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High Wind in Northeast Plateaus and Mesas South of Highway 264, Arizona

High Wind February 18, 2026 · Northeast Plateaus and Mesas South of Highway 264, Arizona

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A peak wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the I-40 @ Petrified Forest NP DOT site (AZT13).

The wider storm

The second of three winter storms moved in on the morning of February 18th and departed quickly on the night of February 18th. This was a colder storm with more snow than the previous one, however, the bigger impact was the high winds. This storm caused near blizzard conditions at times as well as blowing and drifting snow and lower snowfall amounts than expected.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1306922. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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