High Wind — Guadalupe County, New Mexico

2024-02-07 · Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Event narrative

The ziamet station southeast of Vaughn measured peak gusts over 58 mph peaking at 63 mph at 2:25am. High sustained winds reaching 40 to 48 mph also lasted for more than one hour during this time.

Wider weather episode

The first in a series of concurrent winter storms rolled across northern and central NM from late February 7th through the morning of February 8th. Strong southwesterly winds ahead of this storm system rolled through much of the central highlands and eastern plains of New Mexico on February 7th. Two mesonet stations in western Guadalupe County measured peak wind gusts passing 60 mph. Isolated heavy snow was also observed over the peaks of the western and northern mountains. Snow levels were too high to allow for winter related impacts to reach down to more populated valley areas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1151818. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.