Welcome Rain in New Mexico!!!! A cluster of thunderstorms moved slowly southeast out of east-central New Mexico during the overnight hours of July 22nd, 2009. The storms would eventually develop into a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) with an embedded circulation that moved into western Texas during the morning hours of the 22nd. Rainfall totals exceeded four inches in parts of the Pecos River Valley resulting in flooding in the Artesia/Hagerman areas. Welcome rain also impacted western Texas with several mesonet stations exceeding two inches for the event.

Water Vapor loop showing progession of MCS out of New Mexico beginning at 10 pm MDT on July 21st, 2009 (14-hour loop). Image credit: Greg Thompson, UCAR.

KFDX (Cannon AFB) radar base reflectivity image for 1122 am CDT (1022 am MDT) on July 22nd, 2009 showing MCS circulation entering the Texas South Plains. Click here for radar loop: REFLECTIVITY LOOP for 6 am to 11:30 am CDT on JULY 22ND, 2009.

KFDX storm-total precipitation ending at 1 pm CDT on July 22nd, 2009.