Strong Wind — King, Texas

2023-01-11 · King, Texas

$30K

Property damage

48 EG

Magnitude

Wider weather episode

An intense upper level storm system resulted in widespread strong to severe wind gusts raking West Texas on the afternoon of the 11th. The winds managed to lift copious amounts of dust across eastern New Mexico and West Texas. The blowing dust dropped the visibility and painted an eerie red-brown hue across the skyline during the afternoon and early evening before beginning to settle out. Several thicker bands of dust dropped the visibility to one mile or less at its peak. The westerly wind gusts peaked at 50-60 mph over most of the South Plains region.

High wind gusts from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet network are below:

62 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

62 mph at Turkey (Hall County),

62 mph at Amherst (Lamb County),

61 mph at Hart (Castro County),

60 mph at Memphis (Hall County),

60 mph at Friona (Parmer County),

60 mph at Dimmitt (Castro County),

59 mph at Tulia (Swisher County),

58 mph at Vigo Park (Swisher County),

58 mph at Happy (Swisher County),

58 mph at Olton (Lamb County), and

58 mph at Paducah (Cottle County).

The following high wind reports are from Automated Surface Observing Stations (ASOS):

64 mph at Lubbock International Airport (Lubbock County) and

61 mph at Childress Municipal Airport (Childress County).

Sustained high winds of 40 mph or greater were observed by the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet sites below:

44 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County) and

42 mph at Morton (Cochran County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1065663. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.