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Finally It Rained!


May 3, 2023.
Artesia, New Mexico.
Cumulonimbus Mammatus (CBMAM). 

Finally It Rained!

Yesterday I received my first measurable precipitation since Feb 20th when I measured .02". Thus ending my 72-day streak with no measurable precipitation. My last meaningful precipitation was recorded on January 20th with .13" and January 19th with .77".

Other heavier local rainfall totals received from yesterday's storms:


Public 4 Miles S of Artesia (Atoka) .25".
Public Southwest Carlsbad .28" with pea to dime size hail.
Carlsbad Airport ASOS .36"
PWS Haines - East Side of Artesia .38".
Public Ferguson Rd Otis - Southeast of Carlsbad .40".
Public King Rd in Happy Valley - Carlsbad .50".
Public Loving .50".
Guadalupe Pass ASOS .66"





MRMS 48-Hour Rainfall Totals.




New Mexico MesoWest 48-Hour Rainfall Totals.



PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
706 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0656 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 WSW OTIS              32.33N 104.25W
05/03/2023  M63 MPH          EDDY               NM   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KCNM CARLSBAD.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
714 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0709 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 W AVALON              32.50N 104.34W
05/03/2023  M66 MPH          EDDY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 53 MPH
            WITH GUSTS TO 66 MPH FROM VEHICLE
            ANEMOMETER.
There Are None So Blind As Those Who "Will - Not" To See...107.

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