Heavy Snow, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains / Sc Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 1, 2000
Ridges of the central mountains and south central mountains above 7500 feet recorded fresh snow of 6 to 7 inches.
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 ABQ wrote it up.
Ridges of the central mountains and south central mountains above 7500 feet recorded fresh snow of 6 to 7 inches.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM MST to 6:00 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
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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
- Avalanche in Alaska, February 1, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in South Dakota, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 1, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Minnesota, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 1, 2000
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, February 2000
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: 5133890, 5133955.