High Wind — Yoakum, Texas

2022-03-29 · Yoakum, Texas

Wider weather episode

The approach and passage of a large and intense storm system brought another round of wind and dust to the South Plains and Rolling Plains on the 29th. The winds increased beginning early in the afternoon as the system ejected from the central and southern Rockies into the High Plains. Southwesterly to westerly winds gusting to 55 mph and higher spread eastward over much of the Caprock during the afternoon and evening hours. The strongest winds, in excess of 65 mph, affected the western South Plains into the south-central Texas Panhandle, generally peaking between 1300 CST and 1800 CST. Copious amounts of blowing dust were lifted by the winds and spread northeastward across the region. On the back side of the system on the morning of the 30th, virga showers generated one additional high wind report at Childress.

Wind gusts below were reported by the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:

69 mph at Morton (Cochran County),

68 mph at Tulia (Swisher County),

65 mph at Olton (Lamb County),

65 mph at Levelland (Hockley County),

63 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

63 mph at Anton (Hockley County),

61 mph at Childress Municipal Airport (Childress County),

60 mph at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport ASOS (Lubbock County),

59 mph at Amherst (Lamb County),

59 mph at Plainview (Hale County),

58 mph at Abernathy (Hale County), and

58 mph at Dimmitt (Castro County).

Maximum sustained winds below are from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:

48 mph at Lesley (Hall County),

43 mph at Turkey (Hall County),

42 mph at South Plains (Floyd County),

42 mph at Plains (Yoakum County),

42 mph at Denver City (Yoakum County), and

42 mph at Friona (Parmer County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1005919. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.