An upper level disturbance had moved over the area, and moisture was present. This led to the development of thunderstorms across Southeast New Mexico which resulted in severe wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance had moved over the area, and moisture was present. This led to the development of thunderstorms across Southeast New Mexico which resulted in severe wind gusts.
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 May 25, 3:55 PM MST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 555 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 .DISCUSSION... THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH NIGHTFALL. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY EVEN MOVE EAST THROUGH KCNM AND KHOB...IF NOT KPEQ AND KINK. SINCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MORE PRONOUNCED FURTHER NORTH SO FAR...AND THESE AREAS APPEAR TO HAVE MORE MID LEVEL SUPPORT...WILL INCLUDE TEMPORARY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT KCNM AND KHOB. ASIDE FROM MVFR CEILINGS AFFECTING KMAF IN THE 26/11 TO 26/15Z TIMEFRAME...THINK VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. 67 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 119 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013/ DISCUSSION... SATELLITE SHOWS SOME CUMULUS DEVELOPING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH MORE EXPECTED DOWN INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTENSIFYING INTO THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A CAP IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL CWA. THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL ERODE THE CAP BUT NOT MUCH ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THERE. SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE WARMER AND DRY DUE TO WEAK UPPER RIDGING/ZONAL FLOW. DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND 60S WILL ALLOW FOR SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS BOTH DAYS VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS PERHAPS DEVELOPING IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS OR ALONG THE LEE TROUGH BUT CHANCES ARE TOO LOW TO WARRANT MENTIONING THUNDER IN THE FORECAST. TUESDAY AN UPPER TROUGH BEGINS MOVING OUT OF CALIFORNIA BACKING UPPER WINDS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND PULLING DEEPER MOISTURE FURTHER WEST. WEAK DISTURBANCES AHEAD OF THE TROUGH MAY GET THE DRYLINE ACTIVE AND HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP THEM IN THE EAST FOR NOW BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WEST TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CWA. LOWERING HEIGHTS WILL ALSO HELP HIGH TEMPS DROP TO NEAR NORMAL. THE TROUGH PASSES THURSDAY AND ZONAL FLOW ONCE AGAIN WILL BRING A RETURN OF WARMER TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. HENNIG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 67 95 68 97 / 10 10 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 68 93 69 95 / 10 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 66 99 65 100 / 20 0 10 10 DRYDEN TX 69 93 69 94 / 20 10 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 68 96 70 98 / 10 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 62 88 62 91 / 20 0 10 10 HOBBS NM 64 97 65 97 / 20 10 10 10 MARFA TX 60 90 61 92 / 20 10 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 68 94 69 96 / 10 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 68 94 69 97 / 10 10 10 10 WINK TX 68 99 70 102 / 10 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 12/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 119 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261200- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 119 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 /1219 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE MOST PERSISTENT ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR IN CULBERSON COUNTY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE MARFA PLATEAU. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 312 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 TXZ075-252045- PECOS- 312 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA MADERA OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON ALONG HIGHWAY 385 AT 312 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3078 10283 3059 10268 3046 10298 3061 10309 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 237DEG 10KT 3058 10294
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 608 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 TXZ080-081-260015- BIG BEND AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 608 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTY AT 608 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3000 10382 2977 10360 2959 10391 2969 10403 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 221DEG 11KT 2970 10392
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 195 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:10 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm moved over Eddy County and produced a 60 mph wind gust five miles south of Carlsbad on US Highway 285.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and power lines were knocked down from Lovington to Hobbs along State Highway 18. Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and lightning struck a tank battery causing fires west and southwest of Hobbs. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and produced a 60 mph wind gust in Lovington.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and produced a 58 mph wind gust four miles southwest of Hobbs.
A thunderstorm moved over Lea County and knocked down power lines west and south of Hobbs as well as in Hobbs. Fires started due to the downed power lines. A transformer exploded and others burned on power poles in Hobbs. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, May 2013
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: 448172, 448174, 448208, 448217, 448188, 448185, 448264.