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Strong Wind in Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico

Strong Wind April 8, 2009 · Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico

55 mph

Estimated gust (48 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Intense winds knocked down 4 medium sized trees, broke a basketball backboard off its poll and blew several 2x10 pieces of lumber around and hit a car causing minor damage in the south valley.

The wider storm

A storm approaching from the west and plenty of sunshine to mix the lower level winds created strong wind gusts around Albuquerque on the afternoon of the 8th. Wind damage was reported in the South Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 153714. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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