High Wind, Middle Rio Grande Valley
- When
- March 17, 1:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Middle Rio Grande Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind in New Mexico, March 17, 1996
Sustained winds reached 40-45 mph for several hours.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 reached 40-45 mph for several hours.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Chaves County Plains
- When
- March 17, 5:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 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
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 17, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 17, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, March 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 17 to 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 17 to 18, 1996
- Hail in Virginia, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Georgia, March 17, 1996
- Hail in Georgia, March 17, 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: 5547064, 5547065.