Thunderstorms over southeast and east central New Mexico managed to produce isolated strong wind gusts that blew a roof off a barn north of Dexter in Chaves County and downed trees and large branches in Portales.
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Thunderstorms over southeast and east central New Mexico managed to produce isolated strong wind gusts that blew a roof off a barn north of Dexter in Chaves County and downed trees and large branches in Portales.
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 Jul 14, 2:06 PM MST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 306 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2011 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING WHATS LEFT OF THE MONSOONAL PLUME SQUEEZED BETWEEN A DRY SLOT TO THE WEST AND DRIER CONTINENTAL AIR MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST FROM TEXAS. DEWPOINTS HAVE PLUMMETTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE INTO THE 20S... EFFECTIVELY LIMITING ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO DEVELOP TODAY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST OFF OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN WHERE BETTER MOISTURE RESIDES. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. ON FRIDAY... THE DRY SLOT WILL NUDGE FURTHER EAST INTO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO...AND PWATS FALL BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH ACROSS THE W/NW. LOWERED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE DUE TO THE DRIER AIR AND INCREASED STABILITY. THINK THERE WILL BE SOME RECYCLING OF MOISTURE OVER THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN TO ALLOW FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED ACTIVITY...BUT EXPECT THE TREND TO BE DOWN FROM TODAYS COVERAGE. LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW ON SATURDAY SHOULD AGAIN ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL MTNS...THOUGH AS THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PUSHES BACK WESTWARD...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE A BIT ACROSS THE WEST. DIFFERENCES ARISE AT THE MID LEVELS...WHERE THE GFS USHERS IN BETTER MOISTURE THAN THE EURO FROM THE EAST. REGARDLESS... THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE SOMEWHAT ON SATURDAY OVER FRIDAY. ON SUNDAY...THE EASTERN PLAINS MAY BE TOO STABLE FOR MANY THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM. HOWEVER.. IF THE GFS IS CORRECT...SUNDAY MAY BE THE MOST ACTIVE DAY OF THE NEXT FEW WITH STORMS ACROSS THE WEST. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS SETS UP FROM SW TO NE ACROSS THE STATE EARLY NEXT WEEK...LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE RETURN FROM OLD MEXICO. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RELY ON MOISTURE RECYCLING...AND ANY WEAK IMPULSE THAT MOVES NW ACROSS THE STATE AROUND THE UPPER HIGH. 34 && .AVIATION... ISOLD SH AND TS WILL BE FOUND ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATIONS. SOME OF THE STORMS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES COULD PROVIDE BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE VFR WILL BE THE RULE TODAY. EVEN LESS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FOR FRIDAY WHICH MINIMIZES THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 35 KNOTS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. 50 && .FIRE WEATHER... THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. DID INCREASE DEWPOINTS FOR THE SUNDAY/MONDAY PERIOD THUS RESULTING IN A LITTLE HIGHER HUMIDITY FORECAST. OTHERWISE...MODELS ARE TRENDING PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEPICTING THE PAST FEW DAYS. UPPER HIGH CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER TEXAS. MODELS SHOW THE HIGH GRADUALLY MIGRATING UP OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY AS A PACIFIC TROUGH DIGS DOWN THE WEST COAST. THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG AND OVER THE WEST COAST ON SATURDAY AS THE UPPER HIGH MIGRATES A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND EAST. THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN WILL RESULT IN DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. THIS MEANS LESS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVERALL FAVORING THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. A DRY SLOT INTRUSION HAS BEEN ENHANCED OVER THE WEST TODAY AND THIS DRY SLOT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THAT AREA ON FRIDAY. MODELS ARE DEPICTING A LITTLE MORE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ON SATURDAY BUT STILL PRETTY HIT AND MISS AND FAVOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. DURING THIS PERIOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL TREND DOWN MOST AREAS. SOME SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN HUMIDITIES IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY PERIOD ON SATURDAY AS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHEASTERLY. MODELS APPEAR TO BE A BIT MORE BULLISH WITH THEIR THUNDERSTORM DEPICTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY ALTHOUGH THEY DIFFER SOME ON WHERE AND HOW MUCH. IT APPEARS THAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WILL BE FAVORED ON SUNDAY AS SOME SORT OF PSEUDO MONSOONAL FLOW FROM THE SIERRA MADRE AND GULF OF MEXICO DEVELOPS. HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD MODESTLY TREND UP ON SUNDAY. ECWMF...GFS AND CANADIAN MODELS DEPICT THE UPPER HIGH BROADLY OVER THE ST LOUIS AREA ON MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...THE PACIFIC TROUGH REMAINS ALONG THE WEST COAST. IT APPEARS THAT THE MAIN MOISTURE PLUME ORIGINATING FROM MEXICO WOULD SHIFT A LITTLE FURTHER WEST WHILE SOME CAPPING ISSUES DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS MEANS THAT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WOULD BE FOUND ACROSS THE WESTERN TIER WITH WARMER AND SLIGHTLY LOWER HUMIDITY VALUES FOUND ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF. WEATHER MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME SORT OF BROAD RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHWEST AREA. THIS WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE MAIN UPPER HIGH CENTER OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WOULD SET UP A BROAD MID LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE ACROSS THE STATE. MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THIS ZONE WOULD RECYCLE OUT INTO THE FORM OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT COVERAGE/S LOOK TO BE SOMEWHAT MINIMAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND FAVOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA. EASTERN AREAS DUE TO CAPPING OR STABILITY CONCERNS LOOK TO BE LEAST FAVORED DURING THIS PERIOD. LOWER CONFIDENCE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK AS THE PATTERN REMAINS MUDDLED UNDER SOME SORT OF DEFORMATION ZONE BUT NO CLEAR MONSOONAL MOISTURE TAP OTHER THAN FOR PERHAPS SOUTHWEST AREAS. 50 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 56 92 56 95 / 5 0 5 10 DULCE........................... 47 88 48 91 / 20 10 5 20 CUBA............................ 51 91 52 93 / 20 10 5 20 GALLUP.......................... 45 87 49 91 / 0 5 5 10 EL MORRO........................ 44 82 45 87 / 10 5 5 20 GRANTS.......................... 49 88 51 91 / 10 5 5 20 QUEMADO......................... 49 85 50 89 / 10 5 5 20 GLENWOOD........................ 57 93 60 94 / 5 0 5 20 CHAMA........................... 45 82 46 85 / 20 20 5 20 LOS ALAMOS...................... 62 85 63 88 / 30 20 20 20 PECOS........................... 56 85 56 87 / 30 20 20 20 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 51 85 52 88 / 30 20 20 20 RED RIVER....................... 44 76 45 78 / 40 30 20 30 ANGEL FIRE...................... 41 77 43 80 / 40 30 20 30 TAOS............................ 53 89 53 91 / 30 20 20 20 MORA............................ 53 83 53 85 / 40 30 20 30 ESPANOLA........................ 56 92 57 94 / 20 20 10 20 SANTA FE........................ 58 89 58 90 / 30 20 20 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 59 91 59 93 / 20 10 10 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 66 92 66 94 / 10 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 68 93 69 95 / 10 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 64 94 65 97 / 10 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 64 93 62 96 / 10 5 5 10 LOS LUNAS....................... 61 94 62 97 / 10 5 5 10 RIO RANCHO...................... 64 94 60 96 / 10 5 5 10 SOCORRO......................... 63 96 66 98 / 10 5 5 10 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 57 92 61 90 / 10 10 10 20 TIJERAS......................... 59 92 60 93 / 10 10 10 20 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 53 90 54 90 / 20 20 10 20 CLINES CORNERS.................. 58 88 60 88 / 30 20 20 20 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 61 92 62 92 / 20 20 10 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 64 93 65 93 / 20 20 20 10 RUIDOSO......................... 58 84 60 83 / 20 30 20 10 CAPULIN......................... 59 91 60 90 / 40 20 20 10 RATON........................... 59 95 59 95 / 40 20 20 10 SPRINGER........................ 61 94 61 94 / 40 20 20 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 57 89 58 89 / 40 20 20 20 CLAYTON......................... 66 97 68 97 / 40 10 10 10 ROY............................. 66 92 68 92 / 40 10 20 10 CONCHAS......................... 71 99 72 99 / 40 10 10 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 69 98 71 97 / 30 10 10 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 72 101 72 100 / 30 5 10 10 CLOVIS.......................... 68 97 70 97 / 20 5 10 10 PORTALES........................ 70 98 71 98 / 20 5 10 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 72 99 73 99 / 20 5 10 10 ROSWELL......................... 69 100 69 99 / 20 5 10 10 PICACHO......................... 63 96 64 93 / 30 10 10 10 ELK............................. 58 89 59 87 / 30 20 20 10 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 34/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 555 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011 NMZ501>540-151200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 555 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS MAINLY THE THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ITS EAST SLOPES...EXTENDING A LITTLE WAYS INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS. WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS A LITTLE TOO LOW FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE VERY LOCALIZED AND BRIEF FLASH FLOODING...OR AT LEAST SOME FAIRLY HEAVY RUNOFF...PARTICULARLY BELOW BURN SCARS FROM RECENT FIRES. IN ADDITION...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. BUT THE AXIS OF ISOLATED TO AT TIMES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE SHIFTING SLOWLY FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN SATURDAY AND TUESDAY...MEANING SOME INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING. 43
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof of a barn collapsed and killed an elderly man.
Several trees and large limbs were downed by strong wind gusts in Portales, along U.S. Highway 70.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Chaves | 2011-07-14 | Male | Permanent Structure | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2011
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: 310803, 310804.