High Wind, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in New Mexico, January 21, 1999
High winds gusting 50 to 55 mph developed for several hours mainly over the high terrain of central and southeast New Mexico.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 gusting 50 to 55 mph developed for several hours mainly over the high terrain of central and southeast New Mexico.
Event by event
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County / Se Santa Fe / W San Miguel / Torrance Except X W / E Socorro
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County / Se Santa Fe / W San Miguel / Torrance Except X W / E Socorro forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County / X Sw Chaves
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County / X Sw Chaves forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley / Lincoln Except Sc
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley / Lincoln Except Sc forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro
- When
- January 21, 1:00 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- 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
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5679284, 5679285, 5679286, 5679287, 5679611, 5679612.