An unusually strong storm moved north across Colorado on the 6th, with a|tight pressure gradient to the south of the storm. This resulted in widespread strong winds over northern and central New Mexico, with numerous reports of strong non thunderstorm winds and isolated damage|reports.
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 ABQ wrote it up.
An unusually strong storm moved north across Colorado on the 6th, with a|tight pressure gradient to the south of the storm. This resulted in widespread strong winds over northern and central New Mexico, with numerous reports of strong non thunderstorm winds and isolated damage|reports.
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 Jun 6, 9:03 AM MST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1003 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007 .UPDATE... MID MORNING MIXING EASILY GETTING WIND GUSTS INTO THE 40S AND 50S KTS FOR GALLUP AND GRANTS...AND THESE SPEEDS SHOULD PICK UP SMARTLY AS THE DAY WEARS ON AND UPPER LEVEL MOMENTUM POOL MOVES INCREASINGLY TO THE SURFACE. WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE CURRENT ROUND OF WIND ADVISORIES...ALREADY WRITTEN AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE THRESHOLD FOR AN ADVISORY...TO HIGH WIND WARNINGS FROM CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. WILL ALSO ADD REMAINING COUNTIES OF CURRY...ROOSEVELT AND CHAVES CURRENTLY UNDER HIGH END WIND ADVISORY TO THE HIGH WIND WARNING COVERAGE AS WELL. STATEMENT AND NEW ZONES OUT BY 11 AM MDT. SHY && .PREV DISCUSSION...302 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007... WIND AND MORE WIND TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. AT LEAST A LITTLE OF NM WILL BE HEADED INTO TX AS WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AT THE HIGH END OF WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA TO AT LEAST LOW END OF HIGH WIND WARNING. EXPANDED PREVIOUS HIGH WIND WARNING INTO QUAY AND DE BACA COUNTIES. MAJOR SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NM FROM SW TO NW WILL DOVETAIL NICELY WITH UNSEASONABLY STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS TO CREATE 30 TO 45 MPH WINDS ACROSS THE STATE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND WARNING AREAS ACROSS MOST OF THE E WITH EXCEPTION OF CURRY...ROOSEVELT AND CHAVES COUNTIES. DAY SHIFT WILL NEED TO MONITOR SITUATION WITH LATEST SOUNDING DATA...OBS AND MODEL RUNS TO SEE IF WIND WARNING WOULD NEED TO BE EXPANDED. RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES UNCHANGED FOR THE W WITH AREAS FURTHER E STILL CONSIDERED TO BE A LITTLE TOO GREEN AS PER RECENT SWC COORDINATION. WINDS BACK OFF BY ROUGHLY 5 TO 15 MPH FOR THURSDAY AS WINDS ALOFT AND PRESSURE GRADIENT MODERATE SOMEWHAT. WHILE PACIFIC FRONT CROSSES THE STATE LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...A SECOND FRONT WILL DROP S AND SW ACROSS NM THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE INITIAL SURGE BEHIND SECOND FRONT TO BE FAIRLY DRY...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN SHOULD BEGIN TO BE MORE OF A FACTOR LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. CHANCES FOR AT LEAST A FEW SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS E HALF NM LATE FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY EVEN SEE DEEP ENOUGH MOISTURE INFLUX TO ALLOW A FEW MIXED DRY AND WET STORMS NEAR AND E OF DIVIDE. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ001>021-026. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ101-105-109. && 25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007 NMZ001>021-026-071200- 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 WED JUN 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING HOURS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AS WELL AS NORTHEAST AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH PEAK AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SPEEDS RANGING FROM 30 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO DROP VISIBILITY BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL END NOT TOO LONG AFTER SUNSET...BUT STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND RECENT SIGNIFICANT DRYING OF FUELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO STARTING AS SOON AS FRIDAY EVENING...BUT MORE LIKELY LATER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 43
18 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind damage included a dead tree falling onto a roof of an abandoned house; metal building had corner of its roof blown off; a light pole was snapped in half.
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, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 25333, 25334, 25335, 25336, 25337, 25338, 25339, 25340, 25341, 25342, 25343, 25344, 25345, 25346, 25347, 25348, 25350, 25349.