High Wind in Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

High Wind April 26, 2026 · Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The AWOS Station KATS Artesia measured a period of high wind gusts and high sustained winds.

The wider storm

Strong westerly winds developed thanks to an approaching upper-level trough and associated jet (and due to a strengthening surface low ahead of these features). High winds were recorded in the Guadalupe Mountains, as well as in Tatum and Artesia in southeast New Mexico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320667. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.