Thunderstorm Wind — Guadalupe, New Mexico

2020-06-25 · near Santa Rosa Muni Arpt, Guadalupe, New Mexico

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 889512. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.