New Mexico, 2001

Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 30, 2001

July 30, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 Jul 30, 9:38 AM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:38 AM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1038 AM MDT MON JUL 30 2001

UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND BUMP UP FIRST PERIOD POPS
BY 10 PERCENT IN CHAMA...LOS ALAMOS...GRANTS AND RATON. MADE SOME
MINOR TWEAKS TO 1ST PERIOD TEMPS AS WELL. SHOULD BE A BETTER CROP OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEST TODAY...WHEN COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...WITH
NO CLOUDS TO LIMIT SURFACE HEATING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OVER THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY LATE
IN THE DAY. CA

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Roosevelt

When
July 30, 1:15 PM MST
Where
Roosevelt County, 7 mi W of Portales
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.183, -103.450

Several tin roofs were blown off and steel poles bent during a strong storm west of Portales on Highway 267.

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

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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: 5258607.