High Wind in Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

High Wind April 22, 2022 · Sierra County Lakes, New Mexico

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Truth or Consequences Airport recorded a peak gust of 62 mph. Other wind gusts included 59 mph at Spaceport America and 58 mph at Arrey.

The wider storm

An upper low was moving out of the Great Basin and into western Wyoming. A strong surface low was over eastern Colorado with a lee trough extending down to Mexico east of the Rio Grande. Southwest winds across southwestern New Mexico gusted up to 70 mph as this system moved through.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1019649. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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