High Wind in New Mexico, November 30, 2023

Name: High Wind in New Mexico, November 30, 2023
Start: 2023-11-30T12:25
End: 2023-11-30T12:38
Location: New Mexico

November 30, 2023 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Westerly high winds occurred across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and adjacent plains as a shortwave trough moved across the southern Great Plains.

Where it happened

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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.

Westerly high winds occurred across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and adjacent plains as a shortwave trough moved across the southern Great Plains.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 30, 11:21 AM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 11:21 AM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 2:10 AM MST, 10 hours 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
310 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-010915-
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains-
Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines-
Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler-
Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell-
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-
Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains-
Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-
Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County-
310 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 /210 AM MST Thu Nov 30 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico,
southwest Texas and western Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A High Wind Warning is in effect for the Guadalupe and Delaware
Mountains for today. Wind Advisories are in place across southeast
New Mexico, Permian Basin, Marfa and Stockton Plateaus, as well as
the Davis Mountains this afternoon and early evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories,
and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in
Midland, can be found on the internet at...
https://weather.gov/midland

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eddy County Plains

When: November 30, 12:25 PM MST to 12:38 PM MST
Where: Eddy County Plains forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in New Mexico in 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, November 2023

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: 1149345.