Storm near Santa Fe
Thursday, June 24, 2021
- Largest hail
- —none reported
- Strongest wind
- 59 mphgust
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 1within 8 mi
1 report
- 59 mph gust (measured)7.1 mi WSW of central Santa Fe(Saf)Santa Fe Muni Airport · Santa Fe County · ASOS
An ASOS station in Santa Fe measured a 59 mph wind gust associated outflow boundaries from nearby showers. Numerous observers in the Santa Fe area and along Interstate 25 reported reduced visibility less than a mile from the dust picked up by the high winds.
What the National Weather Service wrote
With an area of high pressure over Texas and a low pressure system off the coast of California, southwest flow continued to stream subtropical moisture into New Mexico on June 24, 2021. Moisture values increased across New Mexico which further increased storm coverage across much of northern and central New Mexico. However, a continued lack of low-level moisture once again resulted in gusty downdraft and outflow winds from showers and thunderstorms. Several locations across central New Mexico measured gusts in excess of 60 mph from downdraft winds. The strongest wind gust was measured in Las Vegas where a thunderstorm to the south produced an outflow boundary with gusts of 71 mph at the airport.