High Wind — Southern Hudspeth Highlands, Texas
2023-02-26 · Southern Hudspeth Highlands, Texas
65 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A Texas Tech Mesonet site reported a peak gust of 75 mph.
Wider weather episode
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_id 1077810. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.