High Wind in New Mexico, November 18, 1998

Name: High Wind in New Mexico, November 18, 1998
Start: 1998-11-18T02:00
End: 1998-11-18T05:00
Location: New Mexico

November 18, 1998 · 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: 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, Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union

When: November 18, 2:00 AM MST to 5:00 AM MST
Where: Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Northwesterly downslope winds, gusting to near 60 mph at the Las Vegas Airport, developed during the early morning hours along the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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 New Mexico in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, November 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: 5669946.