New Mexico, 1999

High Wind in New Mexico, March 31, 1999

March 31, 1999 · NWS EPZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Winds associated with a cold front gusted to 66 mph in Caballo, reducing visibilities with blowing dust.

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.

Winds associated with a cold front gusted to 66 mph in Caballo, reducing visibilities with blowing dust.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Sierra County Lakes Region / Sierra Except W

When
March 31, 4:00 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
Where
Sierra County Lakes Region / Sierra Except W forecast zone
Measured
57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE

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, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5686382.