New Mexico, 2001High Wind in New Mexico, April 22, 2001
April 22, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 9 events in 9 counties and zones
Another period of high winds with sustained speeds of 40-45 mph and gusts 55-60 mph was recorded across central and eastern New Mexico during mid and late afternoon.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Another period of high winds with sustained speeds of 40-45 mph and gusts 55-60 mph was recorded across central and eastern New Mexico during mid and late afternoon.
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 22, 2:35 PM MST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:35 PM MST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
335 PM MDT SUN APR 22 2001
INTENSE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SFC CYCLONE PULLING AWAY FROM THE
AREA THIS EVENING. EXPECT WINDS TO DECOUPLE FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS ALL BUT THE ECNTL/NE WHERE A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN
EFFECT UNTIL 03Z. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR SAME AREA WILL EXPIRE ON
SCHEDULE. NWLY FLOW ON MON GIVES WAY TO BUILDING UPPER RIDGE FOR
COMING WORK WEEK. WARMER DAYS WITH LESS WIND THROUGH EXTENDED.
AXIS OF UPPER RIDGE FORECAST TO MOVE EAST FRIDAY OR THEREABOUTS. KJ
ABQ AU 034/068 041/075 045 41000
SAF AU 028/064 033/073 037 41100
TCC AU 036/067 039/074 042 41000
.ABQ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 03Z NMZ005>007-010>013-018-020-021-
High Wind, Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Highlands / All But X W and X Se Colfax / All But X W Mora / C San Miguel / X Nw Union forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County / Se Santa Fe / W San Miguel / Torrance Except X W / E Socorro
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County / Se Santa Fe / W San Miguel / Torrance Except X W / E Socorro forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Conchas Lake/Guadalupe / E San Miguel / Guadalupe
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Conchas Lake/Guadalupe / E San Miguel / Guadalupe forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Curry
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Far Northeast Plains / Union Except X Nw / X Se Colfax
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Far Northeast Plains / Union Except X Nw / X Se Colfax forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Harding
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Quay
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Quay forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Sandia/Manzano Mountains / Most of W Santa Fe / E Bernalillo / X Se Sanduval / X W Torrance / E Valencia / Part of E Socorro
- When
- April 22, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 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
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, April 22 to 23, 2001$6.1 million · 9 events
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 22 to 23, 2001$4.2 million · 2 events
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 22, 20011 injured · $600,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, April 22, 2001$165,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 22 to 23, 2001$55,000 · F0 · 17 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 22, 2001$73,000 · 2 in hail · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 22, 2001$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 41 events
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, April 22, 2001$80,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 22, 2001$30,000 · 52 kt wind · 12 events
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 22 to 23, 200121 events
- High Wind in Texas, April 22, 200151 kt wind · 20 events
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 22 to 23, 200117 events
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: 5239164, 5239165, 5239166, 5239167, 5239168, 5239169, 5239170, 5239171, 5239172.