A swath of heavy snow developed across the central highlands eastward into the east central plains. Up to 8 inches of fresh snow was estimated across the southern Manzano Mountains.
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 ABQ wrote it up.
A swath of heavy snow developed across the central highlands eastward into the east central plains. Up to 8 inches of fresh snow was estimated across the southern Manzano Mountains. Satellite trends and isolated measurements indicated amounts of 4 to 6 inches over the rangeland from Corona in northern Lincoln County east into southern De Baca, northeast Chaves and southern Roosevelt Counties.
4 heavy snow. 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, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5720843, 5720844, 5720845, 5720846.