High Wind in Texas, April 10, 1997

Name: High Wind in Texas, April 10, 1997
Start: 1997-04-10T13:00
End: 1997-04-10T20:00
Location: Texas

April 10, 1997 · NWS EPZ · 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: 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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, El Paso

When: April 10, 1:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: El Paso forecast zone
Measured: 44 kt (51 mph)

A 60 foot portion of a wall at an El Paso shopping center blew down in synoptic-scale westerly winds which peaked at 51 mph at the El Paso International Airport. The shopping center is located in the northern part of the city, close to the eastern slopes of the Franklin Mountains. The proximity of the mountains just to the west of the shopping center likely enhanced the wind speeds in a localized area.

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

Every storm in Texas in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, 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: 5603971.