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High Wind in West Central Highlands, New Mexico

High Wind July 26, 2023 · West Central Highlands, New Mexico

58 mph
Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A decaying shower produced a dry microburst wind gust at the Grants airport.

The wider storm

Storms across the Gila mountain range drifted north over western New Mexico through outflow boundaries. This allowed a decaying thunderstorm over Grants and a developing thunderstorm over Farmington to produce dry microbursts at the respective airport observing sites.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1105247. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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