New Mexico, 2013

High Wind in New Mexico, October 30, 2013

October 30, 2013 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A slow-moving upper level storm system pushed east across the state creating gusty winds over portions of the area. The strongest winds occurred from Socorro County eastward toward the Upper Tularosa Valley.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.

A slow-moving upper level storm system pushed east across the state creating gusty winds over portions of the area. The strongest winds occurred from Socorro County eastward toward the Upper Tularosa Valley. Gusts in excess of 60mph were reported around the White Sands Missile Range.

What forecasters said that day

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 Oct 30, 6:47 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 6:47 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 4:41 AM MST, 16 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
541 AM MDT WED OCT 30 2013

NMZ501>540-311200-
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-
541 AM MDT WED OCT 30 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE COLORADO
BORDER TODAY WILL EXPAND TO THE SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS...AND THE SUMMITS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.
MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVER SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON MAY IMPEDE TRAVEL ON ROADS THROUGH THE HIGH
COUNTRY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN
GUSTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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 THROUGH THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

SHY

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, South Central Highlands

When
October 30, 9:25 PM MST to 10:20 PM MST
Where
South Central Highlands forecast zone
Measured
54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet

Winds periodically gusted between 58 and 62 mph at WSMR site North Oscura Peak.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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: 476173.