The second storm in 4 days, this one weaker and not as moist but much colder, dropped southeastward into southern NM and far west TX. Much more snow fell out of this storm than the preceding one.
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 episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
The second storm in 4 days, this one weaker and not as moist but much colder, dropped southeastward into southern NM and far west TX. Much more snow fell out of this storm than the preceding one. Interstate 25 north of Radium Springs and Interstate 10 west of Lordsburg were closed, as were several highways in southern and southwestern NM.
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 21, 2:30 PM MST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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Snowfall totalled 8 inches in Hillsboro and Truth or Consequences, where travelers on Interstate 25 were sheltered.
From 8 to 10 inches of snow fell around Silver City, 13 inches in Pinos Altos, 10 inches in Kingston and 8 inches at Lake Roberts. Buckhorn, a desert location received 7 inches. Most roads were closed in the area.
Snowfall amounts included 4 inches in Lordsburg and 6 inches in Animas (both are desert locations). Interstate 10 was closed west of Lordsburg.
From 8 to 12 inches of snow fell in Cloudcroft, with 8 inches blanketing Mayhill.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2007
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: 12795, 12796, 12797, 12798.