1 high 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 Mar 29, 9:45 AM MST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 945 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2005 .UPDATE...HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES OVERALL LOOK GOOD...THOUGH CONSIDERED A WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONE 4 PARTLY DUE TO POTENTIAL FOR ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS HIGHER RIDGES AND IMMEDIATE EAST SLOPES AND ALSO SINCE THERE IS A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ZONES IMMEDIATELY TO SOUTH OF 4. DECIDED AT LAST MINUTE NOT TO DO SO DUE TO DUE BIG DROP IN WIND SPEEDS AT 700 MB AT AZTEC PROFILER. ALSO FOR THE LATTER REASON CONSIDERED DROPPING ZONE 9 FROM WIND ADVISORY...BUT THERE ARE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT TO S OF THAT PROFILER AND ARE LIKELY TO MIX DOWN DUE TO HEALTHY LAPSE RATES. OTHER THAN THAT SOME TWEAKING OF POPS...WX...QPF AND SKY GRIDS MOSTLY TO ALLOW FOR EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEM AND RELATED RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS. ZFP TEXT OUT AS SOON AS IT CAN BE TWEAKED. 43 .PREV. DISCUSSION...935 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2005. TROF IS DIGGING FARTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS INDICATION. EARLY THIS MORNING KGUP HAS STARTED TO SNOW WITH THE TEMP DROPPING QUICKLY. INCREASED POPS OVER THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL AND SPREAD THEM SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH FOR TODAY. ALREADY WINDS HAVE PICKED UP AT A FEW LOCATIONS. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WHOLE CWA WITH VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE SANDIA MTNS TO THE TX BORDER AND SOUTH OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. TCC PROFILER HAS 45 KTS AT 2 KM AND 50 KTS AT 4 KM. AZTEC IS 30 KTS JUST OFF THE SFC. STRONG JET ALOFT WILL PASS OVERHEAD THIS MORNING AND THE SFC GRADIENT TIGHTENS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN ORDER FOR THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AREA WITH WIND ADV OVER THE UPPER GILA...MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS. ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO ADD ISOLATED TS NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AND THEN FOR ALL POPS IN THE AFTERNOON. MODELS STILL HAVE THE LOW MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS THE STATE WHICH SHOULD NEGATE THE ISSUANCE OF SNOW HIGHLIGHTS...ALTHOUGH FAVORED AREA WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER. PATTERN WILL STAY UNSETTLED WITH A FEW S/WS MOVING OVER NORTHERN NM TUE NIGHT THRU WED. THE NEXT TROF DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WED AND DIGS SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WED NIGHT. MODELS ARE SLIGHTLY FARTHER EAST WITH THIS SYSTEM AND HAVE A STRONG SFC FRONT SLIDING SOUTH AT THE SAME TIME. LOWERED TEMPS FOR THU AND SHIFTED POPS BY A PERIOD WITH THE SLOWER TIMING. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS THRU THU. A RIDGE FORMS ON FRI AND PERSISTS INTO THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS SLOWER THIS RUN SO WILL LEAVE POPS AS IS. THE EXTENDED IS ON TRACK WITH ONLY A MINOR TWEAK OR TWO. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST TODAY FOR NMZ010>013-016>021-026. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST TODAY FOR NMZ005>007-009-014-015. && 23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2005 NMZ001>021-026-301300- 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- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 538 AM MST TUE MAR 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH WIND WARNING CONDITIONS EXPECTED... AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS MOVES OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO VERY STRONG WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL AFFECT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. THE REST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD ALSO EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL KEEP CONDITIONS WINDY OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 23
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds reported at Sierra Blanca Airport 15 NE of Ruidoso.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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