High Wind — Donley, Texas

2023-02-26 · Donley, Texas

Event narrative

A mesonet located near Clarendon measured multiple wind gusts between 58 and 64 mph between the hours of 1750CST and 2210CST.

Wider weather episode

A vigorous upper level system passed over the southern Great Plains on Sunday February 26th, 2023. This brought widespread strong winds and blowing dust to the Panhandles, particularly during the late afternoon and evening hours as a Pacific cold front rapidly moved eastward, with the large amount of dust leading to greatly reduced visibility and treacherous driving conditions. East of this front, severe thunderstorms developed which led to two tornadoes in the southeastern Texas Panhandle and additional damaging winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1082590. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.