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 Sep 22, 9:45 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1045 AM MDT FRI SEP 22 2006 .UPDATE... HAVE DECIDED TO HOIST A WIND ADVISORY GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR AND ALONG/EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. GRADIENT ALOFT REMAINS STRONG THIS MORNING AS NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO ROTATE AROUND LONG WAVE TROUGH INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. ONE AMDAR SOUNDING TAKING OFF FROM THE ABQ SUNPORT NOTED A 50KT 700MB WIND. THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WHERE CLOUD COVER HAS A LESSER EFFECT. WITH 850-500MB LAPSE RATES PUSHING 6.5-7.0 C/KM ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST... EXPECT 25 TO 35 MPH SFC WINDS WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 OR 50 MPH. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALES MAY BE MARGINAL...WILL SIDE ON THE ERROR OF CAUTION AND ISSUE AN ADVY WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM NOON THRU 6 PM. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MTS...BUT WILL LEAVE THEM OUT AND COVER WITH NOWCASTS AS SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN NEAR/BELOW CRITERIA. IN ADDITION...WILL UPDATE ZONES TO INCREASE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE NW ZONES AND LOWER MAX TEMPS. HAND SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATING THE COLD FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND PROGGED TO INVADE THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WILL WATCH TO SEE IF SFC WINDS BEHIND BOUNDARY ARE ENHANCED BY VIRGA...MAINLY WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF REPORTS OF TRACE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ARE NOTED ABOVE 9500 FEET TODAY ACROSS THE WRN SLOPES OF THE NRN MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CO BORDER. DPORTER && .PREV DISCUSSION 255 AM MDT FRI SEP 22 2006...ANOTHER UPR LVL LOW PRESSURE TROF/CLOSED LOW IS DROPPING INTO THE GREAT BASIN ATTM. THIS WILL DROP ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAVE TAKEN A GOOD LOOK AT WINDS...AND ATTM HAVE CONCLUDED THAT A FEW LOCATIONS COULD REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...BUT WILL NOT BE LONG ENOUGH OR WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY TODAY. WILL CONTINUE INSTEAD WITH ANOTHER SPS PRODUCT MENTIONING WINDS AND POTENTIAL FOR HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWS AND SNOW LEVEL DROPPING TO AROUND 7500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. STRONGEST WINDS TODAY WILL BE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WERE DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS WILL AID IN MIXING AND AN INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS. ANOTHER TROF DROPS ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE STATE LATE SUNDAY INTO THE EARLY PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK...SO AREA WILL SEE A GRADUAL WARMUP BY LATE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY MID WEEK A SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE STATE BREAKS DOWN THIS RIDGE AND BRINGS ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP TO THE STATE BY MID WEEK. LATE NEXT WEEK AND INTO THE EXTENDED FORECASTS...AREA WILL BE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. HAVE NOT MADE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE NEAR TERM OR THE EXTENDED FORECAST. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NMZ005-NMZ010- NMZ011-NMZ012-NMZ013-NMZ016-NMZ017-NMZ018-NMZ019-NMZ020-NMZ021- NMZ026. && 16/46
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT FRI SEP 22 2006 NMZ001>021-026-231200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 600 AM MDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS...HOWEVER A FEW LOCATIONS WILL SEE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ESPECIALLY IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. BE AWARE THAT STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. IN ADDITION...HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER SYSTEM NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE 8500 FEET THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BUT COULD FALL TO AS LOW AS 7500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING AS SNOW SPREADS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY INTO THE CHUSKAS AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS BEFORE VENTURING OUT INTO THE BACK COUNTRY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. 16
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds broke large limbs and toppled several trees onto houses and power lines in the Ruidoso area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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