New Mexico, 1999

High Wind in New Mexico, April 13, 1999

April 13, 1999 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
3
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, Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw

When
April 13, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where
Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw forecast zone
Measured
49 kt (56 mph)
Injuries
3 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

A localized sand storm created zero visibility driving conditions along New Mexico Highway 2 in far southern Chaves County causing two separate multi-car pileups with at least 3 injuries before the road was closed by State Police.

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

More

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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: 5695868.