High Wind — Castro, Texas

2023-08-08 · Castro, Texas

Wider weather episode

On the afternoon of the eighth, scattered thunderstorms developed off the higher terrain of eastern New Mexico from a weak short wave trough moving overhead. A large outflow boundary developed from this initial convection as it crossed the Texas/New Mexico state line. A severe wind gust of 59 mph along this outflow boundary occurred near Hart (Castro County) as measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet. Additional thunderstorms developed along this outflow boundary in the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle as it moved eastward. A severe thunderstorm produced a swath of severe winds from Lesley (Hall County) to Memphis (Hall County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1108747. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.