A dynamic spring storm system that moved slowly east from Arizona into central New Mexico on April 22, 2019 produced widespread showers and thunderstorms, localized heavy rainfall, along with heavy wet snow over the northern high terrain through April 23, 2019. The heaviest snow was focused above 9,500 feet where six to 12 inches fell.
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 dynamic spring storm system that moved slowly east from Arizona into central New Mexico on April 22, 2019 produced widespread showers and thunderstorms, localized heavy rainfall, along with heavy wet snow over the northern high terrain through April 23, 2019. The heaviest snow was focused above 9,500 feet where six to 12 inches fell. Much of the remainder of New Mexico enjoyed much needed rainfall during a normally dry time of year. Rain on snow in mid slope elevations allowed run off to begin in a few creeks and streams.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Various SNOTEL sites across the higher terrain reported between 6 and 12 inches of wet snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 2019
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: 809157.