High Wind — Southern Lea County, New Mexico

2024-04-01 · Southern Lea County, New Mexico

Wider weather episode

A large, positively-tilted trough across the Rocky Mountains contained a belt of intense southwesterly winds ahead of this feature. This belt of winds within the jet streak brought high winds to a large portion of southeast New Mexico and west Texas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1174890. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.