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High Wind in Westcentral Mountains, New Mexico
High Wind April 3, 2009 · Westcentral Mountains, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A wind gust to 60 mph was also recorded at 353 pm MST.
The wider storm
A storm slowly crossed Northern New Mexico on the 3rd and moved into western Kansas on the 4th. Meanwhile, a surface low deepened rapidly over northeast New Mexico and then lifted into western Kansas. A very tight surface pressure gradient led to widespread reports of high winds and locally damaging winds.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 153272. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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