A broad upper-level trough moved into the Intermountain West on April 1st with strong mid and upper-level winds at the base of the trough moving over New Mexico. Deep daytime mixing allowed these winds to mix down to the surface.
Every event with a place to put it; 23 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 broad upper-level trough moved into the Intermountain West on April 1st with strong mid and upper-level winds at the base of the trough moving over New Mexico. Deep daytime mixing allowed these winds to mix down to the surface. Coupled with a strong pressure gradient across the state south of a 986 mb surface low over eastern Colorado and northeast NM, this resulted in high wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph. The Pacific cold front associated with the system moved across the state during the day with the subsidence behind the front helping to promote the mixing of these winds down to the surface. Once again, these high wind gusts resulted in blowing dust across central and southeast New Mexico. Near zero visibility from blowing dust resulted in the closure of the Roswell Relief route on the southwest side of town, U.S. Highway 285 south of Roswell, and Highway 2 in Hagerman in Chaves County. Near zero visibility from blowing dust also resulted in the closure of U.S. 54 from Carrizozo to Tularosa for several hours. Winds and blowing dust subsided during the evening hours at around sunset as stronger upper-level winds exited east and the surface pressure gradient relaxed.
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 Apr 1, 4:38 AM MST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
21 high wind, 2 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The Magdelena Ridge Observatory observed estimated peak wind gusts of 75 mph.
A weather station at Kachina Peak in Taos Ski Valley observed peak wind gusts of 69 mph.
The Gallup Municipal Airport observed peak wind gusts of 66 mph. Additionally, the site observed peak sustained winds of 46 mph.
A wunderground station at Sandia Airpark near Edgewood observed peak wind gusts of 68 mph.
The Clines Corners ASOS measured peak wind gusts of 69 mph and peak sustained winds of 43 mph. Additionally, a public weather station at Duran measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
The Sierra Blanca AWOS measured peak wind gusts of 72 mph and peak sustained winds of 59 mph. A ziamet station at Nogal measured peak wind gusts of 66 mph. A public weather station near Carrizozo measured peak wind gusts of 60 mph. Finally, the Smokey Bear RAWS station measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
The Las Vegas Municipal Airport measured peak wind gusts of 69 mph and peak sustained winds of 47 mph.
A wunderground station near Conchas Lake observed peak wind gusts of 60 mph.
Near zero visibility and brownout conditions from blowing dust closed north and southbound lanes of U.S. 285 in all directions at W Morgan Street, the Roswell Relief Route from Sunset Ave to Brasher Rd, and State Road 2 from Hagerman to Greenfield. Additionally, a trained spotter travelling on U.S. 380 and 70 west of Roswell reported near zero visibility from blowing dust.
The mesonet station southeast of Vaughn saw peak wind gusts surpassing the limits of their instrumentation of 67 mph. Additionally, the station observed peak sustained winds of 49 mph. A wind gust of 59 mph was also observed at a mesonet station east of Vaughn.
The Santa Fe Municipal Airport observed peak wind gusts of 64 mph. Additionally, the NMDOT station at La Bajada Hill observed peak wind gusts of 62 mph.
A Wunderground station west of Taos near the Rio Grande gorge observed peak wind gusts of 64 mph.
A personal weather station located near the Flying H Ranch observed a peak wind gust of 77 mph. Additionally, a peak wind gust of 62 mph was observed at the Dunken RAWS.
The Amistad mesonet observed peak wind gusts of 64 mph. Additionally, peak wind gusts of 60 mph were observed at Clayton Municipal Airport.
The Tucumcari Municipal Airport observed a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
Brownout conditions and near zero visibility from blowing dust resulted in the closure of U.S. 54 from mile marker 78, south of Tularosa, to mm 123 near Carrizozo.
A White Sand Missile Range station at North Oscura Peak measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph. Additionally, a public weather station at Mountainair measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
The NM DOT weather station along I-25 at Rowe, NM measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
The White Sands Missile Range stations at Phillips Hill and Pole 616 measured peak wind gusts of 59 mph.
The Sevilleta RAWS observed a wind gust of 58 mph.
The Malpais Lava Flow RAWS observed a wind gust of 59 mph.
A CWOP station in Estancia observed a wind gust of 64 mph.
The Albuquerque International Sunport observed a wind gust of 58 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 2025
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: 1236167, 1236169, 1236164, 1236174, 1236176, 1236179, 1236180, 1236185, 1236189, 1236186, 1236171, 1236170, 1236188, 1236184, 1236187, 1236190, 1236177, 1236168, 1236178, 1236173, 1236165, 1236175, 1236172.