High Wind, Westcentral Mountains
- When
- April 17, 12:55 PM MST to 1:15 PM MST
- Where
- Westcentral Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in New Mexico, April 17, 1996
Gusts reached 58 mph at Grants and 71 mph at Las Vegas. Elsewhere gusts ranged 40 to 55 mph across the northern two thirds of the state.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Gusts reached 58 mph at Grants and 71 mph at Las Vegas. Elsewhere gusts ranged 40 to 55 mph across the northern two thirds of the state.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northeast Highlands
- When
- April 17, 2:25 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Highlands forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind, Northwest Mountains Including Jemez
- When
- April 17, 4:23 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northwest Mountains Including Jemez forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 17, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, April 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 30, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, April 17 to 20, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 19, 1996
- Strong Wind in California, April 17, 1996
- Flood in New Hampshire, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Flood in Rhode Island, April 17, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, April 17 to 18, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, April 17 to 19, 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: 5547473, 5547474, 5547475.