ALSO MENTION SEVERE WORDING PER
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY.
REGION WILL REMAINED MOIST AND UNSTABLE BEHIND THE FRONT AS WELL
AS AHEAD OF IT IN THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SOME ADDITIONAL
SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY SPARK SOME WIDELY
SCATTERED ACTIVITY. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT POPS FRIDAY NIGHT IN
THE MOUNTAINS WITH FRONT IN THE AREA AND INSTABILITY IN UPSLOPE
FLOW.
COULD BE A BREATHER MOST AREAS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AHEAD
OF THE NEXT NORTHERN STREAM COLD FRONT. THE ETA IS QUICKER
WITH THE FRONT LATE SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT AND LOOKS REASONABLE
GIVEN THE PATTERN LATELY. WILL GO WITH A SLIGHT POP SATURDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT
IN GOOD CONVERGENCE AND NO CAP. WILL SPREAD POPS SOUTHWARD
SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES SOUTH IN GOOD CONVERGENCE
AND ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY.
WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT POPS SUNDAY AS A MOIST AND UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL
EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WITH YET MORE
SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE MID
LEVEL HEIGHT GRADIENT.
BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY A LEE TROUGH/DRY LINE WILL TAKE SHAPE...
WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT POPS AS MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES MAY BE
COOL ENOUGH FOR CONVERGENCE TO BREAK THE CAP DESPITE RISING HEIGHTS.
WILL GO DRY THURSDAY AS MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WARM SIGNIFICANTLY.
MAF 064/083 062/089 064 1262-
CNM 061/084 062/092 064 1252-
MRF 057/080 054/084 054 12322
FST 065/085 065/091 065 1252-
.MAF...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT NORTHERN AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN
TXZ045>048-050>053-061>063-069>070.
NM...NONE.
12NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-061000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 330 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND MOVE OUT ONTO THE PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND MOVE SOUTH INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THIS COMPLEX WILL THEN MOVE OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING THREATEN YOUR AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH /WGUS64 KMAF/ ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/maf.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-060600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 803 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING (MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY MORNING) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...BORDEN...DAWSON...GAINES...HOWARD...MARTIN...MITCHELL AND SCURRY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... EDDY AND LEA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports of blown down trees and power lines were received from the city of Carlsbad. One tree was a forty feet tall pine tree which was twenty inches in diameter. A 58 MPH severe thunderstorm wind gust was recorded at the Carlsbad Airport.
The public reported a large amount of penny size hail falling near Tatum. Reports indicated the hail killed birds, which then fell out of trees onto the ground.
A severe thunderstorm wind gust of 75 MPH was recorded at the Lovington Airport. No significant damage was reported.
A trained weather spotter reported severe thunderstorm winds which resulted in downed power lines in the city of Hobbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2003
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: 5363625, 5363624, 5363623, 5363621, 5363622.