High Wind in Southern Desert, New Mexico

High Wind December 1, 2011 – December 2, 2011 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

78 mph

Measured gust (68 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Dripping Springs RAWS west of the Organ Mountains reported a peak gust of

78 mph. A mesonet station at Talavera reported a wind gust to 64 mph and a trained spotter 3 miles west of Organ reported a gust to 59 mph. A roof was blown off a trailer and a fence damaged about 2 miles west-southwest of Organ about 9 PM.

The wider storm

A strong upper low was stationary over far Southwest Arizona with a strong area of high pressure building into the central plains helping to push a back door cold front through the region. Western mountain slopes saw wind gusts in excess of 60 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 356729. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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