High Wind — Union County, New Mexico

2024-03-03 · Union County, New Mexico

59 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

The Clayton Municipal Airport observed a few sustained winds above 40 mph peaking at 45 mph at 9:45 MST. It also observed several high wind gusts above 58 mph with the peak wind gust of 68 mph at 9:07 MST.

Wider weather episode

Southwest and west winds across the northern and central mountains and the adjacent highlands and plains in northeast New Mexico increased late Saturday March 2nd, 2024 into the morning of Sunday March 3rd, 2024, due to a portion of the jet stream at the base of an upper level disturbance moving over the region. A majority of the strong wind gusts between 60 to 70 mph occurred during the morning to early afternoon hours of the 3rd. Winds gradually subsided during the evening and overnight hours of March 3rd as the stronger upper level winds exited east.

Key Impacts: High Winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1154772. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.