High Wind — Cottle, Texas

2023-03-31 · Cottle, Texas

Wider weather episode

A potent upper level low pressure system tracked across the Intermountain West onto the Northern Plains during the day of the 31st. Very strong winds aloft accompanied this trough. Deep vertical atmospheric mixing was able to transport higher momentum air aloft to the surface leading to widespread high winds across the region. The hardest hit area was the extreme southern Texas Panhandle into the northern South Plains and northern Rolling Plains where wind gusts in excess of 58 mph were common. Several locations also saw several hours of sustained winds in excess of 40 mph. The strong winds did loft some blowing dust into the lower atmosphere but did not cause any significant problems.

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

63 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

63 mph at Friona (Parmer County),

63 mph at Dimmitt (Castro County),

61 mph at Caprock Canyons State Park (Briscoe County),

61 mph at Paducah (Cottle County),

60 mph at Turkey (Hall County),

60 mph at Childress (Childress County),

59 mph at Floydada (Floyd County),

58 mph at Hart (Castro County),

58 mph at Tulia (Swisher County), and

58 mph at Jayton (Kent County).

Maximum wind gusts from area ASOS stations are listed below:

59 mph at Lubbock International Airport (Lubbock County).

Maximum sustained wind speeds from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet sites are listed below:

45 mph at Earth (Lamb County),

44 mph at Amherst (Lamb County),

43 mph at Olton (Lamb County),

43 mph at Abernathy (Hale County),

43 mph at Aiken (Hale County),

43 mph at Northfield (Motley County),

43 mph at McAdoo (Dickens County),

42 mph at Anton (Hockley County),

42 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County), and

42 mph at Roaring Springs (Motley County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1079843. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.