High Wind in Central Lea County, New Mexico

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

64 mph

Estimated gust (56 kt)

$30K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Fifteen power poles were blown down/snapped in Hobbs, NM.

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 206389. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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