High Wind — Floyd, Texas

2023-02-22 · Floyd, Texas

Wider weather episode

A large and intense winter storm tracking out of the western United States brought high winds to the area on the 22nd. An embedded disturbance ahead of the primary storm system provided enough lift and moisture to generate scattered showers and even a few weak thunderstorms early in the morning of the 22nd. The high-based showers did enhance the wind, creating brief bursts of strong to severe gusts in places. Very strong and dry westerly winds rapidly overspread West Texas early on the 22nd. The initial thrust of strong to severe wind gusts lifted an area of blowing dust over the southwestern South Plains around midday creating areas of low visibility.

High wind gust reports from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet are listed below:

69 mph at Plains (Yoakum County),

69 mph at Denver City (Yoakum County),

65 mph at Anton (Hockley County),

61 mph at Wolfforth (Lubbock County),

61 mph at New Home (Lamb County),

60 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

60 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County),

60 mph at Ralls (Crosby County),

60 mph at Sundown (Cochran County),

60 mph at Slaton (Lubbock County),

59 mph at Levelland (Hockley County),

59 mph at White River Lake (Crosby County),

59 mph at Lubbock 4SE (Lubbock County),

58 mph at New Deal (Lubbock County),

58 mph at Reese Center (Lubbock County),

58 mph at Morton (Cochran County),

58 mph at Dimmitt (Castro County), and

58 mph at Hart (Castro County).

Sustained high wind reports from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet are listed below:

48 mph at Abernathy (Hale County),

47 mph at McAdoo (Dickens County),

46 mph at Earth (Lamb County),

44 mph at Friona (Parmer County),

44 mph at Floydada (Floyd County),

44 mph at Amherst (Lamb County),

44 mph at Aiken (Hale County),

44 mph at Brownfield (Terry County),

43 mph at Olton (Lamb County),

42 mph at Happy (Swisher County),

40 mph at Plainview (Hale County), and

40 mph at South Plains (Floyd County).

Maximum wind gusts from area ASOS and AWOS stations are listed below:

60 mph at Lubbock International Airport (Lubbock County) and

59 mph at Levelland Municipal Airport (Hockley County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1073645. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.