Strong Wind in Central Lea County, New Mexico

Strong Wind June 5, 2026 · Central Lea County, New Mexico

40 mph

Estimated gust (35 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

LANDSPOUT. Location: 32.84,-103.61/32.85,-103.60. A member of the public shared a video of a landspout 15 miles west of Hobbs, looking northwest. The total time the landspout lasted is estimated, along with the peak wind gust associated with it and the distance it travelled. No damage was observed.

The wider storm

A few hours after convection from the morning largely decayed, additional showers and thunderstorms developed thanks to an upper-level trough moving over west Texas and southeast New Mexico (along with upslope flow and some remnant outflow boundaries). Heavy rain led to flash flooding in Dawson County, while a landspout was observed west of Hobbs.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1339805. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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