High Wind, Middle Rio Grande Valley
- When
- March 13, 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Middle Rio Grande Valley forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind in New Mexico, March 13, 1996
Winds gusting 45 to 55 mph caused damage to several sheds and roofs between Los Lunas and Belen. Heaviest damage near Los Chavez may have been produced by a dust devil.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Winds gusting 45 to 55 mph caused damage to several sheds and roofs between Los Lunas and Belen. Heaviest damage near Los Chavez may have been produced by a dust devil.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13 to 15, 1996
- Flood in California, March 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 13 to 14, 1996
- Flooding in Wyoming, March 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 13, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, March 13, 1996
- Strong Wind in California, March 13, 1996
- Hail in Arizona, March 13, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, March 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: 5547063.