High Wind, Northeast Highlands
- When
- April 13, 11:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Highlands forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind in New Mexico, April 13, 1996
Sustained winds exceeded 40 mph at Albuquerque, Clayton and Clovis. Las Vegas also reported gusts to 64 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Sustained winds exceeded 40 mph at Albuquerque, Clayton and Clovis. Las Vegas also reported gusts to 64 mph.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Middle Rio Grande Valley
- When
- April 13, 12:00 PM MST to 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Middle Rio Grande Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
High Wind, Curry
- When
- April 13, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph)
High Wind, Far Northeast Plains
- When
- April 13, 9:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Far Northeast Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 13, 1996
- High Wind in Texas, April 13 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Flooding in New York, April 13 to 15, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 13 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 13, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5547469, 5547470, 5547471, 5547472.