High Wind — Union County, New Mexico

2023-10-12 · Union County, New Mexico

Event narrative

The Clayton Airport measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

Wider weather episode

A potent upper level storm system tracked along the CO/WY border with an associated strong jetmax moving over New Mexico. Some of this energy reached the surface in the form of high winds that impacted portions of central highlands, south-central mountains, Guadalupe and Quay Counties on October 12th. The first of these high winds hit the south-central mountains in the pre-dawn hours with parts of the eastern plains of NM seeing their strongest wind gusts in the afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1131489. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.