| Event |
Tornado |
| -- Scale |
EF0 |
| -- Length |
3 |
| -- Width |
30 |
| State |
NEW MEXICO |
| County/Area |
LEA |
| WFO |
MAF |
| Begin Date |
03/23/2007 15:32:00 MST-7 |
| Begin Range |
12 |
| Begin Azimuth |
WSW |
| Begin Location |
LOVINGTON |
| Begin Lat/Lon |
32.86/-103.54 |
| End Date |
03/23/2007 15:38:00 MST-7 |
| End Range |
10 |
| End Azimuth |
WSW |
| End Location |
LOVINGTON |
| End Lat/Lon |
32.87/-103.51 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
0/0 |
| Property Damage |
0.00K |
| Crop Damage |
0.00K |
| Episode Narrative |
Around 12:30 pm MDT on Friday, March 23, thunderstorms began to develop over the Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County. Thunderstorms continued to rapidly develop, becoming severe over portions of Eddy County at 1:45 pm MDT. Thunderstorms also were developing over eastern portions of Culberson County during this time and these thunderstorms would eventually affect Lea County later in the afternoon.|At 3:39 pm MDT, a thunderstorm located in western portions of Lea County just northwest of the community of Halfway began to exhibit supercellular characteristics. This prompted the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at 3:42 pm MDT for western portions of Lea county. As the supercell thunderstorm moved northeast at 30 mph, the storm continued to intensify. The presence on radar of an intensifying mesocyclone (storm rotation) and a bounded weak echo region, along with key spotter information relayed into our office through amateur radio Net Control Operations prompted an upgrade to a tornado warning. Spotters indicated a developing wall cloud over the area had become fully formed with increasing surface wind inflow. A tornado warning was issued for northern portions of Lea County at 4:28 pm MDT. |
| Event Narrative |
At 4:32 pm MDT, a trained Skywarn spotter, reported a tornado touchdown with a small debris cloud approximately 12 miles WSW of Lovington. At 4:36 pm MDT, trained spotters viewed the same tornado from N.M. Highway 457 looking southward. Damage survey interviews with officials and residents revealed that the brief tornado remained over open pasture lands. An EF0 rating was assigned to this tornado. |
