Dust Devil in New Mexico, June 6, 2005

Name: Dust Devil in New Mexico, June 6, 2005
Start: 2005-06-06T14:00
End: 2005-06-06T14:00
Location: New Mexico

June 6, 2005 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dust devil, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 1:35 PM MST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:35 PM MST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
235 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE WEATHER IN PROGRESS ACROSS E PLAINS SO THIS
MUST BE SHORT. DRYLINE STORMS HAVING DEVELOPED MEANS SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN POPS FOR E PLAINS...E OF A RATON TO DUNKEN LINE...FOR
THIS EVENING. WHILE DRYLINE MAY BE SLOW TO ADVANCE EWRD TONIGHT...
BUT ALL INDICATIONS STILL ARE THAT IT WILL EXIT THE STATE BEFORE
ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN TUE AFTERNOON. MAY WELL BE A CLOSE
CALL SO LATER MODEL RUNS AND ACTUAL WEATHER TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED CLOSELY AS SEVERE WX PUT A HALT TO FURTHER ANALYSIS AND
GRIDS TWEAKING A LITTLE WHILE AGO. DRY TREND STATEWIDE SHOULD
HOLD FROM TUE INTO AT LEAST THU BEFORE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHARPENING IN
LONG WAVE TROUGH TO W OF NM HELPS DRAW SOME MOISTURE BACK WESTWARD
INTO THE E THIRD TO POSSIBLY HALF OF NM. SOME INCREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS TUE AND POSSIBLY INTO WED BEFORE BACKING OFF SOME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  50  83  48  84 /   0   0   0   0
GALLUP..........................  44  80  41  81 /   0   0   0   0
GRANTS..........................  45  84  43  84 /   0   0   0   0
GLENWOOD........................  46  88  49  89 /   0   0   0   0
CHAMA...........................  35  74  35  75 /   0   0   0   0
LOS ALAMOS......................  44  81  45  81 /   0   0   0   0
RED RIVER.......................  39  71  36  69 /   0   0   0   0
TAOS............................  41  81  38  81 /   0   0   0   0
SANTA FE........................  45  82  45  81 /   0   0   0   0
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  48  85  48  84 /   0   0   0   0
ESPANOLA........................  46  86  47  87 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  59  89  59  88 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  56  90  56  89 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  57  87  57  86 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  58  89  58  89 /   0   0   0   0
SOCORRO.........................  56  91  57  91 /   0   0   0   0
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  53  80  52  79 /   0   0   0   0
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  51  85  49  85 /   0   0   0   0
CARRIZOZO.......................  54  92  55  90 /   0   0   0   0
RUIDOSO.........................  57  84  54  84 /   0   0   0   0
RATON...........................  46  83  46  83 /   0   0   0   0
LAS VEGAS.......................  47  83  47  82 /   0   0   0   0
ROY.............................  52  87  53  85 /  30   0   0   0
CLAYTON.........................  57  90  57  89 /  30   0   0   0
SANTA ROSA......................  55  94  57  94 /  30   0   0   0
TUCUMCARI.......................  62  96  61  96 /  40   0   0   0
FORT SUMNER.....................  59  96  61  95 /  40   0   0   0
CLOVIS..........................  62  94  60  94 /  40   0   0   0
PORTALES........................  63  95  59  95 /  40   0   0   0
ROSWELL.........................  64  98  63  99 /  40   0   0   0

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM UNTIL 7 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:00 AM MST, 9 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

NMZ001>021-026-071200-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
540 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FAR
EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE DRYLINE AND
MOVE EAST AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES EAST. ALSO...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS INCREASE AND
MOISTURE DECREASES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS MOISTURE DROPS OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES
OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS...THEREFORE A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:40 PM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
140 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

NMZ004>007-011>013-016>021-026-070300-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA
VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY
COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF
CHAVES COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO
VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
140 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
419 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES

  CHAVES          COLFAX          CURRY           DE BACA
  GUADALUPE       HARDING         LINCOLN         MORA
  QUAY            ROOSEVELT       SAN MIGUEL      UNION

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA. REMAIN ALERT AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION.

DPORTER

Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:51 PM MST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
251 PM MDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     HAIL             15 SW ROY               35.79N 104.39W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        SAN MIGUEL         NM   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN SABINOSO AT 215 PM AND 245 PM.

0245 PM     HAIL             15 SW ROY               35.79N 104.39W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        SAN MIGUEL         NM   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN SABINOSO AT 215 PM AND 245 PM.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.

Dust Devil, Santa Fe

When: June 6, 2:00 PM MST
Where: Santa Fe County, Edgewood
Measured: 65
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.507, -105.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A large dust devil tossed lawn furniture about 200 feet.

What these are

Dust Devil: A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5454280.