High Wind, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln
- When
- April 1, 9:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in New Mexico, April 1, 1999
High winds swept across the state as an upper level low pressure center approached from the west. Strongest gusts exceeded 60 mph in the south central mountains.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
High winds swept across the state as an upper level low pressure center approached from the west. Strongest gusts exceeded 60 mph in the south central mountains. A house in Santa Fe lost its roof in gusts estimated at 55 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley / Lincoln Except Sc
- When
- April 1, 9:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley / Lincoln Except Sc forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Sangre de Cristo Mountains / Taos / X W Mora / X Se Rio Arriba / Ne Santa Fe / X W Colfax / X Nw San Miguel
- When
- April 1, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains / Taos / X W Mora / X Se Rio Arriba / Ne Santa Fe / X W Colfax / X Nw San Miguel forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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
- Heavy Snow in California, April 1 to 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 1 to 2, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, April 1, 1999
- Cold in Utah, April 1 to 3, 1999
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 1, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 1, 1999
- Drought in New York, April 1 to 30, 1999
- Drought in Maine, April 1 to 30, 1999
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 1 to 2, 1999
- Flooding in California, April 1, 1999
- Drought in New Hampshire, April 1 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 1999
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: 5695770, 5695771, 5695769.