High Wind in Collingsworth, Texas

A couple of mesonet stations located in the county measured wind gusts in excess of 58 mph during the evening of the 8th. Gust peaked at 68 mph, measured by the mesonet located 3 miles west of Dozier at 2011CST. The other site, located six miles southeast of Wellington, peaked at 64mph at 1929CST.

A strong low pressure system brought severe winds and snow to the combined Panhandles. With sustained winds reaching 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 74 mph combined with snow, much of the area saw blizzard to near blizzard conditions. The Oklahoma and Texas Departments of Transportation were forced to shutdown roadways as motorists got stranded in the snow with near zero visibility and no way for emergency personnel to reach them. Roads west and north of Amarillo, TX were impacted for much of the afternoon through evening hours of the 8th. Amarillo east and southeastward, while experiencing the same strong winds, only experienced shorter durations of low visibility and less impact from the snow compared to the northwestern Panhandles.