Estancia Valley storm history

The combination of heavy snow and strong winds resulted in severe driving conditions along Interstate 40 east of Moriarty for several hours on March 24. The poor conditions led to a major accident involving multiple vehicles 10 miles east of Moriarty along Interstate 40. Thirty-n…

Severe drought conditions were removed from the zone.

Severe drought conditions persisted across a majority of the zone, outside of the far southern portion.

Severe drought conditions persisted across a majority of the zone while being removed from the far southern portion of the zone.

Severe drought persisted across the zone.

Severe drought persisted across the zone.

A public weather station in Estancia measured a 59 mph wind gust.

Two public weather stations near Estancia measured peak wind gusts of 61 and 60 mph, respectively.

A CoCoRaHS observer in Moriarty measured 7.9 inches of snowfall. Slick roads from the snow caused several multi vehicle accidents closing down sections of I-40 in the zone.

A CWOP station in Estancia observed a wind gust of 64 mph.

The Estancia CWOP station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.

The Estancia Police Department reported widespread blowing dust resulted in near zero visibility in Estancia. The NM DOT closed a portion of I-40 at Moriarty due to near zero visibility from blowing dust as well.

The Three Pine Ranch public weather station measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

The Estancia mesonet station measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

The Estancia FW3653 CWOP mesonet station measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph.

Severe drought conditions were introduced to the entire zone.

Apparent temperatures as low as -27 degrees were observed within the zone.

A CoCoRaHS observer just west-southwest of Estancia measured 28 inches of snow. Generally, 14 to 15 inches was observed in Moriarty and Estancia. Heavy snow and low visibility resulted in a massive backup on I-40 that stretched across this zone. Motorists were stuck for over 12 h…

Severe drought was removed from the zone.

Severe drought remained across the northern half of the zone.

A wunderground station near Estancia observed a wind gust of 58 mph.

Severe drought remained across the northern half of the zone.

Severe drought remained across the northern part of the zone. Extreme drought was removed.

A mesonet station just southwest of Estancia measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph. The Moriarty Airport also measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph.

A public weather station near Stanley measured high sustained winds peaking at 41 mph.

Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the northern portion of the zone.

Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the northern half of the zone.

Beneficial snowfall from several winter storms allowed severe and extreme drought conditions to be contracted to northern and central parts of the zone with moderate drought conditions now in the southwest part of the zone.

The Moriarty COOP observer reported 5.4 inches of snow in town. Lighter amounts of 2 to 4 inches were reported from Estancia to Moriarty.

A dry and warm November resulted in the introduction of extreme drought in the northern tier of the zone and persistence of severe drought elsewhere in the zone.

A dry and warm October resulted in the persistence of severe drought conditions in the zone.

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the expansion of severe drought conditions to the entire zone.

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the eastward expansion of severe drought conditions into the zone.

The FW4218 CWOP station near Estancia measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph, likely enhanced by virga.

A public weather station measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.

The Echo Ridge fire started as a grassfire and quickly spread south of Moriarty to the Echo Ridge community. The Torrance County emergency manager requested the National Weather Service to issue a fire warning for people within the community to evacuate. Unfortunately the fire st…

The FW3653 Estancia mesonet station reported a peak wind gust of 58 mph. Wind damage was also reported in Estancia with a shed being blown over, and three inch tree limbs broken.

The Estancia CWOP mesonet measured a peak wind gust of 85 mph.

A trained spotter reported trees down from high winds along State Highway 41 just south of Moriarty.

A local news media station shared a report of a train derailment near mile marker 231 along U.S. Highway 60 just east of Willard, NM. State police said one of twent-six cars derailed.

The CWOP station FW3653 in Estancia measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph.

Severe drought conditions from July 2022 improved to moderate drought conditions in August.

Extreme drought conditions from June 2022 improved to severe drought in July.

Extreme drought conditions from May 2022 continued in June.

Extreme drought conditions from April 2022 continued in May.

A weather station near Estancia measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph.

A weather station near Estancia measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph.

Extreme drought conditions from March 2022 continued in April.

Extreme drought conditions from February 2022 continued in March.

An AWOS station in Moriarty recorded several hours of extreme cold temperatures with wind chills of -18 to -35 degrees Fahrenheit.