June 17th saw a very hot and dry weather setup with moderate southwesterly prevailing winds aloft get mixed down to the surface near Roswell. What was likely downward momentum transfer, air speeding up as it descended to ground level, ended up producing a rogue 58 mph wind gust at the Roswell Airport.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
June 17th saw a very hot and dry weather setup with moderate southwesterly prevailing winds aloft get mixed down to the surface near Roswell. What was likely downward momentum transfer, air speeding up as it descended to ground level, ended up producing a rogue 58 mph wind gust at the Roswell Airport. Localized blowing dust resulted from this, producing a very localized dust storm along the Roswell Relief Route on the southwest edge of town.
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 17, 1:58 PM MST, 16 minutes earlier.
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2 high wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The Roswell Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph. This resulted in a localized dust storm along the Roswell Relief Route.
The NMDOT reported localized blowing dust from a rogue high wind gust producing zero visibility along the Roswell Relief Route between mile markers 110 and 112 at the southwest edge of town. There were no reports of impacts.
The Clayton Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 70mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2024
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1176167, 1176168, 1176229.