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 1, 4:16 PM MST, 9 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 416 PM MST THU JAN 1 2004 .UPDATE...AT LAST MINUTE NEEDED TO UPGRADE THE NORTHWEST MTNS TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. .PREV DISCUSSION...326 PM MST THU JAN 1 2004. STORM SYSTEM ENTERING THE PAC COAST OVER NORTHERN CA WILL QUICKLY MOVE EAST AND DIG SOUTH. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS FOR NM ESPECIALLY NORTH... ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTNS. A WIND ADV FOR THE NORTHERN MTNS AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN EXTENDING SOUTH AND EAST FRI. MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL STAY NORTH OF NM TONIGHT. FOCUS FOR PRECIP IN NM WILL BE OVER THE NORTHWEST MTNS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU. REFINING IT FURTHER THE SAN JUAN MTNS SHOULD SEE THE MOST ACCUMULATIONS. HOISTING A SN AND BLOWING SN ADV FOR FRI FOR THE NW MTNS AND FRI NOON THRU FRI NIGHT FOR NW PLATEAU. UPPER LVL SYSTEM MOVES OUT ON SUN. TRENDING TEMPS DOWN ON SAT IN THE NW DUE TO CLOUD COVER. AT THE SFC A COLD AIRMASS SLIDES OVER NM MID DAY SAT AND STAYS ENTRENCHED FOR A DAY OR SO. UPPER LVL FLOW STAYS MORE ZONAL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. COULD SEE SMALL DISTURBANCES CUT ACROSS NM TOWARDS MID WEEK. THEN A WEAK RIDGE BUILDS IN THE EXTENDED.AS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON................ 030/046 030/038 013 23145 GALLUP.................... 030/047 029/036 011 23022 GRANTS.................... 029/048 030/039 014 23011 GLENWOOD.................. 030/060 032/054 022 23000 CHAMA..................... 021/038 019/022 007 23256 LOS ALAMOS................ 022/045 026/036 016 23021 RED RIVER................. 019/039 018/026 004 23045 TAOS...................... 026/047 023/037 013 23033 SANTA FE.................. 026/048 028/042 017 23000 SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 028/051 030/044 018 23000 ESPANOLA.................. 024/049 029/044 019 23001 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 032/054 034/049 024 23000 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 028/055 034/051 024 23000 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 029/049 032/047 022 23000 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 031/053 033/049 023 23000 SOCORRO................... 030/057 035/054 021 23000 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 026/048 029/044 019 23000 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 027/054 028/047 020 23000 CARRIZOZO................. 036/056 031/054 020 23000 RUIDOSO................... 031/052 028/051 018 23000 RATON..................... 028/058 027/038 012 23000 LAS VEGAS................. 029/057 032/044 016 23000 ROY....................... 031/059 029/040 015 23000 CLAYTON................... 032/063 031/040 016 23000 SANTA ROSA................ 032/062 039/051 022 23000 TUCUMCARI................. 034/067 036/050 023 23000 FORT SUMNER............... 033/067 037/058 025 23000 CLOVIS.................... 034/068 038/061 025 23000 PORTALES.................. 035/069 036/066 026 23000 ROSWELL................... 034/071 039/067 027 23000 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NMZ004-005 WIND ADV THU MIDNIGHT THRU FRI. NMZ006-007-010>013-016>018-021-026 WIND ADV FRI. NMZ002 WINTER STORM WARNING FRI THRU FRI NIGHT. NMZ001 SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADV FRI NOON THRU FRI NIGHT. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MST THU JAN 1 2004 NMZ001>021-021300- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-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 THU JAN 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST QUARTER FAVORING THE WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HALF AND AGAIN SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty overnight winds in Cimarron damaged several signs and at least one carport covering.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2004
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: 5380406.