High Wind in Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

High Wind April 27, 2025 · Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A maximum wind gust of 60 MPH was observed at the Artesia AWOS (KATS).

The wider storm

An approaching upper-level speed maximum rounding the base of a broad trough in the western United States caused sporadic high winds across the higher elevations of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244808. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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