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High Wind in Far Northeast Plains, New Mexico
High Wind February 26, 1996 · Far Northeast Plains, New Mexico
35
Wind speed (unit not recorded)
The wider storm
Sustained winds and higher gusts caused damage to trees and windows near Picacho and Hondo in Lincoln county. A grass fire started after winds blew down power lines was fanned by gusts over 50 mph into a fast moving blaze which consumed 10000 acres of grassland between Abbott and Gladstone in Colfax and Union counties.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5539302. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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