High Wind in Southern Lea County, New Mexico

High Wind December 8, 2009 · Southern Lea County, New Mexico

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$12K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Six power poles were blown down/snapped in Eunice and Jal.

The wider storm

A strong upper level trough moved over the southern Rocky Mountains and southern U.S. Plains. Very strong mid level winds at the base of this upper trough mixed down to the surface and resulted in strong winds across the mountains and plains of southeast New Mexico and west Texas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 206262. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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