High Wind in Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

High Wind February 13, 2026 · Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

59 mph

Measured gust (51 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The West Texas Mesonet station 164 Carlsbad Caverns NP measured a 59 mph non-thunderstorm wind gust.

The wider storm

A very brief period of high winds occurred at Carlsbad Caverns National Park ahead of an approaching upper-level system (which caused some severe weather in west Texas during the late evening of the 13th).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1308840. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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