High Wind — El Paso, Texas

1996-01-17 · El Paso, Texas

Wider weather episode

High winds did widespread but mostly minor damage across west Texas and Southern New Mexico. The most serious incident was a roof partially ripped off a supermarket in Anthony, TX killing three people. On Fort Bliss, at least 6.9 million dollars of damage was done, 80% as a result of damaged roofs. High winds also ripped much of the roof from the Camlu retirement village in Central El Paso.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5537602. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.