Thunderstorm Wind — Valencia, New Mexico

2020-06-05 to 2020-06-06 · near Belen, Valencia, New Mexico

Event narrative

A thunderstorm moving rapidly north through the Belen area produced a peak wind gust up to 66 mph. No significant damage to trees and power lines was reported with the passage of this storm.

Wider weather episode

A deep tap of moisture surged north into New Mexico ahead of a strong Pacific cold front approaching from the west on June 5-6, 2020. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed over western New Mexico during the afternoon hours of June 5th before spreading slowly east into the Rio Grande Valley through the morning of the June 6th. Strong south to southwest flow ahead of the front combined with showers and thunderstorms to produce localized high winds over parts of the area. Significantly drier and cooler conditions moved into the area in the wake of this front on strong west to northwest winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 885408. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.