High Wind, Lea
- When
- May 14, 4:30 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lea forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Property damage
- $300
- Coordinates
- 32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New Mexico, May 14, 1998
2 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eddy County Plains
- When
- May 14, 9:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eddy County Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Gradient winds west of the dry line resulted in south to southwest winds sustained at 45 knots with gusts to 58 knots at the Lea County Airport in Hobbs (KHOB). A few trees were uprooted in town.Gradient downsloping west winds in the wake of a Pacific Cold Front caused damage in Carlsbad. About 7 utility poles were knocked down as well as a roof taken off a mobile home. The peak gust at the Cavern City Airport (KCNM) was 59 knots.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 14, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 14, 1998
- Hail in South Dakota, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1998
- High Wind in Oklahoma, May 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1998
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, May 1998
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: 5652572, 5652678.