High Wind, Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County
- When
- April 10, 12:53 PM MST
- Where
- Central High Plains/Estancia Valley County forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
High Wind in New Mexico, April 10, 2007
A strong flow aloft and daytime heating created strong and gusty winds at the surface on April 10th. The strongest winds were generally close to the Interstate 40 corridor.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
A strong flow aloft and daytime heating created strong and gusty winds at the surface on April 10th. The strongest winds were generally close to the Interstate 40 corridor.
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 Apr 10, 8:53 AM MST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 8:53 AM MST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 953 AM MDT TUE APR 10 2007 .UPDATE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET CROSSING THE STATE COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT MIXING WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY. ZONES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED TO INCREASE WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO UPDATED THE NPW TO INCLUDE A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. && .PREV DISCUSSION...300 AM MDT TUE APR 10 2007... 08Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A 995MB LOW PRES CENTER OVER SE CO WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SW ACROSS EASTERN NM. LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS AN UPPER WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES MOVING RAPIDLY EAST TOWARD THE GREAT PLAINS. 400-200MB AIRCRAFT WIND PLOT SHOWS A 110-130 KNOT PUSHING INTO THE BASE OF THE WAVE FROM THE PAC NW. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN NOTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MTNS THIS MORNING WITH A BANK OF LOW CLOUDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE TX STATE LINE. 00Z NAM/GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT UPPER WAVE WILL CONTINUE EAST AS THE STRONG JET PUSHES SE IN NORTHERN NM. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY. FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AS 700MB WINDS AROUND 40 KNOTS MAY MIX DOWN WITH PRECIP. WILL RAISE A WIND ADV FOR PORTIONS OF THE E PLAINS AS MOS GUIDANCE AND BUFKIT PROFILES INDICATE SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS CLEAR OUT BY LATE IN THE DAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW BUILDS IN BRIEFLY FOR WEDNESDAY. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE AROUND SEASONAL NORMALS FOR WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDINESS FROM THE WEST. 00Z MREF AND 21Z SREF GUIDANCE ARE STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL LOW FOR THURSDAY. RAISED POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS FOR RAIN AND SNOW AS MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW IS LIFTED ALONG THE WEST SLOPES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WILL ALSO LIKELY SEE WIND HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS A GOOD CHUNK OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AS MOS NUMBERS IN SOLID WIND ADVISORY RANGE AT THIS TIME. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW TRANSLATES EAST INTO TX. TEMPS WILL COOL BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS ONCE AGAIN IN THE EAST AS A COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTH FRIDAY BEHIND THE EXITING UPPER LOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 62 33 67 40 / 10 0 10 20 GALLUP.......................... 63 28 67 36 / 5 0 0 10 GRANTS.......................... 65 29 68 35 / 5 0 0 5 GLENWOOD........................ 73 45 74 43 / 5 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 49 20 56 28 / 30 0 20 50 LOS ALAMOS...................... 60 28 63 34 / 20 0 5 10 RED RIVER....................... 45 20 50 25 / 30 0 20 30 TAOS............................ 58 23 60 31 / 20 0 5 10 SANTA FE........................ 63 31 64 35 / 5 0 5 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 65 33 66 37 / 5 0 5 10 ESPANOLA........................ 67 32 69 39 / 10 0 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 70 42 71 44 / 0 0 0 5 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 72 41 72 43 / 0 0 0 5 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 69 40 70 42 / 0 0 0 5 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 71 41 72 44 / 0 0 0 5 SOCORRO......................... 75 44 76 45 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 64 32 65 37 / 5 0 0 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 67 36 67 38 / 0 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 74 43 73 44 / 0 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 66 41 66 42 / 5 0 0 0 RATON........................... 62 26 64 33 / 10 5 5 5 LAS VEGAS....................... 64 30 65 35 / 5 0 0 5 ROY............................. 65 33 62 39 / 5 5 5 5 CLAYTON......................... 64 35 64 38 / 10 10 5 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 76 39 75 43 / 0 5 5 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 75 39 74 46 / 0 5 5 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 77 41 75 45 / 0 0 0 5 CLOVIS.......................... 76 43 75 45 / 0 0 0 5 PORTALES........................ 78 43 76 45 / 0 0 0 5 ROSWELL......................... 82 47 80 47 / 0 0 0 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... NMZ001>021-026. && 16
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 8:40 AM MST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR WINDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 940 AM MDT TUE APR 10 2007 NMZ001>021-026-111200- 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- 940 AM MDT TUE APR 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR AND ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOMING EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THURSDAY NIGHT...AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 16
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Curry
- When
- April 10, 12:55 PM MST
- Where
- Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
High Wind, Westcentral Mountains
- When
- April 10, 2:53 PM MST
- Where
- Westcentral Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
High Wind, Curry
- When
- April 10, 3:55 PM MST
- Where
- Curry forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, April 10 to 13, 2007
- High Surf in California, April 10, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 10, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 10 to 11, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 10, 2007
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 10, 2007
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Iowa, April 10 to 11, 2007
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in South Dakota, April 10 to 11, 2007
- Frost and Freeze in Maryland, April 10, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10, 2007
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, April 10, 2007
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, April 10 to 12, 2007
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 2007
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: 21918, 21920, 21922, 21919.