Texas, 1999

High Wind in Texas, October 7, 1999

October 7, 1999 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area

When
October 7, 8:50 AM MST to 11:15 AM MST
Where
Van Horn/Guadalupe Mountains Area forecast zone
Measured
54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Upper level low pressure moving through Colorado strengthened the pressure gradient that amounted to a marginal high wind event in the Guadalupe Mountains. Sustained winds reached 40 mph through Guadalupe Pass and a peak gust of 62 mph was recorded by the Guadalupe Bowl RAWS site.

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

More

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5724667.