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High Wind in Southern Desert, New Mexico

High Wind December 30, 2010 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

76 mph
Measured gust (66 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A peak wind gust of 76 mph was reported at the Dripping Springs RAWS. The National Weather Service Office in Santa Teresa, NM recorded a gust to 59 mph and the Las Cruces Airport(KLRU) reported a gust of 58 mph.

The wider storm

A powerful upper low digging out of the Pacific Northwest brought a strong cold front with damaging winds gusts of up to 76 mph to the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 271415. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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