New Mexico, 2001

High Wind in New Mexico, April 10, 2001

April 10, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

High winds again developed over the central mountains and adjacent highlands as another low pressure center passed north of the state. Although winds were sustained at 40-50 mph the system lacked the gustiness that was widespread and had caused greater problems on the 6th.

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 again developed over the central mountains and adjacent highlands as another low pressure center passed north of the state. Although winds were sustained at 40-50 mph the system lacked the gustiness that was widespread and had caused greater problems on the 6th.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 9:25 AM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 9:25 AM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1025 AM MDT TUE APR 10 2001

UPDATING ZONES TO BUMP UP 1ST PERIOD TEMPS A CAT OR TWO OVER THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY AND A FEW EASTERN LOCATIONS. WILL ALSO BUMP 1ST PERIOD
WINDS UP OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MENTION BLOWING DUST. WILL
UPDATE THE WIND ADVISORY/WARNING AS WELL...AND ADD MENTION OF BLOWING
DUST OVER THE WESTERN ADVISORY AREA. OTHERWISE...FORECAST IS ON
TRACK...HEADING INTO A TYPICAL SPRING WIND EVENT. CA

.ABQ....HIGH WIND WARNING THIS PM THRU TONIGHT
         NMZ005-010-011-016-017-026
	WIND ADVISORY THIS PM AND EVE NMZ003-004-009-014-015
	WIND ADVISORY LATE THIS PM THRU TONIGHT
         NMZ006-007-012-013-018>021.

Event by event

6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Sandia/Manzano Mountains

When
April 10, 1:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Sandia/Manzano Mountains forecast zone
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, Northeast Highlands

When
April 10, 1:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Northeast Highlands forecast zone
Measured
54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains

When
April 10, 1:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Capitan/Northern Sacramento Mountains forecast zone
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County

When
April 10, 1:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County forecast zone
Measured
54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County

When
April 10, 1:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Guadalupe Mountains of Chaves County forecast zone
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley

When
April 10, 1:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Lincoln County High Plains/Hondo Valley forecast zone
Measured
58 kt (67 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

More

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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: 5239163, 5240831, 5240832, 5240833, 5240834, 5240835.