High Wind, Westcentral Mountains
- When
- April 2, 1:00 PM MST to April 3, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Westcentral Mountains forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
High Wind in New Mexico, April 2 to 3, 1997
High winds developed across central and western New Mexico as an upper level trough deepened over the Great Basin region. Gusts averaged 35 to 40 mph throughout the afternoon of the 2nd causing roof and vehicle damage in Gallup.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $70,000
- 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.
High winds developed across central and western New Mexico as an upper level trough deepened over the Great Basin region. Gusts averaged 35 to 40 mph throughout the afternoon of the 2nd causing roof and vehicle damage in Gallup. Stronger east winds of 50 to 65 mph developed below the canyons of the central mountains into Albuquerque and Belen. Several homes and business suffered considerable roof damage in Los Chavez located in Valencia county between Los Lunas and Belen.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Middle Rio Grande Valley
- When
- April 2, 1:00 PM MST to April 3, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Middle Rio Grande Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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: 5597572, 5597573.