| Event |
Tornado |
| -- Scale |
EF0 |
| -- Length |
1 |
| -- Width |
75 |
| State |
NEW MEXICO |
| County/Area |
LEA |
| WFO |
MAF |
| Begin Date |
03/23/2007 16:45:00 MST-7 |
| Begin Range |
3 |
| Begin Azimuth |
SW |
| Begin Location |
CROSSROADS |
| Begin Lat/Lon |
33.49/-103.37 |
| End Date |
03/23/2007 16:47:00 MST-7 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
0/0 |
| Property Damage |
2.00K |
| 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 |
A fourth tornado was witnessed three miles southwest of Crossroads where it destroyed a 10' x 10' oil field pump house. This tornado remained over open country for the most part and was assigned an F0 rating. |
