Quay County storm history

A wildfire that developed in Quay County experienced a 180 degree wind shift and burned over two volunteer firefighters while they were refilling their water tanker. One firefighter was killed and the other sustained burn injuries. The injured firefighter was released from the ho…

Bitterly cold temperatures, light snow, and breezy conditions created deadly travel conditions along Interstate 40 between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari. A 40 car pile-up prompted the closure of the highway with a dozen injuries and 1 fatality.

An animal rescue volunteer and an 8-week old puppy died in a crash on Interstate 40 near Tucumcari when freezing fog iced over the interstate. Her pickup slid off I-40 onto oncoming traffic around 10 am and hit a tractor-trailer rig. The semi then hit another vehicle and pinned i…

Various sources across Quay County reported peak wind gusts between 58 mph and 71 mph, including the Tucumcari airport. A cargo train with 26 cars was blown off a bridge and fell nearly 50 feet to the bottom of the Canadian River near Logan. NM-469 was closed while the wreckage w…

The Tucumcari Municipal Airport ASOS measured a brief wind gust of 60 mph.

The Tucumcari Regional Airport measured peak wind gusts of 61 mph and peak sustained winds of 45 mph.

The Tucumcari Municipal Airport observed a peak wind gust of 63 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph, as well as a high sustained wind speed of 50 mph. Peak wind gusts of 60 to 64 mph were measured elsewhere in the zone.

Peak gusts surpassing instrumentation's limit of 67 mph was observed at the mesonet stations at Logan and Tucumcari. Emergency management reported lots of debris in the community, including numerous power poles down and roof damage.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 70 mph, as well as a high sustained wind speed of 52 mph. Peak wind gusts of 60 and 61 mph were measured by mesonet stations elsewhere in the zone.

A snow squall resulted in visibility below a quarter of a mile and near whiteout conditions according to a trained spotter 12 miles east of Tucumcari and a COOP observer 3 miles south of Ragland. North wind gusts of up to 40 mph were observed at Tucumcari Municipal Airport as the…

Apparent temperatures as low as -19 degrees were observed within the zone.

A CoCoRaHS observer 7.7 miles north of McAlister measured 7.5 inches of snowfall. Additionally, a CoCoRaHS observer in House measured 5.4 inches of snowfall. Slick and severe driving conditions from snow in the zone resulted in the closure of I-40 from Tucumcari to Amarillo with …

A trained spotter near Montoya in western Quay County reported 2.5 inches of snow. Poor road conditions from snow resulted in a long traffic backup on I-40 that stretched and started in the zone at mile marker 330, the western outskirts of Tucumcari.

Severe drought was removed from the vast majority of the zone.

A peak wind gust of 61 mph was observed at the Tucumcari Municipal Airport. Additionally, sustained winds peaked at 43 mph. A nearby wunderground station in Logan observed a peak wind gust of 60 mph.

Severe drought remained across eastern portions of the zone.

The Tucumcari Airport measured a peak gust of 61 mph.

Severe drought remained across the portions of the zone.

The Tucumcari Airport measured a peak gust of 70 mph. Peak gusts regularly surpassed 58 mph with high sustained winds above 40 mph during this timeframe.

The Tucumcari Airport measured high sustained winds of 40 to 45 mph with a peak gust of 61 mph at 12:53 MST.

Severe drought persisted across the portions of the zone.

The Tucumcari ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.

There was a CoCoRaHS report of blizzard conditions from 09:10 to 13:15 MST in Quay County. The Tucumcari ASOS also observed blizzard conditions with low visibility under a quarter statute mile and high winds gusting 45 to 51 mph. Between 2 to 4 inches of snow were reported across…

Severe drought persisted across the zone.

Severe drought conditions persisted across most of the zone, despite receiving some beneficial precipitation from several winter storms.

A dry and warm November resulted in the persistence of severe drought conditions over the entirety of the zone.

The Logan NMCC mesonet station measured a peak gust of 60 mph.

A dry and warm October resulted in the eastward expansion of severe drought conditions in the zone outside of the far northeast.

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

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the introduction of a patch of severe drought conditions in northern portions of the zone.

Dry microburst at the Tucumcari observing station from nearby virga showers.

Regular rounds of thunderstorms through the month of June improved the last remaining area of severe drought.

Drought conditions improved in Quay County during the month of May with the removal of extreme drought conditions. A small area of severe drought conditions persisted in the northeastern section of the county.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph. Another mesonet station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph in the southeastern section of the county.

Severe drought conditions from October 2022 persisted in the eastern section of the county through April 2023. Extreme drought was introduced to the far eastern fringe of the county along the TX border.

The Tucumcari Airport reported a high sustained wind speed of 41 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport reported a high sustained wind speed of 44 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport reported a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport observed a high sustained wind speed of 42 mph.

A peak wind gust of 61 mph was observed at the Tucumcari Airport.

Severe drought conditions from October 2022 persisted in the northern section of the county through March 2023.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 83 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a high sustained wind speed of 61 mph.

The UP441 TCMCRI mesonet station measured a peak wind gust of 70 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 75 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a high sustained wind of 53 mph.

A mesonet station near Logan, NM measured a peak gust of 60 mph.

The Tucumcari Airport ASOS measured a peak gust of 59 mph.