1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Jan 2, 2:49 PM MST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 249 PM MST FRI JAN 2 2004 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LVL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTH AS IT MOVES EAST. ALTHOUGH...WARM MOIST MID LVL SUB-TROPICAL AIR MANAGED TO INFILTRATE THE FLOW AND MODERATE THE COOLER NORTHERN PAC AIRMASS. THE WARMER AIR IS TRANSLATING TO THE SFC IN NORTHWEST NM IN THE FORM OF RAIN IN FMN. THE COLD AIR HOLDS OFF UNTIL LATE IN THE STORM BEFORE MOVING INTO NM. THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN MTNS...SAN JUAN AND NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS...IS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE UPSLOPE. WILL CANCEL THE SNOW BLOWING SNOW ADV FOR NMZ001. DUE TO THE WARMER AIRMASS WILL ALSO CANCEL THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ISSUE A SNOW ADV FOR NMZ002. THE ADV WILL BE FOR AREAS ABOVE 7500 FEET WERE 6-8 INCHES TOTAL SHOULD FALL WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BELOW 7500 FEET 1-2 INCHES COULD FALL AND SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADV CRITERIA. TO SUM THE PRECIP SIDE OF THINGS UP A SNOW ADV FOR NMZ002 AND 004 ABOVE 7500 FEET TONIGHT THRU SAT 6PM. STRONG UPPER LVL JET WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND ALSO TRANSLATE TO THE SFC BRINGING WIND ADV CAT SPEEDS TO THE CENTRAL MTNS EAST TO THE TX BORDER. THE PLACEMENT OF THE JET ON SAT ACROSS CENTRAL NM WILL PLACE THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE UPPER GILA WIND ADV CAT ALSO. WIND SPEEDS OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS SHOULD TAPER OFF MORE QUICKLY AS A SFC FRONT PUSHES SOUTH. THE STORM MOVES QUICKLY AND IS OVER SAT NIGHT WITH ONLY LINGERING SHOWERS. COLD AIR MOVES OVER NM AND SKIES CLEAR MAKING MON INTO TUE COOL. NM IS UNDER A FLAT RIDGE DURING MID WEEK AND THE NORTHERN MTNS COULD SEE STRAY SHOWERS AS A FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES SLIDE THRU THE FLOW. THE NEXT SYSTEM ENTERS NM LATE THU AND FRI BUT TAKES ONLY A GLANCING BLOW TO NORTHERN NM.AS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 032/035 015/033 010 23565 GALLUP.................... 032/038 013/031 005 23243 GRANTS.................... 031/041 016/032 014 23243 GLENWOOD.................. 032/054 024/049 017 23000 CHAMA..................... 019/022 009/025 901 23865 LOS ALAMOS................ 034/037 018/031 011 23243 RED RIVER................. 017/026 006/024 901 23665 TAOS...................... 023/038 015/030 004 23265 SANTA FE.................. 031/043 019/032 010 23032 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 033/045 020/035 011 23032 ESPANOLA.................. 029/045 021/035 013 23243 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 036/051 026/038 018 23011 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 036/053 026/039 011 23011 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 033/049 024/034 016 23011 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 035/051 025/039 017 23011 SOCORRO................... 035/055 023/044 014 23000 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 028/046 021/034 017 23221 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 027/048 022/039 012 23000 CARRIZOZO................. 031/054 022/042 020 23000 RUIDOSO................... 028/051 020/041 014 23000 RATON..................... 027/048 014/037 008 23012 LAS VEGAS................. 032/052 018/038 012 23000 ROY....................... 029/045 017/041 011 23001 CLAYTON................... 034/044 019/037 013 23012 SANTA ROSA................ 042/056 023/039 015 23000 TUCUMCARI................. 040/058 025/041 016 23000 FORT SUMNER............... 041/063 028/042 015 23000 CLOVIS.................... 042/064 028/043 018 23000 PORTALES.................. 040/069 029/044 019 23000 ROSWELL................... 040/069 031/047 019 23000 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NMZ002-004 SNOW ADV TONIGHT THRU SAT 6PM. NMZ005>007-010>021-26 WIND ADV 8AM SAT TO 6PM SAT. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2004 NMZ001>021-026-031300- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- WESTCENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 600 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY WINTER STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL WILL PRIMARILY EFFECT THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS...CHUSKA AND SAN MATEO MOUNTAINS. BRISK WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CREATE LOW VISIBLITIES AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE 40S ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE TODAY. THE DOMINATE DIRECTION WILL BE WESTSERLY SO MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH...SOUTH HIGHWAYS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELLING ON THE AREA ROADWAYS. SEE ADDITIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AGAIN WILL BE MORE RELEGATED TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE MOUNTAINS NEAR TO INTERSTATE 40. BRISK WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW THE SNOW AROUND CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN AFFECT SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS ON SATURDAY. THE STRENGTH AND COVERAGE OF THE STRONG WINDS IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN BUT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL MOST CERTAINTLY SEE THE STRONG WINDS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty winds resulted in about a half dozen damage reports in Ruidoso. Claims included tree limbs through a roof, a storage shed blown over and a roof blown off a walkway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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