High Wind in Salt Basin, Texas

High Wind April 10, 2019 · Salt Basin, Texas

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A peak gust of 62 mph was recorded 2 miles east of Montana Vista.

The wider storm

An upper low was moving across Colorado with an associated cold front extending south across the Borderland. A 150 knot upper level jet was also approaching southern New Mexico which aided in bringing down wind gusts over 90 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 818312. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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