Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 30, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 30, 2005
Start: 2005-06-30T15:32
End: 2005-06-30T15:32
Location: New Mexico

June 30, 2005 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 12:10 PM MST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:10 PM MST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
210 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

.SHORT TERM...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRANSLATING EASTWARD AROUND THE NORTHERN
PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGE COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED TO WIDELY
SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE WESTERN
CWA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  CU DEVELOPING OVER THE SACRAMENTOS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE ONLY A THIN LINE OF ALTOCUMULUS
CASTELLANUS IS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN TO THE VAN
HORN AREA AND MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD.

HEATED HIGHER TERRAIN...ALONG WITH AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE
TROUGH...WILL PROBABLY BE ENOUGH FOR SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO
DEVELOP FORM THE GUADALUPES TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS.  IF ANY
THUNDERSTORMS DO MATERIALIZE...SOME COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AS
THE SUBCLOUD LAYER WILL BE PRETTY DRY.  THINGS A BIT MORE IFFY
FURTHER EAST WHERE WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY SQUELCH
ANYTHING THAT TRIES TO DEVELOP.

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PROBABLY TAY UP A BIT MORE OF LAST
NIGHT/S...SO HAVE RAISED MIN TEMPERATURES A LITTLE.

.LONG TERM...
FAIRLY QUIET FORECAST ANTICIPATED AGAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE FORECAST CYCLE AS THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST
UNITED STATES PUTS A DAMPER ON WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. FLY
IN OINTMENT WILL BE A SERIES OF WEAK 700 MILLIBAR TROUGHS/500 MILLIBAR
SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE RIDGE ACROSS NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE
WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE WITH WEAKENING
CAP TO GENERATE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN
SOUTH TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS IN EXTREMELY INTENSE HEATING DESPITE
WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES. WILL PLAY THIS SCENARIO THROUGH THE
WEEKEND BUT CONFINE WEATHER GRID TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN MONDAY THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST GIVEN THE LATER TIME PERIODS AND SKETCHY
DETAILS. RAISED TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEGREES MOST PERIODS PER
WARMING 850 MILLIBAR TEMPERATURES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              75 101  75 101 /   0   0   0   0
CARLSBAD NM                73 107  73 104 /  20  10  20  10
DRYDEN TX                  75 100  75  99 /   0   0   0   0
FORT STOCKTON TX           75 102  75 103 /   0   0   0  10
GUADALUPE PASS TX          75  98  75  98 /  20  10  20   0
HOBBS NM                   73 106  73 103 /  20  10  20  10
MARFA TX                   61  95  61  94 /  20  10  10  10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    73 101  73 101 /   0   0   0   0
ODESSA TX                  73 103  73 102 /   0   0   0  10
WINK TX                    77 109  77 109 /   0  10  10  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 11:15 AM MST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
115 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-011704-
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-
115 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 (1215 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005)

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...SOUTH THROUGH THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:48 PM MST, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
448 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

NMZ028-302230-
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM-
348 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY.

AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ARTESIA AT 344 PM MDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY
LIGHTNING STRIKES...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

RESIDENTS OF ARTESIA AND MOTORISTS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 82 SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY ABREAST OF THE
LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATIONS.

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The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Eddy

When: June 30, 3:32 PM MST
Where: Eddy County, Artesia
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.833, -104.400

Damaging wind gusts accompanied an isolated storm near Artesia during the afternoon of the 30th. At least one large tree was blown down in a residential area. A trained storm spotter witnessed a downburst south of the city moments before the damaging winds struck. The Automated Surface Observing System at the Artesia Airport (located several miles west of the city) measured a peak gust to 54 MPH, but wind gusts in Artesia were likely higher. No structural damage was reported.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Mexico in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, June 2005

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: 5456824.