The first significant storm system of the fall season raced southeast out of the Pacific Northwest and into the central Rockies on the 12th. The combination of powerful upper level winds and a potent surface cold front produced widespread strong winds over New Mexico.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
The first significant storm system of the fall season raced southeast out of the Pacific Northwest and into the central Rockies on the 12th. The combination of powerful upper level winds and a potent surface cold front produced widespread strong winds over New Mexico. Enough mid-level moisture was present to fuel scattered showers and thunderstorms over central and eastern New Mexico. The convective activity enhanced the transport of stronger winds aloft to the surface and resulted in several reports of wind gusts near 70 mph. Some very light high elevation snowfall was also reported around the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
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 11, 4:37 PM MST, 19 hours 55 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 218 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A passing virga shower produced a severe wind gust at Farmington.
A passing virga shower produced a severe wind gust at Santa Fe.
A passing virga shower produced a severe wind gust to 58 mph at an APRS site near Santa Ana Pueblo.
A passing virga shower produced a severe wind gust to 66 mph at an APRS site near Placitas.
A passing virga shower produced a severe wind gust at the northeast New Mexico landfill.
A passing virga shower downed a large tree branch at Wyoming and Academy. A large traffic sign along Interstate 25 near Gibson was also blown over.
A pasing virga shower produced a severe wind gust to 67 mph at the Albuquerque Sunport.
A passing virga shower produced a severe wind gust to 81 mph at the CSBF.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, October 2014
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: 539442, 539443, 539444, 539445, 539446, 539447, 539449, 539448, 539451, 539450, 539452.