Thunderstorm Wind — Luna, New Mexico

2015-08-22 · near Faywood Station, Luna, New Mexico

Event narrative

A retractable roof became airborne and landed on the roof of a trailer and caused it to become punched-in. An anemometer near the damaged site recorded a peak wind of 65 mph.

Wider weather episode

Moderate amounts of moisture were lingering over Southwest New Mexico with an upper level disturbance moving through westerly flow aloft. A severe thunderstorm developed over northwest Luna County with winds over 60 mph reported which caused some damage near the Grant/Luna County line.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 598390. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.