High Wind, Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area
- When
- December 24, 11:30 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Sustained wind
Heavy Snow and High Wind in Texas, December 24 to 25, 1999
1 high wind, 1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
1 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area
- When
- December 24, 9:00 PM MST to December 25, 7:00 AM MST
- Where
- Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
An upper level low pressure system moving to the northeast dumped 5 inches of snow at Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 24, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 24, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 24 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 24, 1999
- Cold in Alaska, December 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 24, 1999
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 24, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Mexico, December 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5724684, 5724685.