Strong Wind, Curry
- When
- May 15, 2:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Strong Wind in New Mexico, May 15, 2003
Gusty winds swept across east central New Mexico producing wind damage to several roofs in Clovis and northern Roosevelt County. Near Floyd part of a barn roof was blown into electric lines that sparked a wind driven fire which burnt 250 acres of wheat.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Gusty winds swept across east central New Mexico producing wind damage to several roofs in Clovis and northern Roosevelt County. Near Floyd part of a barn roof was blown into electric lines that sparked a wind driven fire which burnt 250 acres of wheat.
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 May 15, 1:50 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 1:50 PM MST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
250 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2003
MAIN CONCERNS NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE NORTHEAST
AND STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
NASTY WEATHER OCCURRING IN UNION COUNTY WITH A REPORT OF GOLBALL
HAIL IN CAPULIN. THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER
HOUR OR TWO THEN SHOULD MOVE E. ELSEWHERE WINDS WERE THE STORY TODAY
AND THEY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DARK ESPECIALLY IN THE CNTRL AND ERN
AREAS. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT ADVISORY THROUGH 900 PM ALL AREAS...
ALTHOUGH MAY DROP BELOW CRITERIA EARLIER IN THE W AND LINGER A BIT
LONGER IN THE E. MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
NORTHEAST TONIGHT...BUT WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP ISOLATED
ACTIVITY IN THE N MUCH OF THE NIGHT. SOME SNOW MAY FALL ABOVE 7500
FEET IN THE NRN MOUNTAINS BUT NOT EXPECTING MUCH ACCUMULATION.
STORM OVER NM NOW WILL DEPART TO THE E FRI. WILL KEEP A FEW SHOWERS
AND STORMS IN THE NE IN THE MORNING OTHERWISE DRY FRI. WARMER IN
THE W AND COOLER IN THE E. WINDS WILL BE MUCH LESS ALL AREAS...WITH
BREEZY CONDITIONS CONFINED TO THE E. WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF AN
E WIND INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FRI NIGHT. SHORT WAVE RIDGE FOR THE
WEEKEND WITH WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. SW FLOW INCREASES SOME SUNDAY
WITH BREEZES RETURNING. SAME FOR MONDAY...THEN STRONG BACKDOOR FRONT
INTO THE NE MON NIGHT AND SWD ACROSS THE PLAINS TUE AND TUE NIGHT.
COOLER AND MORE MOIST FOR MUCH OF THE E TUE AND WED WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF PRECIP. THE W SHOULD REMAIN WARM AND DRY.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
FARMINGTON................ 046/083 050/085 049 40100
GALLUP.................... 038/085 036/086 038 40000
GRANTS.................... 036/082 039/084 040 40000
GLENWOOD.................. 042/091 045/093 048 40000
CHAMA..................... 031/075 035/076 039 40200
LOS ALAMOS................ 036/079 038/081 042 40000
RED RIVER................. 033/063 036/068 041 40300
TAOS...................... 036/076 038/079 042 40200
SANTA FE.................. 036/081 037/083 042 40100
SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 043/083 043/085 048 40100
ESPANOLA.................. 046/085 045/086 050 40000
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 052/087 056/089 058 40000
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 048/089 052/091 054 40000
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 046/085 050/087 052 40000
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 050/088 054/090 056 40000
SOCORRO................... 052/092 056/094 059 40000
SANDIAPARK/CEDAR CREST... 039/080 042/082 046 40000
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 046/085 048/086 050 40000
CARRIZOZO................. 057/086 053/089 057 40000
RUIDOSO................... 049/078 045/081 049 40000
RATON..................... 042/072 040/082 050 40510
LAS VEGAS................. 044/075 044/079 044 40100
ROY....................... 047/075 045/083 048 40310
CLAYTON................... 051/072 049/082 055 40620
SANTA ROSA................ 051/082 049/087 051 40100
TUCUMCARI................. 054/076 056/084 056 40200
FORT SUMNER............... 056/082 055/086 056 40000
CLOVIS.................... 056/080 054/083 056 40100
PORTALES.................. 058/082 055/084 058 40100
ROSWELL................... 060/089 060/088 060 40000
.ABQ...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 900 PM THIS EVENING NMZ005>021-026
RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH SUNSET FOR NMZ105-106
CHJHazardous weather outlook, May 15, 10:00 AM MST, 4 hours before
NMZ001>021-026-161200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1100 AM MDT THU MAY 15 2003 UPDATED FOR MINOR WORDING CHANGES AND TO EMPHASIZE THE NORTHEAST. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST OVER UNION...HARDING AND QUAY COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM ALONG THE DRY LINE THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SHIFT EAST TOWARD TEXAS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE AREA...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG MICROBURST WINDS AROUND 55 MPH. IN ADDITION...DRY LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY LITTLE RAINFALL. EVEN WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT FORM...WINDS WILL BE STRONG. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS UNION...HARDING AND QUAY COUNTIES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 PM AND 9 PM. CHJ
Event by event
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Roosevelt
- When
- May 15, 2:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Roosevelt forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph) estimated sustained
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 15 to 16, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 15, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 15 to 16, 2003
- Flood in Michigan, May 15 to 20, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15 to 16, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 15 to 16, 2003
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 15, 2003
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 15, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 15, 2003
- Hail in North Carolina, May 15, 2003
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: 5355723, 5355724.