High Wind, Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area
- When
- November 22, 11:53 AM MST to 11:05 PM MST
- Where
- Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Texas, November 22, 1999
A strong upper level low pressure trough approaching the area created a tight pressure gradient that resulted in sustained winds over 50 mph with gusts over 65 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A strong upper level low pressure trough approaching the area created a tight pressure gradient that resulted in sustained winds over 50 mph with gusts over 65 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, November 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, November 22, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, November 22 to 23, 1999
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, November 22 to 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, November 22, 1999
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, November 22 to 23, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, November 22, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, November 22, 1999
- Dense Fog in Maryland, November 22 to 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 22, 1999
- Dense Fog in Delaware, November 22 to 23, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 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: 5724671.