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High Wind in Lowlands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
High Wind March 13, 2025 – March 14, 2025 · Lowlands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Hachita Valley Mesonet site recorded a peak gust of 60 mph.
The wider storm
A fast moving, negatively tilted trough moved from the Great Basin into New Mexico during the overnight hours of March 13-14. Ahead of the trough and associated cold front, winds picked up dust over the Lordsburg Playa and El Paso. As the cold front moved through overnight, winds gusted to 95 mph at San Augustin Pass with several other 70+ mph wind gusts noted.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1245935. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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