Why Are My Weather Posts Missing From Facebook.

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that my Facebook page was shut down without any warning by Facebook this past Saturday, June 8th. All I was told was that I had violated their community standards. I don't know what triggered that; they didn't tell me. I was told this may be permanent or for six months.
My guess is that it may be because I posted several comments and articles from my Substack page about the riots in LA, and that must have triggered/angered someone, and they complained, thus Facebook shut me down. I don't know this as fact, though. I have appealed this decision, and I'm still waiting for their reply. I have read on X that this has happened to other Facebook users posting about the LA riots as well.
I always share my weather blog posts (that I post here) on my Facebook page and my X page. This included over twelve different New Mexico and West Texas Facebook Community sites. So there are thousands of you out there (based on my views and shares of those posts) who will no longer see those posts. My Facebook page may or may not be restored.
This is another good reason (as the National Weather Service often reminds us) to have multiple ways of receiving severe weather alerts when severe weather threatens your location. My weather web page is one of those ways, and I really appreciate all of you who have and still do use it. Thank you so much!!!
If my Facebook page is restored, I will continue to share my weather blog posts and some of the NWS Watches and Warnings...as I have been doing for years now.

Carlsbad Dodges A Small But Potent Severe Thunderstorm Wednesday.


(Midland NWS Dual Pol Doppler Radar).

4:53 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.


4:57 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

5:07 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

5:11 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

5:16 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

5:21 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

5:26 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.
  
5:31 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

5:36 PM MDT Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

Carlsbad dodged a pretty wicked but relatively small hailstorm for the most part Wednesday afternoon. Using GR2Analyst Software and AllisonHouse Integrated Radar Software I was able to recreate the path and track of the severe thunderstorm that rolled across the city between 4:53 PM MDT and 5:35 PM MDT. 

At 4:53 PM the storm was located 11 miles northwest of the city and was crossing the Queen Highway (Hwy 137) as it was moving to the east-southeast. Radar at that time was estimating that the hail in the storm was baseball size.

At 5:11 PM the storm is centered near the junction of US Highway 285 and Loop Rd or 5 miles northwest of downtown. Radar at this time was indicating that the storm was producing hail slightly smaller than tennis ball size. The leading edge of the storm was moving into far northwest Carlsbad.

At 5:16 PM the storm is centered about 4 miles north of town and may have been producing golf ball size hail north of the city in the Lake Avalon area. Western and northwestern Carlsbad is experiencing heavy rains and strong winds at this time.

At 5:21 PM the storm is centered 3 miles north of downtown and is still producing hail possibly as big as golf balls in the vicinity of North Loop Rd. The heaviest rains are located in northern and eastern Carlsbad. It was around this time that reports of pea to quarter size hail was being reported in the La Huerta area and parts of northern Carlsbad. 

At 5:31 PM the storm was centered 5 miles northeast of the city and radar indicated that it was still producing hail the size of ping pong balls. 

Radar may have been over estimating the size of the hail in the storm a little bit but given the spotter and public reports of golf ball size hail in the Lakewood and Seven Rivers area, but then again maybe not. So far I haven't seen any reports of hail bigger than nickels and quarters in the Carlsbad area during this storm Wednesday afternoon. Based on the radar snapshots above its certainly possibly that the hail northwest, north, and northeast of the city was golf ball size or possibly bigger. This storm gave the city a glancing blow and could have been much worse if it had dropped just a couple more miles to the south.

I posted a blog detailing the severe weather outbreak and rainfall totals across the local area from yesterday's storm earlier today. You can view this blog via this link.

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