Heavy Snow, Northwest Mountains Including Jemez
- When
- January 12, 4:00 PM MST to January 13, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northwest Mountains Including Jemez forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 12 to 13, 2007
A slow steady snow accumulated across the north central mountains eastward to communities on the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Amounts ranged from 6 and 12 inches between Chama and Cuba to 5 and 10 inches at Red River and Angel Fire then south over the mountain peaks between Santa Fe and Las Vegas.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 slow steady snow accumulated across the north central mountains eastward to communities on the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Amounts ranged from 6 and 12 inches between Chama and Cuba to 5 and 10 inches at Red River and Angel Fire then south over the mountain peaks between Santa Fe and Las Vegas.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- When
- January 12, 4:00 PM MST to January 13, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Heavy Snow, Northeast Highlands
- When
- January 12, 4:00 PM MST to January 13, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 12 to 14, 2007
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Texas, January 12 to 14, 2007
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 12 to 14, 2007
- Cold in Oklahoma, January 12 to 18, 2007
- Ice Storm in Missouri, January 12 to 14, 2007
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 12 to 18, 2007
- Ice Storm in Texas, January 12 to 15, 2007
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 12 to 15, 2007
- Ice Storm in Illinois, January 12 to 13, 2007
- Cold in Nevada, January 12 to 17, 2007
- Ice Storm in Missouri, January 12 to 14, 2007
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 12 to 15, 2007
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 13491, 13492, 13493.