Severe thunderstorms affected the plains southeastern New Mexico during the late evening of the 2nd. These storms were characterized by bow-shaped radar structures, and produced damaging winds near Hobbs.
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Severe thunderstorms affected the plains southeastern New Mexico during the late evening of the 2nd. These storms were characterized by bow-shaped radar structures, and produced damaging winds near Hobbs. In addition, severe winds spread across Lovington as strong pressure gradients developed in the wake of the convection. Damage was limited to trees, power lines, and poles. No injuries 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 2, 7:42 PM MST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 942 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 .UPDATE... IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM NOW COMING OUT OF NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA WILL ACT UPON A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SEVERE CONVECTION TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA. SCATTERED SUPERCELLS SHOULD MORPH INTO A LINEAR MCS AS COLD POOLS CONSOLIDATE BENEATH RESPECTABLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR. AM UPDATING GRIDS RAISE POP AND QPF SUBSTANTIALLY. TEXT PRODUCTS OUT SOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005/ SHORT TERM... SURFACE DEW POINTS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST NOTABLE DROP IN DEW POINTS ENDING 19Z HAS BEEN ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE DRYLINE IS BECOMING A LITTLE MORE APPARENT ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SAID FEATURE ROUGHLY ALONG A KCNM-KINK-KMRF LINE AT 19Z. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY LOOP CONTINUES TO SHOW A CLOSED LOW TRANSLATING EAST OVER THE NORTHERN BAJA PENINSULA/GULF OF CALIFORNIA...WITH SUBTROPICAL CIRRUS SHIELD AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE ENCOMPASSING ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE 18Z KMAF SOUNDING...WHICH COMPARES RELATIVELY WELL WITH THE NAM-BUFR FORECAST SOUNDING...DOES SHOW AN INVERSION IN THE 850-800MB LAYER. THIS INVERSION IS CERTAINLY BREAKABLE WITH A FEW DEGREES OF HEATING. WE BELIEVE THE MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THIS AFTERNOON AND THUS PROVIDE A CAPPING INVERSION TO LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...WITH STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING ACROSS THE AREA...THE AIRMASS EAST OF THE DRYLINE WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND EAST OF A PANTHER JUNCTION TO FORT STOCKTON TO BIG SPRING LINE. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS COVERED AND OVERALL...LITTLE CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE EVENING FORECAST. CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR FAVORABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR A ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER AS LARGE SCALE FORCING INCREASES OVER THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CLOSED LOW. SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS ARE TAKING PLACE ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THIS WILL ALLOW THE DRYLINE TO QUICKLY RETREAT WESTWARD BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MID-LEVEL COOLING WILL SERVE TO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES FURTHER AS SHEAR PROFILES BECOME FAVORABLE FOR A LINEAR COMPLEX OF STORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. LONG TERM... THE LAST COUPLE MODEL RUNS HAVE COME CLOSER TOGETHER ON THE TIMING OF A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE INTO OUR FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. I CURRENTLY FAVOR THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER NAM SOLUTION. THIS SHORTWAVE...CURRENTLY CROSSING THE BAY OF CALIFORNIA SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO... REACHING FAR WEST TEXAS BY AROUND 12Z EARLY TOMORROW MORNING... THEN MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...MID LEVEL COOLING WILL ALLOW FOR THE CAP TO ERODE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE...FROM LEA COUNTY TO CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. WITH CAPE VALUES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1500 TO 2500 J/KG RANGE EAST OF THE DRYLINE OVERNIGHT AND LIFTED INDICES AROUND -4 TO -6...EXPECT THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS OVERNIGHT AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE MAIN THREAT STILL APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL...0-6 KM SHEAR AND BRN SHEAR VALUES SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...WOULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVERNIGHT. BASED ON CURRENT DEW POINT TRENDS...THE NAM CONTINUES TO OVERDUE THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WHICH CAUSES PROGGED NAM CAPE VALUES TO EXCEED 5000 J/KG IN SOME LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT. THE GFS LOOKS TO BE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB WITH THIS MOISTURE (SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS)...AND FAVOR ITS MODERATE INSTABILITY SOLUTION. HOWEVER...THE NAM SOLUTION FOR THE TIMING OF THE SHORTWAVE STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK WILL RESULT IN A SERIES MID LEVEL SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW A SURFACE TROUGH AND THE DRYLINE TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA...WITH MOISTURE OCCASIONALLY BEING PULLED BACK TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS IN ADVANCE OF ADVANCING SHORTWAVES. THE CURRENT FORECAST ALREADY TRENDS THAT DIRECTION. OVERALL...WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT FORECASTS... PRIMARILY TO THE DEW POINT AND TEMPERATURE GRIDS. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 01/70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 951 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-040251- 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- 951 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 (851 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE LOCATED FROM LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO TO FORT STOCKTON TO EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY. WITH MODERATE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... 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 747 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 TXZ058-074-030130- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS TX- 747 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL REEVES AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH AT 747 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 FROM MILE MARKER 5 TO MILE MARKER 45. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL REEVES AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 948 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 TXZ057-058-074-075-080-030330- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-PECOS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- 948 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR WESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY AND EASTERN REEVES COUNTY... AS OF 945 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED OVER RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY AND WESTERN REEVES COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. IF YOU SEE FLOODED ROADWAYS....TURN AROUND. DON/T DROWN. 02
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1027 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 TXZ079>081-030400- BIG BEND AREA TX-MARFA PLATEAU TX-PRESIDIO VALLEY TX- 1027 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR BREWSTER...PRESIDIO AND WESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERSIMMON GAP AT 1027 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALREADY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. FURTHER INTENSIFICATION IS LIKELY. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE MARFA PLATEAU AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD TO THE BIG BEND REGION. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. PLEASE STAY APPRISED OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1050 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-030600- 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- 1050 PM CDT (950 PM MDT) THU JUN 2 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... A SIGNIFICANT EPISODE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES...IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AS OF LATE EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO A VOLITALE AIRMASS OVER THE TRANS PECOS AND THE PERMIAN BASIN LATER TONIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER MAY BEGIN TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... INCLUDING THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT AND MONITOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REMEMBER YOUR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:21 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The automated fire weather observing station at Paduca (located on the Eddy and Lea County line) recorded 65 MPH wind gusts as a complex of thunderstorms propagated over the southeastern New Mexico plains.
The automated fire weather observing station at Paduca (located on the Eddy and Lea County line) recorded 65 MPH wind gusts as a complex of thunderstorms propagated over the southeastern New Mexico plains.
Damaging thunderstorm winds struck the Hobbs vicinity around 22:00 MST. Law enforcement officials estimated that winds gusted to 60 MPH near the Hobbs Airport at 21:45 MST. The severe thunderstorm winds spread east into the city during the next fifteen minutes, downing large trees and power lines. Downed power lines left the southern half of the city without electricity by 23:00 MST. The thunderstorm winds were followed by large hail.
Quarter size hail was reported in Hobbs following the onset of damaging thunderstorm winds. No damage reported was attributed to the hail.
A swath of high winds propagated over portions of Lea County in the wake of the severe convective complex. These winds were likely associated with tight surface pressure gradients behind the storms (possibly a mesoscale high), and not a direct result of the severe thunderstorms. The winds damaged trees and utility poles in Lovington.
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