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High Wind in Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
High Wind March 13, 2019 · Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A mesonet site at Northrup Strip recorded a peak gust of 71 mph. Other sites in the zone with strong wind gusts included 70 mph 20 miles west-northwest of Tularosa, 69 mph three miles north-northeast of Capitol Peak and 58 mph nine miles west of Tularosa.
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 southern New Mexico which allowed winds in excess of 100 mph around Cloudcroft, where significant damage was reported, as well as San Augustin Pass.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 813780. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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