The third day of strong winds impacted much of eastern New Mexico on the long-lived multi-day high wind event. Strong upper level flow continued to impact the region as the potent upper level storm system remained nearly stationary over the central plains states.
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.
The third day of strong winds impacted much of eastern New Mexico on the long-lived multi-day high wind event. Strong upper level flow continued to impact the region as the potent upper level storm system remained nearly stationary over the central plains states. Northwest winds were the strongest along and east of the central mountain chain from Clines Corners to Tucumcari and Clovis where numerous locations reported peak wind gusts of 60 to 67 mph. No widespread significant damage was reported on this third 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 Apr 28, 10:27 AM MST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1127 AM MDT MON APR 28 2014 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH TAF PERIOD WITH SOME VFR CIGS POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST THIS AFTERNOON. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS CENTRAL...NORTH AND WEST. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR WINDS TO PEAK BETWEEN 4-7 PM MDT...BUT THEN STAY UP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS A REINFORCING COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL TREND DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY TUESDAY COMPARED TO THE PAST FEW DAYS. AN AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED AT KABQ LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTS TO 35KTS OR GREATER...BUT GUST POTENTIAL IS BEING TEMPERED SO FAR BY LACK OF HEATING WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. 11 && .PREV DISCUSSION...328 AM MDT MON APR 28 2014... .SYNOPSIS... A BREEZY WEEK COMING UP...WITH COOL TEMPERATURES IN STORE. A STORM SYSTEM DIVING SOUTHWARD FROM THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES WILL BRING SOME CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST BY MIDWEEK...AND SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE WEEKEND WILL BRING WARMING TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR EARLY MAY AFTER THIS LATE APRIL COOL STRETCH. && .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST JET FLOW ARROW STRAIGHT INTO NEW MEXICO CURRENTLY FROM THE COLD NORTH PACIFIC IN UPSTREAM CIRCULATION ABOUT DEEP CLOSED LOW OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. COMPLEX SURFACE MAP IN PLAY...WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WESTWARD TO ROUGHLY SOCORRO...AND A SECOND COLD FRONT CROSSING OUT OF EASTERN COLORADO INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. WITH PLENTY OF MOMENTUM ALOFT AND FRONTS IN PLAY AT THE SURFACE...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN SPOTS WITH ANOTHER WINDY ONE ON TAP FOR LATER TODAY. MODELS...IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND WEEKEND...AND BEYOND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOLLOWING WORK WEEK. ACCEPTED CONSENSUS SHIFTS CLOSED LOW FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WITH LITTLE LOSS OF STRENGTH...AND CIRCULATION ABOUT THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP A TURBULENT AND DYNAMICALLY ACTIVE NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS NEW MEXICO FOR THE DURATION OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. SHORTWAVE SPOKE IN CIRCULATION AMPLIFYING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL SWEEP SOUTHWARD TO REACH NEW MEXICO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY...AND MAKE A 24 HOUR SOUTHBOUND SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THURSDAY. AS CLOSED LOW SHIFTS OUT OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES INTO NORTHERN ONTARIO AND NORTHERN MANITOBA...STRENGTH STILL SUFFICIENT TO CONTROL CIRCULATION INTO NEW MEXICO WHICH WILL START BACKING TO NORTHWEST HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. DEEPENING SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL START PUSHING AN INCREASINGLY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS NEW MEXICO HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH TENDENCY TO BACK SOUTHWEST FOR THE FIRST OF THE FOLLOWING WORK WEEK. END OF THE RUN FUN...PLACES AMPLIFYING TROUGH FROM THE NORTHERN CANADIAN ROCKIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA INTO THE TROPICAL EAST PACIFIC...WITH EUROPEAN ECMWF MORE AMPLIFIED THAN THE MORE ROUNDED DOMESTIC GFS...WITH THE FIRST OF THE EASTWARD TRANSLATION OF THIS TROUGH REACHING NEW MEXICO BY NEXT TUESDAY. FOR TODAY...GUSTY BLUSTERY BLASTS OF NORTHWEST FLOW OVERHEAD COMBINED WITH TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ABOUT MUSCULAR 988 MB LOW OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL IMPART A ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT AFTERNOON NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THINGS WILL GET STARTED SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. STRONGEST WINDS SETTING UP OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EAST SLOPES AND ADJACENT PLAINS...AND HAVE HIGH WIND WARNING HOISTED HERE...WITH WIND ADVISORIES GOING OUT WITH THE MORNING PACKAGE JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT FOR SPOTS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND IN CLOUDIER SPOTS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. DESPITE WIDESPREAD LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTS...TEMPERATURES RUNNING 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW LATE APRIL NORMALS...AND STABILITY INDICES RUNNING WELL TOWARD THE STABLE SIDE OF THE CONTINUUM...FIRE DANGER WILL BE MITIGATED AND REDUCED FOR THE DAY. BLOWING DUST WILL BE THE KEY ISSUE ACROSS THE HEART OF THE STATE...AS SHOWER COVERAGE REMAINS SPOTTY AND ISOLATED FOR SOME NORTHERN MOUNTAIN AND NORTHEAST PLAIN BRIEF RAINS...CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN SUMMITS. FOR TONIGHT...WIND ISSUES TURN INTO FREEZE ISSUES...WITH HARD FREEZES LIKELY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH COUNTRY...WITH MERCURY DIPS OVER LOWER SLOPES AND UPPER VALLEYS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. FREEZE WILL RUN A FEW DEGREES BELOW 32 F OVER THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND OVER THE PLAINS CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE. FOR TUESDAY...MASSIVE CLOSED LOW CIRCULATION REMAINING IN PLAY OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST...AS LEADING QUICK BLIP SHORTWAVE AMPLIFIES OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. COOL PUSH IN THE TEETH OF ANOTHER DAY OF GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES 8 TO 18 DEGREES BELOW LATE APRIL NORMALS. TIGHTEST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SETTING UP IN EXTREME EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WITH NORTHERLY GUSTS CURRENTLY WRITTEN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR NOW. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THESE GOING FORWARD. DYNAMICS IN PLAY ALOFT WILL KEEP AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS CLOSE TO THE COLORADO LINE...WITH MODEST INCREASE IN SHOWER COVERAGE INTO THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT PLAINS HEADING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTHEAST PLAINS RAINS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS OF NOW. FOR WEDNESDAY...NEXT SHORTWAVE SPOKE IN CIRCULATION ABOUT UPPER MIDWEST CLOSED LOW WILL SWEEP SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME SHOWER COVERAGE OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL EXPAND SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE...WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE JEMEZ...SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS...AND OVER THE SUMMITS OF THE SACRAMENTOS...WITH PRECIPITATION REMAINING IN LIQUID FORM OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. NORTHERLY BREEZES WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER DAY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...AS LAST OF APRIL TEMPERATURES REMAIN 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THURSDAY...WINDS EASING...BUT REMAINING COOL...WITH CONTINUED SHOWER COVERAGE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. COLD DEPARTURES WILL RUN 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW FIRST OF MAY NORMALS...WITH ANOTHER DUSTING OF DAYTIME SNOW OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND SAN JUAN SUMMITS BEFORE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST SHUTS DOWN THE SHOWER ACTION HEADING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH WEEKEND...LONG AWAITED WARMING TREND THROUGH SATURDAY AND LEVELING OFF ON SUNDAY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE EARLY MAY NORMALS IN AN OTHERWISE DRY PATTERN. MODEST NORTHWEST FLOW OVERHEAD FRIDAY WILL STRENGTHEN AND BACK TO ZONAL THROUGH SUNDAY...SETTING UP ANOTHER BREEZY WEEKEND FOR NEW MEXICO. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST FOR POSSIBLE SPOTTY SHOWERS BLEEDING OVER THE COLORADO LINE...BUT FOR NOW ALL LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY NORTH. SHY && .FIRE WEATHER... ANOTHER DAY OF WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS TODAY AS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WOBBLES NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WIND GUSTS WILL GENERALLY VARY FROM 40 TO 50 MPH TODAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS INCLUDING GUADALUPE COUNTY. SOME OF THE WEAKER WINDS TODAY SHOULD BE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WHERE A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SHOULD LINGER THROUGH TODAY. THERE SHOULD ALSO BE WIDESPREAD CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES TODAY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND ONLY MARGINAL HAINES INDICES PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR ANY HEADLINES. THERE COULD BE A FEW WRAP AROUND SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...BUT WETTING PRECIP IS NOT EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NE PLAINS OF NM. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL BE MUCH WEAKER TUESDAY COMPARED TO THE PAST 3 DAYS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL FALL ANOTHER FEW TO 7 DEGREES IN MOST LOCATIONS. FREEZING AND HARD FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND GUADALUPE COUNTY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL DIVE SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NM WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL AND HAINES INDICES MODERATE TO LOW THROUGH MID WEEK. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH ANOTHER COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA WITH LOW LEVEL UP SLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE EAST. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS AND HIGH PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SANGRES SHOULD BE THE BIG WINNER WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH MAY TRY TO CLIP NE NM WITH A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY SHOULD WARM A GOOD 6 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE THURSDAYS READINGS WITH HAINES 5 TO 6 GENERALLY SPANNING CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS. THE WARMING TREND MAY CONTINUE SATURDAY BEFORE PLATEAUING SUNDAY AS ZONAL FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS AND FUNNELS MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST. 44 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... NMZ501-503-504-506>508-511-512-514-515-518>520-525-526-529-532-534>540. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ521>524-533. FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ519-524-530>533. HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ501-517-518-522-523-528-529. && 52
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 558 AM MDT MON APR 28 2014 NMZ501>540-291200- 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- 558 AM MDT MON APR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL PEAK BY MID AFTERNOON...AND TAPER OFF GRADUALLY AFTER SUNSET. AFTER MIDNIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A HARD FREEZE OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...AND OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...ADJACENT SLOPES...UPPER VALLEYS...AND ADJACENT PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OVERNIGHT FREEZES MAY REDEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...AND OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...ADJACENT SLOPES...UPPER VALLEYS...AND ADJACENT PLAINS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT MEASURED WIND SPEEDS...OBSERVED WIND IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...AND MEASURED OVERNIGHT FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. SHY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1145 AM MDT MON APR 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
1025 AM HIGH SUST WINDS 4 S MESA 33.93N 104.69W
04/28/2014 M40 MPH CHAVES NM APRSWXNET/CWOP
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400868
CMLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
240 PM MDT MON APR 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0116 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 13 SE TOLAR 34.30N 103.80W
04/28/2014 M60 MPH ROOSEVELT NM AWOS
K4MR AWOS.
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EVENT NUMBER ABQ1400869
JF5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Clines Corners reported sustained winds between 41 and 44 mph for several hours and a peak wind of 63 mph.
Melrose Range.
Cannon.
Four west southwest of Tucumcari at Union Pacific Rail site.
Gust to 58 mph east southeast of Placitas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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