8/17/08 NOW: NM

[John Farley]

Tornado warned supercells just southeast of Santa Fe and Belen. The Belen storm is looking especially impressive on radar. Golfball hail reported a few minutes ago in Belen. Wish I were there on one of these storms, but I am back in Illinois - any of you monsoon chasers out there?

[Jason Boggs]

I've been looking at this the last hour or so. Pretty nice storm near Santa Rosa right now with a little inflow notch. CAPE values in Eastern NM and the W TX Panhandle right now are 1500, so I think the storms may hold on for a while longer.

[John Farley]

Tornado reported a little while ago on the west side of Sumner Lake.

[Jason Boggs]

Yes, this cell has held on for quite a while now. I'm actually surprised it has maintained the hook for as long as it has. Another tornado warned cell to the west of Tucumcari is looking pretty good on radar. Here is a shot of the cell near Fort Sumner.

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[John Farley]

These storms have been very persistent and one remains tornado-warned in Roosevelt County, with a recent report of a funnel cloud. Several tornadoes now listed in the LSRs from earlier activity around Glorieta, Santa Rosa, and Ft. Sumner. The storms seem to be more linear now, with a recent merger of the tornado-warned cell with a line moving in behind it. Could also be some intense activity moving into Roswell within an hour or so if it holds together.