An isolated severe thunderstorm moved across Eddy County producing damaging winds from seven miles south of Carlsbad to Otis.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm moved across Eddy County producing damaging winds from seven miles south of Carlsbad to Otis.
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 Jul 6, 11:25 AM MST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 125 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005 .SHORT TERM... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO RETROGRADE WEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA MEXICO AT 18Z. MID LEVEL CLOUDS REMNANT FROM THIS MORNING/S MCS OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO STILL EXTEND ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION. WINDS BRIEFLY BACKED TO THE NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS OUTFLOW ADVANCED SOUTHWEST...BUT WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OVER MOST LOCATIONS. NEW CONVECTION IS NOTED ON VISIBLE SATELLITE AND KMAF RADAR OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NEAR RUIDOSO AT 18Z. THIS CORRESPONDS WELL TO A SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE TOP OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. EXPECT THE CONVECTION OVER THESE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. OTHER CONVECTION ALSO MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE GIVEN GOOD INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES BETWEEN 30-40 KNOTS. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AN OLD BOUNDARY FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS...SIMILAR TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP LOW ORDER CHANCES OF THUNDER GOING PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO/GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AREAS WHERE COVERAGE SHOULD BE GREATEST. CONVECTION SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND WILL ONLY CARRY 10-20 PCT GRIDDED POPS FOR THE EVENING. WILL CONTINUE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT AS ANOTHER MCS THAT BECOMES ORGANIZED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE MAY CLIP THESE AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...FOLLOWED PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH ONLY A FEW EDITS MADE TO MIN TEMP...WIND...AND DEWPOINT GRIDS. .LONG TERM... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS WILL RETROGRADE TO THE SOUTHWEST LEAVING THE CWA IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS SCENARIO WILL SUBJECT THE NORTHERN CWA TO MCS/S THAT DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN COLORADO AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE PLAINS. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SE NM THURSDAY NIGHT. ON FRIDAY WILL INCLUDE POPS OVER MOST OF THE CWA AS AN UPPER LEVEL VORT MAX MOVES ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE RIDGE OVER THE AREA. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND AS NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE CWA AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK A TROPICAL STORM...CURRENTLY IN THE CARIBBEAN MAY IMPACT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP ESTABLISH NORTHEAST FLOW OVER THE CWA. ALSO THE CWA WILL BE ON THE SUBSIDENT SIDE OVER THE TROPICAL SYSTEM...SO WILL CONFINE POPS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WILL LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF OVER THE CWA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 68 98 73 94 / 30 10 30 20 CARLSBAD NM 71 103 71 102 / 30 10 30 20 DRYDEN TX 71 101 75 98 / 10 0 20 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 73 101 74 98 / 20 10 20 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 96 71 94 / 30 10 20 20 HOBBS NM 71 103 71 100 / 30 10 30 20 MARFA TX 58 96 63 93 / 20 0 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 69 99 74 97 / 20 10 20 20 ODESSA TX 70 100 74 98 / 20 10 20 20 WINK TX 75 106 74 104 / 30 10 30 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 21/54
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-071000- ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES- GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER- 145 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005 (1245 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN HAZARDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. ANOTHER LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME ORGANIZED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT...AND MAY MOVE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AGAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A FEW EMBEDDED STORMS WITHIN THIS COMPLEX COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. 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 (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 620 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2005 NMZ028-062345- EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM- 520 PM MDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD AT 520 PM MDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. LOCALIZED STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole and line were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds south of Carlsbad at the intersection of Old Cavern Highway and Wagon Wheel Road.
Several reports were received of winds gusting to 60 miles per hour along U.S. Highway 285 from Carlsbad to Malaga. The final report was a measured wind gust of 62 miles per hour.
Power outages were reported throughout Otis as a result of downed power lines from thunderstorm winds.
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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: 5463140, 5463141, 5463142.