A deep upper trough moved through the Western United States with strong southwest flow including a 120 knot jet ahead of it across southern New Mexico. Several reports just short of 60 mph were received with some damage near the White Sands Headquarters.
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 EPZ wrote it up.
A deep upper trough moved through the Western United States with strong southwest flow including a 120 knot jet ahead of it across southern New Mexico. Several reports just short of 60 mph were received with some damage near the White Sands Headquarters.
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 23, 11:24 AM MST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 549 AM MDT Sun Oct 23 2022 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-241200- Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range- Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley- Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel- Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin- Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes- Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley- Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet- East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa- Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin- Southern Hudspeth Highlands- Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties- Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County- 549 AM MDT Sun Oct 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Winds picking up during the day with gusts into the 40s in the lowlands and 50s in the mountains. Loose objects and tree branches may be knocked down. Damages to buildings possible. Rain showers develop overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Winds remain brisk to windy on Monday with gusts into the 40s. Showers linger through Monday morning before clearing out. Thursday will see more brisk winds as a system passes by. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown onto a power line and roofing materials were flying off and damaging cars.
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: 1059850.