A strong lee-side surface low combined with strong mid level winds mixing down to the surface resulted in severe wind gusts across much of the east central plains and the high peaks of the southwest mountains. These strong winds began during the early morning hours, and lasted much of the afternoon.
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.
A strong lee-side surface low combined with strong mid level winds mixing down to the surface resulted in severe wind gusts across much of the east central plains and the high peaks of the southwest mountains. These strong winds began during the early morning hours, and lasted much of the afternoon. Visibilities were reduced to near zero in blowing dust around Roswell and other portions of the east central plains.
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 Feb 27, 3:00 AM MST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2011 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...STORM CENTERED OVER WESTERN ARIZONA WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM ACROSS NEW MEXICO. COMPANION 130 KT JET STREAK AT 300 MB NOSING INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING WITH LEFT EXIT REGION MOVING OVER BOOT HEEL TO I 40 SEGMENT OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS FEATURE WILL PROPAGATE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY BEFORE SHEARING OUT RAPIDLY TO THE EAST BY THIS EVENING. AT THE SURFACE...LOW CENTER CROSSING THE MOGOLLON RIM NEAR FLAGSTAFF THIS MORNING...WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH PHOENIX. THIS CONFIGURATION SLATED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY WITH SNOW IN THE WEST EXPANDING TO CENTRAL BY AFTERNOON...AND STRONG WINDS OVER THE EAST WITH ASSOCIATED BLOWING DUST THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODELS...IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SOME DIFFERENCES IN HANDLING WAVE AMPLIFICATION FROM SATURDAY ONWARD THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE FOLLOWING WORK WEEK. GOOD CONSENSUS MOVES STORM CENTER FROM WESTERN ARIZONA ALONG INTERSTATE 40 TO THE TEXAS LINE BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CLOSED LOW SHEARING OUT RAPIDLY TO THE EAST INTO AN OPEN WAVE STRUCTURE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS BY EARLY MONDAY. ZONAL FLOW BUILDING IN WITH WEAK RIDGING MONDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK...WITH VERY MODEST SHORTWAVE CREASING NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. CONSENSUS AMPLIFIES SHORTWAVE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO ON FRIDAY...WITH ECMWF SOLUTION DEEPENING CLOSED LOW OVER THE BASE OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WHILE GFS STICKS TO A MORE PROGRESSIVE AND FASTER SOLUTION. THIS BASIC MISMATCH CONTINUES THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE ZONAL PATTERN WITH WEAK RIDGING IS PICKED UP BY BOTH SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. WEEKEND DISJOINT SOLVED BY SPLITTING DIFFERENCE FOR NOW...AND PROVIDING SOME PLAY FOR EARLY WEEKEND ISOLATED SHOWER COVERAGE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND COOLER WEEKEND TEMPERATURES STATEWIDE IN HONOR OF OUR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES. NEAR TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT SWEEPING EAST...SPEEDY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...JET STREAK NOSING INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...ALL SETTING UP FOR AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY TODAY. IN THE WEST...SNOW AMOUNTS MODEST BUT TRAVEL HEADACHES LIKELY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEST TO THE ARIZONA ALINE...OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CATRON COUNTY. ALL GUIDANCE STILL PAINTING HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TODAY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 180 CORRIDOR IN CATRON COUNTY WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD PUSH UP TOWARD WARNING CRITERIA IN SPOTS. FOR NOW...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE AND WILL KEEP EYE ON SOUTHWEST CATRON COUNTY FOR ANY NEEDED CHANGES THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW COVERAGE EXPANDING EASTWARD TO THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AS COLD FRONT SWEEPS EAST...WITH MODEST ACCUMULATIONS IN VERY FAST MOVING STORM. EASTBOUND COLD FRONT WITH RAPIDLY DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND COPIOUS MOMENTUM ALOFT STILL A GOOD SET UP FOR WIDESPREAD HIGH WIND EVENT OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE STATE FORM INTERSTATE 40 SOUTHWARD WHERE GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...AND SOMEWHAT LESS DRAMATIC SPEEDS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. WILL RETAIN HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORIES AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN...AND KEEP BLOWING DUST IN THE MIX FOR WINDY SPOTS NOT RECEIVING SNOW. WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS SETTING UP DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE STATE...AND WILL EXPAND THE RED FLAG WARNING TO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON TO COVER. COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL PRODUCE DOUBLE DIGIT DROPS IN HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY...WHICH WILL OCCUR EARLY IN THE WEST WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. COLDER AIR WILL PUSH OVERNIGHT LOWS INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND WEST AS SKIES CLEAR AND WIND SPEEDS DECREASE. OVERNIGHT...LAST OF THE LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL PLAY OUT OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...WITH LAST OF THE GUSTY WINDS DECREASING STEADILY OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS IN TIME FOR MONDAY SUNRISE. FOR MONDAY...STORM SYSTEM A LINGERING MEMORY AND BLASTING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...LEAVING NEW MEXICO IN BROAD ZONAL FLOW WITH WEAK RIDGING OVER THE STATE. DOUBLE DIGIT TEMPERATURE DROPS SUNDAY WILL REBOUND BACK TO WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF LATE FEBRUARY NORMS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON UNDER CLEARING SKIES AND SUNSHINE. MUCH REDUCED WIND SPEEDS FOR THE DAY AS WELL...AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR FIRE WEATHER CUSTOMERS STATEWIDE. MODERATING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES SHOULD KEEP MOST SPOTS IN THE 20S...WITH SOME TEENS UP NORTH...AND 30S IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FOR TUESDAY...RIDGE REMAINING OVER NEW MEXICO WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES MOVING UP ANOTHER HANDFUL OF DEGREES OVER MONDAY...WITH MOST ALL SPOTS NORMAL OR BETTER...WARMER IN THE EAST...AND A LITTLE COOLER IN THE WEST. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THROUGH HAZY HIGH CLOUDS...AND A FEW AFTERNOON BREEZES ON THE EAST SLOPES AND ADJACENT PLAINS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. FOR WEDNESDAY...A FEW MORE DEGREES ADDED IN CONTINUING WARMING TREND...WITH TREND STARTING TO LEVEL OFF. MOST OF THE STATE 3 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WITH SOME COOL SPOTS NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. WEAK SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN END OF THE STATE IN ADVANCE OF PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...WITH UPTICK IN NORTHERN TIER CLOUD COVER AND POSSIBLE SPOTTY SHOWERS OVER THE SAN JUANS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ELSEWHERE...THE USUAL AFTERNOON WESTERLY BREEZES CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...PACIFIC DISTURBANCE WILL CREASE NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THURSDAY WITH ASSOCIATED COOL FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD THURSDAY NIGHT AND A COOLER AIR MASS BUILDING IN RIGHT BEHIND THROUGH SATURDAY. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL VEER TO THE NORTHWEST AS MAIN TROUGH AMPLIFICATION APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP OVER EASTERN END OF THE STATE IN A SOMEWHAT REDUCED CONFIDENCE SET UP DUE TO MODEL DIFFERENCES. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SPOTTY SHOWER COVERAGE WILL EXPAND ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ON FRIDAY...AND THEN SHIFT FOCUS TO THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN END OF THE STATE EARLY SATURDAY AS TROUGH ALOFT AMPLIFIES AND DIGS INTO THE HEART OF TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS THURSDAY MAY RETURN FIRE WEATHER ISSUES TO THE HEADLINES OVER THE EASTERN AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT DECREASING WIND SPEEDS WILL EASE FIRE DANGERS FOR FRIDAY HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. SHY && .AVIATION... DYNAMIC WEATHER PATTERN WILL FALL OVER NEW MEXICO TODAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SWINGS OVER THE STATE. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALLOWING SNOW LEVELS TO DROP TO 6000 TO 6500 FEET. SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO MVFR/IFR STATUS AT TIMES IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE WITH LOWERED CEILINGS OF 500 TO 1500 FT DURING SHOWERS. MOUNTAIN TOPS WILL ALSO REMAIN OBSCURED IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. ALSO...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT ROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LOW AND MIX TO THE SURFACE. THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS WILL OBSERVE THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KT FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. REMAINING AREAS OF THE STATE WILL STILL SEE STRONG GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 KT AT TIMES. BLOWING DUST MAY TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 3 MILES...AND POSSIBLY LOWER IN LOCALIZED AREAS. 52 NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 22Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... A VERY STRONG WIND EVENT WILL UNFOLD OVER NEW MEXICO TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES. VERY LOW DEWPOINTS ARE IN PLACE OVER THIS AREA CURRENTLY...AND FORECAST MODELS HAD A POOR HANDLE ON THE EXTENT OF THE DRY AIR. THUS...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LOOK TO REDEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SPREADING INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES TODAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE UPPER LOW...THIS MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ADVANCE EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS. GIVEN LATEST TRENDS...DEWPOINT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FORECASTS WERE LOWERED SOME IN THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS TODAY...KNOCKING THEM BEYOND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THUS...RED FLAG WARNING WAS EXPANDED INTO THE NORTHEAST ZONE 104. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE MODEST...BUT MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE WILL BE FAVORED FOR AT LEAST SOME WETTING PRECIPITATION AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND HUMIDITIES RISE. WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT WILL BE SLOWLY LOSING INTENSITY. GOOD TO EXCELLENT RH RECOVERY IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WITH FAIR RECOVERY IN THE EAST. BY MONDAY TEMPERATURES WILL ALREADY BE WARMING UP SLIGHTLY ABOVE TODAY/S READINGS WHICH WILL BE CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY IN MOST LOCALES. WINDS WOULD BE MUCH MORE TAME WITH ONLY SOME OCCASIONAL BREEZINESS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS AS ZONAL FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS BEHIND THE DEPARTED UPPER LOW. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE WEEK AHEAD...ZONAL FLOW...NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND OCCASIONAL BREEZINESS IN THE AFTERNOONS WHILE DRY CONDITIONS PREVAIL. THE FLOW ALOFT DOES APPEAR TO TURN MORE NORTHWESTERLY LATE FRIDAY...AND THIS WOULD ALLOW A DISTURBANCE TO INFILTRATE THE NORTHERN TO NORTHEASTERN ZONES. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR SOME PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT. 52 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 38 20 49 25 / 50 5 0 0 DULCE........................... 35 15 48 17 / 60 10 0 0 CUBA............................ 36 18 48 20 / 60 10 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 34 12 49 22 / 70 5 0 0 EL MORRO........................ 33 9 48 21 / 90 5 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 37 13 51 22 / 60 0 0 0 QUEMADO......................... 33 11 53 21 / 90 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 42 18 54 26 / 70 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 32 10 43 15 / 70 20 0 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 38 23 49 27 / 60 5 0 0 PECOS........................... 39 20 49 26 / 40 10 0 0 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 38 13 49 19 / 50 10 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 30 8 44 18 / 50 20 0 0 ANGEL FIRE...................... 34 11 44 17 / 40 20 0 0 TAOS............................ 38 14 50 20 / 40 10 0 0 MORA............................ 40 17 52 24 / 40 10 0 0 ESPANOLA........................ 43 21 57 25 / 30 5 0 0 SANTA FE........................ 39 19 49 27 / 50 5 0 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 40 21 51 27 / 40 5 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 40 23 52 28 / 30 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 43 26 55 32 / 30 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 44 25 57 28 / 30 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 43 25 56 31 / 30 0 0 0 LOS LUNAS....................... 44 23 58 26 / 30 0 0 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 43 25 58 30 / 30 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 48 24 58 28 / 30 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 38 20 54 28 / 40 5 0 0 TIJERAS......................... 40 22 54 27 / 30 5 0 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 39 22 52 24 / 30 0 0 0 CLINES CORNERS.................. 37 19 50 27 / 30 5 0 0 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 41 22 53 28 / 30 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 46 23 58 29 / 30 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 41 23 47 26 / 30 0 0 0 CAPULIN......................... 47 20 51 24 / 10 20 0 0 RATON........................... 49 19 56 24 / 10 10 0 0 SPRINGER........................ 51 22 56 24 / 10 10 0 0 LAS VEGAS....................... 43 22 54 29 / 20 5 0 0 CLAYTON......................... 56 26 57 32 / 5 5 0 0 ROY............................. 50 26 54 29 / 10 5 0 0 CONCHAS......................... 58 31 63 36 / 5 5 0 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 53 29 63 32 / 10 5 0 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 61 27 63 31 / 5 5 0 0 CLOVIS.......................... 61 28 60 32 / 5 0 0 0 PORTALES........................ 63 29 63 33 / 5 0 0 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 59 30 64 34 / 5 0 0 0 ROSWELL......................... 67 32 66 35 / 5 0 0 0 PICACHO......................... 54 27 63 33 / 10 0 0 0 ELK............................. 47 24 47 29 / 20 0 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ523-526-533>540. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ104-108. WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ521-522-524-525-529>532. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ508-509. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ501>506-510-511. && SHY/52
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 540 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2011 NMZ501>540-281300- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 540 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WESTWARD...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. EXPECT HEAVIEST SNOWFALLS OVER SOUTHWEST CATRON COUNTY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT SUNDAY TRAVEL OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO. FOR CENTRAL AND EAST...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING WILL REACH HAZARDOUS SPEEDS BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT STRONGEST WINDS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. A WINDS SWEEP RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO...EXPECT LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. .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... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...WIND DAMAGE...WIND IMPACTS...AND MEASURED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637...OR VIA AMATEUR RADIO. REPORT WILDFIRE STARTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY DISPATCH. SHY
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Magdalena Ridge Observatory local weather station recorded severe wind gusts for much of the day. The peak wind gust of 92 mph was observed around 9am.
The Columbia Scientific Balloon Facilities Transwestern Pump Station north-northeast of Encinoso recorded wind gusts topping 58 mph for several hours. The peak wind gust of 63 mph occurred around 1030 am.
The Roswell ASOS recorded wind gusts up to 63 mph. Visibilities were reduced to near zero in blowing dust.
Winds were sustained over 40 mph at the KCVS ASOS as well as at KCVN for several hours during the late morning and early afternoon hours.
The APRS Weather Net site in Fort Sumner recorded gusts to 59 mph.
Wind gusts reached 62 mph at the KCVS ASOS while 61 mph gusts were noted at KCVN. Severe gusts lasted for several hours at each site.
The Frost Ranch SchoolNet site recorded several wind gusts over 58 mph. The peak gust of 60 mph was observed at 1211pm. Report relayed by KVII Amarillo.
The West Texas Mesonet Station southwest of Dora recorded sustained winds over 40 mph through the late morning and early afternoon.
The West Texas Mesonet Station southwest of Dora recorded wind gusts up to 64 mph through the late morning and early afternoon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, February 2011
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: 275779, 275957, 275783, 275953, 275956, 275955, 275780, 275782, 275781.