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High Wind in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
High Wind December 12, 2022 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A peak wind gust of 81 mph was reported at San Augustin Pass. Other peak gusts across the zone included 79 mph at Salinas Peak, 76 mph at the White Sands Missile Range Emre site, 66 mph at Delta Clipper and 61 mph at the Pony site on the missile range.
The wider storm
A strong upper low was moving out of the Great Basin with a 120+ knot jet crossing southern New Mexico. In addition to the upper low, a lee side low developed over eastern Colorado and helped to bring wind gusts over 80 mph to parts of Otero County.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1069538. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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