New Mexico, 1999

High Wind in New Mexico, February 5, 1999

February 5, 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
0
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, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln

When
February 5, 9:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
Where
Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln forecast zone
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Sierra Blanca Airport near Ruidoso reported a peak wind of 63 mph during a period of high winds that lasted about 3 hours.

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: 5689528.