A potent upper-level storm system moving slowly southeast toward NM on October 23, 2022 combined with a deep area of surface low pressure along the Front Range to produce widespread strong winds across the region. Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph first developed along the central high terrain during the early morning hours before spreading into the nearby highlands and northeast plains of NM through…
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A potent upper-level storm system moving slowly southeast toward NM on October 23, 2022 combined with a deep area of surface low pressure along the Front Range to produce widespread strong winds across the region. Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph first developed along the central high terrain during the early morning hours before spreading into the nearby highlands and northeast plains of NM through the afternoon. The highest wind gusts impacted the area around Ruidoso where gusts near 70 mph were reported.
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 23, 2:18 AM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Sierra Blanca Regional Airport reported an extended period of high sustained winds between 40 mph and 50 mph.
The Sierra Blanca Regional Airport reported an extended period of high wind gusts between 58 mph and 69 mph.
The Gallup airport reported a peak wind gust to 61 mph.
The Las Vegas airport reported peak wind gusts between 58 mph and 64 mph periodically for several hours.
The Las Vegas airport reported sustained winds between 40 mph and 45 mph for several hours.
The Raton airport reported sustained winds between 40 mph and 46 mph for a couple hours.
The Raton airport reported peak wind gusts between 58 mph and 61 mph.
The Clayton airport reported sustained winds between 40 mph and 44 mph periodically for several hours.
The Clayton airport reported peak winds between 58 mph and 61 mph.
Clines Corners reported a peak wind gust to 59 mph.
The Tucumcari airport reported a peak wind gust up to 59 mph.
A weather station near Capulin reported peak wind gusts up to 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, October 2022
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: 1055063, 1055062, 1055059, 1055068, 1055067, 1055065, 1055066, 1055069, 1055070, 1055061, 1055076, 1055064.