Strong east winds developed across the central mountain ridges and spilled into the middle Rio Grande Valley. Sustained winds ranged from 45 mph in the valley areas to in excess of 60 mph over the Sandia Mountains.
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.
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Strong east winds developed across the central mountain ridges and spilled into the middle Rio Grande Valley. Sustained winds ranged from 45 mph in the valley areas to in excess of 60 mph over the Sandia Mountains. Several trees were downed in northeast Albuquerque.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, March 2000
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: 5137750, 5137751, 5137752.