Dangerous Life-Threatening - Possibly Catastrophic Flash Flooding Possible Today Into Thursday!
June 6, 2025. Looking Northwest. Between Brownfield & Lubbock, Tx. Heavy To Very Heavy Rains This Past Weekend. A severe thunderstorm hammered southern Carlsbad and the Otis area this past Saturday afternoon. At 4:53 PM MDT, the Carlsbad Airport ASOS recorded a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 76 mph during a wet microburst . Numerous reports of downed trees, tree limbs, power poles, power lines, and sheds blown down were shared on Social Media pages. I don't have photos of these because I am still locked out of Facebook. I've made several appeals to have my account reinstated, but Facebook isn't responding to my requests. Record rainfall also fell at the airport, with 2.13" of rain also recorded during this event, which caused bar ditch, field, and street flooding in the area. This set a new daily 24-hour record high rainfall total at the airport that exceeded the previous record of .63" there in 1999. The Carlsbad NWS Climate Co-Op Station recorded 1.00...
