New Mexico, 1997

High Wind in New Mexico, August 12, 1997

August 12, 1997 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw

When
August 12, 3:45 PM MST
Where
Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw forecast zone
Measured
45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage
$30,000

A dust devil ripped the roof off a storage building at a lumber yard. Debris also damaged a truck.

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

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: 5619356.