An upper level disturbance crossed New Mexico on April 9 and resulting in a variety of weather across the state.  Throughout the morning, scattered showers and thunderstorms, some producing heavy rain, moved to the east across much of the state.  By afternoon, the thunderstorms increased across the eastern plains and severe weather was reported by late afternoon and into the early evening.  A tornado and several funnel clouds were observed south of Roswell and near Midway and Hagerman, while nickel-sized hail was reported near Elida and Portales.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved across the state during the late morning hours of the 8th. Heavy rain was recorded  in the northeast. Showers and thunderstorms became widespread over eastern New Mexico during the afternoon of the 8th.  Several locations received very heavy rain.
Water vapor imagery clearly shows the upper level disturbance over western New Mexico during the late morning hours of the 8th.  Infrared satellite imagery illustrates a well-developed circulation around the upper level storm during the early evening of the 8th. 
Late in the afternoon of the 8th, several reports of funnel clouds in Chaves County were received, and a tornado touched down south of Roswell.