Carlsbad Severe T-Storm - Nov 21, 2011.

A Severe T-Storm Warning was issued for Eddy 

County, New Mexico this afternoon.The warning

was valid from 3:07 PM through 4:15 PM MST. 

At 2:56 PM MST, the Carlsbad Airport ASOS 

clocked a peak wind gust to 62 mph from the

storm, as it rolled across the airport south of town.

At 3:07 PM MST, this severe thunderstorm was

located over Loving, or 12 miles SSE of Carlsbad.

It was moving to the northeast at 45 mph.

My family and I were on our way to the Vet when 

the storm moved into Carlsbad. I shot the above

video from the beach area, mostly on the north end

of town. This video hardly does the storm justice, 

since it was easy to tell that the blowing dust was

 much worse to my south.

This severe thunderstorm produced lots of virga, 

or rain that falls from the clouds but evaporates

before it reaches the ground. It also kicked out

a haboob, or large cloud of blowing dust as it

rolled across the city. Law enforcement officials

reported that the visibility was near zero in parts

of the city, due to the blowing dust at 3:10 PM MST.

The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!