High Wind in Salt Basin, Texas

High Wind March 13, 2019 · Salt Basin, Texas

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mesonet site 2 miles east of Montana Vista recorded a peak gust of 62 mph.

The wider storm

A deep upper level cutoff low was moving through the New Mexico/Colorado region with a a surface low moving from the eastern plains of Colorado into western Kansas. This system had an upper level jet of over 110 knots over El Paso which helped to mix down winds in excess of 70 mph at the El Paso International Airport and up to 90 mph on South Franklin Peak.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 813343. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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