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High Wind in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
High Wind March 13, 2019 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A mesonet site at San Augustin Pass recorded a peak gust of 104 mph. Other gusts included 76 mph eighteen miles northeast of the White Sands Missile Range Main Post, 75 mph eleven miles northeast of Organ, 69 mph at the White Sands Main Post and 59 mph fourteen miles west-northwest of Orogrande.
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 813784. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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