Strong wind gusts blew the roofs off of two commercial greenhouses on the far southwest side of Santa Fe.
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.
Strong wind gusts blew the roofs off of two commercial greenhouses on the far southwest side of Santa Fe.
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 25, 1:56 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 256 PM MDT SUN APR 25 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT HIGH WIND EVENT POSSIBLE WED/THU... .DISCUSSION...SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT EMERGED EAST OF THE NRN ROCKIES EARLIER TODAY WILL SLOWLY TRANSLATE SEWD TONIGHT... EVENTUALLY CLOSING OFF OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES EARLY MONDAY. ATTENDANT COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO NERN COLORADO AS OF THIS WRITING...WITH MODEST PRESSURE RISES NOTED IN ITS WAKE. FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE NE CORNER OF OUR FCST AREA BY EARLY EVENING...WITH COOLER AIR MASS/LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE TAKING UP RESIDENCE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD SHRA/TSRA ALONG/EAST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT...SFC BASED INSTABILITY IS QUITE LIMITED THIS PM OWING TO DRIER AIR THAT HAS INFILTRATED MUCH OF THE AREA THE PAST 12 HOURS. BETTER CHC OF MEASURABLE PRECIP DEVELOPS AFTER 03Z OR SO ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A KRTN-KCAO LINE. NW-SE ORIENTED PRECIP BAND LIKELY TO DEVELOP TONIGHT FROM SE COLORADO TO SW KANSAS...AS A COUPLE OF VORT MAXES DROP SEWD IN THE NWLY FLOW AND INTERACT WITH THE DEEPENING LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW. OUR NORTHEAST ZONES WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF THE BEST LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR LIFT...BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE CHC POPS FROM KRTN TO KCAO ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 06Z-12Z. DID EXPAND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTHERN CURRY COUNTY OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER QUIET NIGHT ACROSS THE WEST/SOUTH WITH MOSTLY CLEAR OR CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPS THAT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS CHILLY AS COMPARED TO THIS MORNING. BUT STILL SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES MOST AREAS. BOUNDARY LAYER RH PROGS SUGGEST WIDESPREAD STRATUS CONFINED TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL PLAINS OVERNIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. WILL HANG ONTO LOW CHC POPS ACROSS NORTHEAST ZONES FOR MONDAY...AS NWLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS THERE AND ONE OR TWO MORE WEAK VORT MAXES DROP SEWD. POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER NIL IN THE POST FRONTAL AIR MASS. THE ONE EXCEPTION MAY BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRES BUT EVEN THERE POTENTIAL TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN WX GRIDS ATTM. MAX TEMPS A GOOD 10-15 DEGREES COOLER MUCH OF THE EAST...WITH READINGS SIMILAR TO OR SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN TODAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL/WEST WHERE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED. FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... MODEST GAP WINDS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE CENTRAL VALLEYS EARLY EVENING MONDAY CONTINUING THROUGH DAYBREAK TUE. PAINTED AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES. INCLUDED ISOLD SHRA/TSRA FOR THE SC MOUNTAINS TUE AFTERNOON WHERE DEEPEST UPSLOPE INDICATED AND SFC DEW POINTS NEAR 40 DEGREES POOL ALONG THE EAST SLOPES CONTRIBUTING TO MARGINAL SB CAPE DURING PEAK HEATING. ALSO INCLUDED ISOLD THUNDER FOR THE HIGHEST TERRAIN OF THE GILA...ALTHOUGH MOISTURE THERE MAY END UP BEING TOO SHALLOW. OVERALL...CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ON TUE NOT ESPECIALLY EXCITING GIVEN RISING 500 MB HEIGHTS/MID-LEVEL WARMING AS RIDGE ALOFT STRENGTHENS. QUIET WX TUE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOW CLOUDS/FOG AGAIN POSSIBLE FAR EC/SE AREAS AS RICHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTS NWD. FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TO WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A PRONOUNCED CHANGE TOWARD COOLER/UNSETTLED WX FOR THE WED-FRI PERIOD. MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HAS STRUGGLED OF LATE WITH THE OVERALL EVOLUTION OF A DEEP/COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FORECAST TO CARVE OUT OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WED/WED NIGHT. THERE WAS BETTER AGREEMENT AMONG THE 12Z RUNS TODAY...ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF IS STILL PREFERRED WITH ITS HANDLING OF EMBEDDED SHORT-WAVES PINWHEELING AROUND THE LARGE SCALE...BEHEMOTH TROUGH THAT WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF THE CENTRAL/WESTERN CONUS DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WIDESPREAD WINDY/VERY WINDY CONDITIONS FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE INCOMING TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT. DEEPENING SURFACE LOW INDICATED OVER SERN COLO WED PM...WITH A SHARPENING DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTH ALONG NM/TX STATE LINE. TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER WE WILL NEED TO INCLUDE DRYLINE TSTMS POSSIBLY SEVERE ACROSS THE FAR EAST FOR WED...BUT CERTAINLY POTENTIAL AND WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED IN THE COMING DAYS. OTHERWISE...EXTENDED GRIDS REFLECT THE INITIAL PAC FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WED NIGHT/THU WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES FOLLOWING. A SECONDARY UPPER LOW FORECAST TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE BASE OF THE LARGE SCALE TROUGH TO OUR WEST FOR FRI/SAT...BUT STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING/PLACEMENT. KJ && .AVIATION... A FEW NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KTS ALONG EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO AND SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS BEFORE 01Z. OTHERWISE VFR THROUGH 05Z. THEREAFTER...SURFACE FRONT TO PUSH INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MAY RESULT IN LOCAL MVFR CIGS FROM EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TO THE TEXAS BORDER BETWEEN 09Z AND 16Z MON...AS WELL AS A FEW NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KT. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON OVER ROUGHLY THE EAST HALF OF TORRANCE COUNTY AND WESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY. NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN SPEEDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND TURN MORE TO A WEST TO EAST FLOW...WHILE A FAIRLY STRONG COLD FRONT SURGES INTO AND ACROSS ROUGHLY THE EAST HALF OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN MONDAY OVER THE PLAINS AS MINIMUM RH VALUES INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 45 PERCENT RANGE. HOWEVER...THE WEST WILL SEE AFTERNOON RH VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT BUT WITH WIND SPEEDS BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. SOME HIGHER DEWPOINTS MAY BLEED INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT AS EASTERLY WINDS BLOW THROUGH CANYONS AND GAPS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. WINDS SHOULD BE RELATIVELY LIGHT TUESDAY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...HOWEVER...THE INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. ON WEDNESDAY...A SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE GREAT BASIN...WHICH WILL LEAD TO INCREASING WINDINESS ACROSS NEW MEXICO. COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE WIDESPREAD OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE WIND MAY NOT DECREASE MUCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE STRONG AGAIN THURSDAY...WHEN CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THIS SAME REGION FRIDAY...AS MODELS ARE NOW IN BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. SPOTTY PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WHERE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE BELOW AVERAGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 36 70 35 76 / 0 0 0 0 DULCE........................... 29 64 30 68 / 5 0 0 0 CUBA............................ 30 64 31 68 / 0 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 28 69 28 75 / 0 0 0 0 EL MORRO........................ 28 66 29 71 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 29 70 29 73 / 0 0 0 0 QUEMADO......................... 29 69 32 73 / 0 0 0 5 GLENWOOD........................ 39 79 49 80 / 0 0 0 5 CHAMA........................... 24 58 22 62 / 10 5 0 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 29 63 31 66 / 0 0 0 0 PECOS........................... 29 62 31 64 / 0 0 0 5 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 24 59 22 62 / 10 5 5 0 RED RIVER....................... 26 49 26 55 / 10 10 5 5 ANGEL FIRE...................... 26 53 26 58 / 10 5 5 5 TAOS............................ 28 62 28 64 / 5 5 5 0 ESPANOLA........................ 37 70 38 72 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA FE........................ 31 65 32 65 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 34 68 36 68 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 40 69 43 69 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 44 72 45 73 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 38 73 41 74 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 40 72 43 73 / 0 0 0 0 LOS LUNAS....................... 36 74 39 75 / 0 0 0 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 41 72 42 73 / 0 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 42 77 45 77 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 36 63 33 67 / 0 0 0 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 36 66 38 70 / 0 0 0 5 CLINES CORNERS.................. 33 62 33 65 / 0 0 0 5 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 38 69 37 70 / 0 0 0 5 CARRIZOZO....................... 41 72 45 72 / 0 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 37 64 35 61 / 0 0 0 10 CAPULIN......................... 29 50 30 59 / 30 20 10 5 RATON........................... 34 57 30 66 / 30 20 10 5 LAS VEGAS....................... 32 58 30 63 / 0 5 5 5 CLAYTON......................... 35 54 35 67 / 30 20 10 5 ROY............................. 38 52 38 61 / 10 10 10 5 CONCHAS......................... 41 60 35 70 / 5 10 5 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 43 63 39 69 / 0 5 5 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 41 59 36 71 / 5 10 10 5 CLOVIS.......................... 42 61 38 67 / 5 5 5 5 PORTALES........................ 42 62 38 68 / 5 5 5 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 43 65 40 70 / 0 5 5 5 ROSWELL......................... 47 72 44 70 / 5 5 5 5 PICACHO......................... 44 71 43 69 / 0 0 0 5 ELK............................. 40 70 40 65 / 0 0 0 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 41/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 AM MDT SUN APR 25 2010 NMZ501>540-261200- ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY- SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 530 AM MDT SUN APR 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DPORTER
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong wind gusts blew the roofs off of two commercial greenhouses. The roofs were made of plastic sheeting and shade cloth. A seven foot windbreak structure was also snapped off at the ground.
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