New Mexico, 1999

Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 17 to 18, 1999

March 17 to 18, 1999 · NWS EPZ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy snow fell in the mountains of southern New Mexico, with 8 inches reported at Mimbres and 14 inches near Cloudcroft.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 EPZ wrote it up.

Heavy snow fell in the mountains of southern New Mexico, with 8 inches reported at Mimbres and 14 inches near Cloudcroft.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Southwest Mountains/Lower Gila Region / X N Hildago / Grant Except S / W Sierra

When
March 17, 4:00 PM MST to March 18, 8:00 AM MST
Where
Southwest Mountains/Lower Gila Region / X N Hildago / Grant Except S / W Sierra forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Heavy Snow, Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero

When
March 17, 4:00 PM MST to March 18, 5:00 AM MST
Where
Southern Sacramento Mountains / Nc Otero forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5686378, 5686379.