A cold, strong upper low moved into New Mexico from the northwest overnight, with an associated Pacific cold front bringing colder air and lowering snow levels in the Lower Gila Region. Snowfall amounts of 4 or more inches were common north of Silver City.
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.
A cold, strong upper low moved into New Mexico from the northwest overnight, with an associated Pacific cold front bringing colder air and lowering snow levels in the Lower Gila Region. Snowfall amounts of 4 or more inches were common north of Silver City.
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 Feb 9, 3:31 PM MST, 10 hours 29 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 610 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-101300- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 610 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TODAY...YESTERDAY'S UPPER-LEVEL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS EXITING THE REGION. RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN IT'S WAKE WILL LEAVE SOME CLOUDS BEHIND...BUT MORE SUN EXPECTED TODAY THAN YESTERDAY. PRESSURE GRADIENTS REMAIN TIGHT AS ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. THIS WILL KEEP WINDS BREEZY TO WINDY. COOLER AIR REMAINS IN PLACE BEHIND YESTERDAY'S COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THUS COOL TEMPERATURES AGAIN TODAY. TONIGHT...THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM COME IN. THIS DEEP UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AROUND MIDNIGHT. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN AS A STRONG COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH INTO NEW MEXICO FROM THE WEST. MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND LOWER ELEVATION RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EXPAND EAST BY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO NEAR THE DESERT FLOOR BEHIND THE FRONT. THUS A WINTER WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BOTH THE AREA MOUNTAINS AND LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE ABOVE MENTIONED STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED AND POSSIBLY A HIGH WIND WARNING. IN ADDITION THE WINTER WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE THUS THE CONTINUATION OF WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES...LIKELY UPGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE LOWLANDS AND POSSIBLY A WINTER WEATHER WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO PASS NORTH SO MOSTLY STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM. THAT MAY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO PROVIDE ANOTHER STRONG WIND EVENT ON SATURDAY. A THIRD STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE REGION SUNDAY. EACH OF THESE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED PRECIPITATION... ESPECIALLY OVER THE AREA MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BIRD
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow fell in the Lower Gila Region. Snowfall accumulations included 4 inches at Lake Roberts and Pinos Altos, and 7 inches on the south slopes of the Pinos Altos range.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, February 2009
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 156248.