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High Wind in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
High Wind February 19, 2018 – February 20, 2018 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A peak gust of 75 mph was recorded at San Augustin Pass. Other gusts in the zone included 73 mph 5 miles southeast of San Augustin Pass and 71 mph 1 mile southeast of the White Sands Missile Range Main Post.
The wider storm
A strong upper low was moving through the Great Basin with southwest flow ahead of it with close to a 100 knot jet. A deep surface low was located over eastern Colorado with a tight pressure gradient across the region helped to produce wind gusts up to 82 mph.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 739818. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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