High Wind, Northeast Highlands
- When
- January 28, 11:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Highlands forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
High Wind in New Mexico, January 28, 1996
Gusty winds again whipped across the state. Several truck trailers were overturned by winds on Interstate 25 near Wagon Mound.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
Gusty winds again whipped across the state. Several truck trailers were overturned by winds on Interstate 25 near Wagon Mound.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Quay
- When
- January 28, 11:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Quay forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind, Far Northeast Plains
- When
- January 28, 11:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Far Northeast Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
High Wind, Harding
- When
- January 28, 11:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 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
- Cold in Washington, January 28, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 29, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 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: 5539330, 5539331, 5539332, 5539333.