High Wind in Union County, New Mexico

High Wind October 12, 2023 · Union County, New Mexico

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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 1131489. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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