High Wind in Southern Desert, New Mexico

High Wind June 19, 2011 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

59 mph

Measured gust (51 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Mesonet site located at the White Sands Main Post reported a peak wind gust of 59 mph.

The wider storm

A deep, late-season upper trough was moving across the Rockies with a strong surface low located over far Southeastern Colorado providing a tight pressure gradient across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 324852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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