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High Winds Rack Mexico

3/19/2008 3:00 PM

An unusually severe wind storm tore through northeastern and central Mexico. The storm was especially severe in the northeastern state of Nuevo Laredo, home to Monterrey. Westerly winds whipping off the Sierra Madre lashed the city in gusts to at least 70 mph Tuesday midday and afternoon. The high, dry winds churned up a dust storm that cut visibility to one-half of a mile or lower. Winds reached 40-60 mph in gusts along the lower Rio Grande (Rio Bravo in Mexico) valley from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoros. Here again, the winds stirred up clouds of dust. Farther south, the high winds swept through the highlands of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi. In the namesake capital cities, winds roared at speeds of at least 70 mph in Zacatecas and to 60 mph or more in San Luis Potosi. The high winds were triggered by the same parent storm that spread flooding rains from north Texas to southwestern Ohio. Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Forecaster Jim Andrews

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