New Mexico, 1999

High Wind in New Mexico, April 29, 1999

April 29, 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
2
Property damage
$30,000
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, Northwest Plateau / San Juan Except X Sw and Se / Nc McKinley

When
April 29, 2:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where
Northwest Plateau / San Juan Except X Sw and Se / Nc McKinley forecast zone
Measured
51 kt (59 mph)
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

Two men were injured in Aztec as a large tree toppled onto the truck the men were getting into. Another vehicle was also crushed.

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

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: 5695870.