High Wind in Salt Basin, Texas

High Wind February 26, 2023 · Salt Basin, Texas

59 mph

Measured gust (51 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Texas Tech Mesonet site in Dell City reported a peak wind gust of 59 mph. The PX Well RAWS reported a peak gust of 58 mph.

The wider storm

An upper low was moving out of the Las Vegas, NV region and into northern New Mexico. A 100+ knot jet was moving across southern New Mexico. Southwest winds ahead of this system and an associated cold front gusted up to 82 mph in northeast El Paso and caused damage across the eastern two-thirds of El Paso county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1077809. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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