An upper low was moving through the Four Corners region which tapped some moisture from around Baja. Colder air aloft was already in place from a storm system that moved through two days earlier.
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.
An upper low was moving through the Four Corners region which tapped some moisture from around Baja. Colder air aloft was already in place from a storm system that moved through two days earlier. Four to eight inches of snow were reported with this system.
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 Feb 14, 2:11 PM MST, 9 hours 49 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 520 AM MST Tue Feb 14 2023 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-151230- 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- 520 AM MST Tue Feb 14 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Windy conditions with patchy blowing dust expected today. Loose outdoor objects may be lofted. Blowing dust can reduce visibilities. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Windy conditions will be seen on Wednesday as well as snow showers for the mountains and lowland areas. Windy conditions will blow around loose outdoor objects. Wintry precipitation will create slick and hazardous travel. Dry conditions begin Thursday lasting through Saturday before rain chances return once again on Sunday evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The largest snowfall accumulation reported was 1 mile north of Pinos Altos where 8 inches of snow fell. Other reports included 6.5 inches 4 miles southeast of Pinos Altos and 5.3 miles northeast of Silver City, 6 inches 1.8 miles north-northwest of Silver City and 4.4 inches 2.8 miles north of Bayard.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, February 2023
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: 1075448.