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Northwest Mountains Including Jemez County, New Mexico
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1996 and 2009, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Floods since 1996
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Between two and six inches of snow accumulated across the zone.
While much of the area only received a few inches of snow, Chama reported around two feet of snow over the 2 day period.
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Shingles were blown off a roof of a mobile home in Algodones.
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Though many locations across the Northwest Mountains above 7500 feet only received between 3 and 7 inches of snow, similar amounts were also observed below 7500 feet. Spotters in Los Alamos estimate around 5 inches of snow fell.
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Wind gusts between 50 and 52 knots were recorded between 216pm and 459pm MST. A sustained wind speed of 37 knots was also recorded between 255pm and 355pm MST.
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Between two and seven inches of snow fell over mainly the eastern and northern portions of the zone.
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Up to a foot of snow fell over the Northwest mountains, including around the Jemez mountains. Even higher totals were recorded at Snotel sites.
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Four to 8 inches of snow at lower elevations and 10 to 18 inches in the higher elevations were common over the Northwest Mountains including the Jemez.
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A winter storm dropped heavy snow over the upper Rio Grande Valley and the east slopes of the Jemez Mountains. Snow reports include 11 inches at Los Alamos, 12 inches at White Rock and Espanola and 15 inches at Nambe.
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Snow reports ranged from 3 to 12 inches, primarily over the northwest areas of the west central mountains.
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Three to 6 inches fell across the low elevations of the northwest mountains, while 1 to 2 feet fell in the high county, with an impressive 40 inches 2 miles north of Chama, near the Colorado border. The roof collapsed at the lone grocery store in Chama (Lowes Chama Valley Superma…
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The AWOS at Los Alamos also reported a peak wind gusts of 61 mph at 650am on January 29th. The general public reported a measured peak wind gust of 60 mph in Rio Rancho at 1208am on January 29th. High winds caused roof damage in Los Alamos. A portion of a roof was blown off an ol…
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Snowfall ranged from 2 inches across the lower elevations of Sandoval county to 14 inches near the Colorado border.
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Snowfall of up to 4 inches fell below 7500 feet.
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One to 2 feet of snow fell above 7500 feet with 2 to 10 inches below 7500 feet. There were areas of blowing and drifting snow.
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Heavy snow of 8 to 16 inches was common at elevations above 8500 feet.
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Six reports were received from co-op observers ranging from 2.5 to 12.5 inches of snow.
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Wind damage included a dead tree falling onto a roof of an abandoned house; metal building had corner of its roof blown off; a light pole was snapped in half.
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Heavy snows of 14 to 36 inches and gusty winds were reported across much of the northern mountains including the lower elevation communities from Santa Fe and Los Alamos north to Espanola, Taos, and Red River.
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Five to ten inches of snow fell in many areas with mountain ridges and peaks between Chama and Los Alamos recording 15 to 20 inches.
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Six to seven inches of snow fell at Los Alamos. Eight inches of snow fell at Espanola and elsewhere across Rio Arriba County.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 0 |
| 2007 | 13 | 0 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
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