Thunderstorm Wind, Harding
- When
- August 25, 3:40 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 11 mi NW of Mosquero
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.883, -104.100
Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 25, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 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 Aug 25, 2:20 PM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:20 PM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 320 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2001 ...CORRECTION TO SPECIFY WHICH ZONES FOR SVR TSTORM WATCH... THINGS BECOMING QUITE ACTIVE IN THE EAST AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE NIGHT. OUTFLOW WILL BOLSTER THE EAST WINDS FOR CENTRAL VALLEYS TONIGHT. WILL GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND CARRIZOZO. THIS WILL BRING A GREAT DEAL OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE WEST HALF OF CWA. WILL HAVE SOME MENTION OF TSTORMS SUNDAY EVEN IN THE FAR WEST. IT MAY TAKE OF COUPLE OF DAYS FOR SUBSIDENCE TO MIX OUT THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE WEST. AS FOR THE EAST...WILL HAVE LOWER POPS THAN TODAY BECAUSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD OFF OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. LITTLE OR NO CHANGE TO EXTENDED. JWS ABQ BB 066/088 066/091 065 46122 SAF BB 059/085 059/088 057 46222 TCC EB 061/087 064/089 064 46432 .ABQ...WIND ADVISORY RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND WESTERN HALF OF LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS TIL 300 AM. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR ZONES 4>7-11>13-18-20-21.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Delaware, August 25 to 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 25, 2001
- Tornado in Indiana, August 25, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, August 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 25, 2001
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, August 25, 2001
- Rip Currents in New Jersey, August 25 to 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 25, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, August 25, 2001
- Hail in Texas, August 25, 2001
- Tornado in Illinois, August 25, 2001
- Hail in South Dakota, August 25, 2001
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2001
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: 5263418.