A moist southeast flow imported low level moisture while an upper disturbance moved in from the north, triggering numerous severe thunderstorms over the southwest portion of New Mexico.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
A moist southeast flow imported low level moisture while an upper disturbance moved in from the north, triggering numerous severe thunderstorms over the southwest portion of New Mexico.
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 1:20 PM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 220 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE BORDERLAND WILL ALLOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT SOME ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS LOW LEVEL WEST WINDS DEVELOP...BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. THE DRYING PATTERN CONTINUES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH SKIES REMAINING MOSTLY CLEAR HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH DESERT ELEVATIONS LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. && .DISCUSSION... STORMY SITUATION STILL SLOW IN EVOLVING BUT SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS. SYNOPTICALLY...WEAK UPPER LOW STILL SITTING OVER THE BAJA WITH WEAK SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE CWA. WEAK UPPER TROUGH STRETCHING OUT OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO... LOOKED TO BE HINDERED IN MOVEMENT THIS MORNING FROM STORM TOP OUTFLOW/GRAVITY WAVES FROM LAST NIGHTS WEST TEXAS STORMS...BUT NOW IS SLOWLY APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST CWA AND HELPING DEVELOP SOME FAIRLY STRONG STORMS NOW UP OVER GILA WILDERNESS AREA. ON THE SUB-SYNOPTIC SCALE HEAVY RAINFALL IN HUDSPETH COUNTY THIS MORNING FROM STRONG STORMS HAS SENT OUT A LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH STABILIZING EFFECT OVER EL PASO...DONA ANA AND SOUTHER OTERO COUNTIES. STILL EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AREA THOUGH THEY MAY TAKE SEVERAL MORE HOURS BEFORE FORMING. IN THE SHORT TERM EXPECT GRANT AND SIERRA COUNTIES TO BE MOST ACTIVE FROM COMBINATION OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REACHING THAT AREA AND THE UPPER TROUGH ALSO APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. OVERALL SEVERE WX PARAMETERS STILL LOOK GOOD. GOOD DIRECTIONAL SHEAR ALONG WITH RELATIVELY HIGH CAPE VALUES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. ALSO PWS REMAIN AROUND 150-170% OF NORMAL SO FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES. DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES IN FORECAST IN DAY 2 ON. SATURDAY STILL LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY ACTIVE AS MOISTURE STAYS IN PLACE...EXCEPT MAYBE A BIT OF DRYING FAR WEST. STRONGER DRYING TAKES PLACE SUNDAY AND MONDAY SO LOWERING TREND IN POPS LOOKS GOOD. ONLY CHANGES MADE IN FORECAST WAS WED/THUR PERIOD AS GFS CONTINUES TO FLIP FLOP ON BACK DOOR PUSH. THE WEST WARD PUSH NICKS THE THE SAC MTNS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. JUST BEEFED CLOUDS UP A LITTLE...NO OTHER WEATHER MENTIONED...UNTIL MODEL BECOMES MORE CONSISTENT WITH FEATURE. && .AVIATION...VALID 26/00Z-27/00Z... MVFR CIGS AND VSBY NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 65 84 64 87 63 / 50 30 30 20 20 SIERRA BLANCA TX 63 82 62 85 59 / 50 40 40 30 20 LAS CRUCES 62 85 62 86 60 / 50 30 30 20 20 ALAMOGORDO 61 82 62 90 59 / 50 40 40 20 20 CLOUDCROFT 44 61 45 65 43 / 60 40 40 30 20 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 61 84 60 86 57 / 50 30 30 20 10 SILVER CITY 54 77 55 80 52 / 40 30 30 10 10 DEMING 62 85 62 87 59 / 50 30 30 20 10 LORDSBURG 62 88 62 87 59 / 20 20 20 10 10 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17 HEFNER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 605 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-261215- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 605 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL FUEL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCH HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND DRAINAGES NEAR THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN ON SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS MOISTURE LEVELS GRADUALLY LOWER FROM WEST TO EAST. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS EAST THE RIO GRANDE ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ONGOING WEATHER IN THEIR AREA. LUNDEEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 231 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-252330- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES... ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...LORDSBURG... DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY 231 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2007 ...STRONG SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS SIERRA AND GRANT COUNTIES...WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS OVER HUDSPETH COUNTY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE CREATED CONDITIONS THAT WILL INHIBIT STORMS IN AREAS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SOUTH OF LAS CRUCES UNTIL AFTER 5 PM. IN ADDITION...STORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF VERY SLOW MOVEMENT COUPLED WITH HIGH RAINFALL RATES. AS SUCH...THE RISK OF LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACCOMPANY AREA STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATEST INFORMATION AS THIS WEATHER PATTERN DEVELOPS. PIEPER
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 UTC.
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to half dollar size covered the ground in mainly extreme north and northwest Silver City. At least one broken window (and minor injury from the broken glass) was reported.
Nickel size hail fell in Hurley.
Golf ball size hail fell on Interstate 10 west of Deming.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, May 2007
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: 37109, 37130, 37127, 37147, 37151.