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Thunderstorm Wind in Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Thunderstorm Wind May 5, 2008 · Roosevelt County, New Mexico

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sixteen foot in diameter water tanks knocked over.

The wider storm

The first outbreak of severe weather occurred across eastern New Mexico on the afternoon and evening of the 5th. A storm system churning off the northern Baja California coast was able to draw significant low level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into the state on the 5th, helping trigger the outbreak. Isolated storms became severe shortly after noon on the 5th and continued past 800 pm in the evening.

Began near Milnesand (33.6400, -103.2000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 86196. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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