Thunderstorm Wind — Garza, Texas

2023-09-16 · near Graham Chapel, Garza, Texas

Event narrative

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Graham measured severe wind gusts from 0229 CST thorough 0232 CST. A peak wind gust of 61 mph was measured at 0232 CST.

Wider weather episode

A consecutive night of intense thunderstorms with heavy rain swept across parts of northwest Texas late on the 15th through the early morning hours of the 16th. The strongest storms produced large hail and damaging winds. Particularly hard hit were portions of Parmer County several miles southwest through southeast of Friona, where baseball size hail was accompanied by severe winds that damaged six pivot irrigation sprinklers and a couple of dairy farms shortly after 2200 CST. Approximately 200 head of cattle were lost due to the storm which had to be put down due to their injuries. Later that night a wind gust of 90 mph was measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet near McAdoo (Dickens County) at 0024 CST, though no known damage was confirmed in or near McAdoo.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1123428. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.