Thunderstorm Wind in Guadalupe County, New Mexico

The Santa Rosa AWOS measured a 61 mph wind gust as a broken line of thunderstorms moved southeast through the area.

A persistent pattern over New Mexico with northwest flow aloft combined with moist southeasterly flow at the surface led to another day with isolated severe storms across eastern NM on June 25, 2020. Isolated storms formed initially over the northern high terrain of New Mexico before moving east-southeast onto the eastern plains where they intensified. As the storms moved into a more favorable environment, they became more organized and formed a small line that moved east-southeast roughly from Las Vegas to Clovis, New Mexico. This line of thunderstorms produced a very strong outflow boundary with gusts over 50 mph. Blowing dust was reported along and ahead of this outflow boundary with reduced visibility in portions of Quay and Curry counties.