High Wind, Sierra County Lakes Region
- When
- April 10, 8:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sierra County Lakes Region forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
High Wind in New Mexico, April 10, 1997
Strong, synoptic scale westerly winds and full sunshine, produced what was described as a very strong dustdevil just south of Truth or Consequences near the community of Las Palomas. The dustdevil circulation was apparently augmented by turbulence which was produced as the surface winds dropped into the relatively narrow valley from the west.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 EPZ wrote it up.
Strong, synoptic scale westerly winds and full sunshine, produced what was described as a very strong dustdevil just south of Truth or Consequences near the community of Las Palomas. The dustdevil circulation was apparently augmented by turbulence which was produced as the surface winds dropped into the relatively narrow valley from the west. A portion of a mobile home roof was ripped off which then shattered windows in a nearby motor home when it landed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, April 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in Kansas, April 10, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Maryland, April 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, April 10 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 1997
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: 5600991.