The long and devastating drought is finally being closed out. Although the lands in the region will take a long time to recover (and most agricultural experts would agree that their drought had not ended), meteorologically the weather pattern began a drastic change by April 29.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
The long and devastating drought is finally being closed out. Although the lands in the region will take a long time to recover (and most agricultural experts would agree that their drought had not ended), meteorologically the weather pattern began a drastic change by April 29. Droughts are much more sluggish than this summary might convey, however, when restricted to an exact time for an end, April 29th seemed like a good choice. On the morning of the 29th, the first in a series of upper level low pressure systems was dropping southward into southern California. For more than a year this situation had been a very rare occurrence, however, beginning on April 29th, low pressure centers dropping into the Desert Southwest became common.Once again the countryside in southeast New Mexico became green.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 1999
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: 5694228, 5694229, 5694230.