High Wind — Bailey, Texas

2024-04-27 · Bailey, Texas

Wider weather episode

Late on the evening of the 27th, severe wind gusts were occurring in the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle while flash flooding was transpiring in Stonewall County. A dryline which had mixed east of the Rolling Plains during the daytime had retreated back into the southeastern Rolling Plains. Very unstable air east of the dryline and convergence along the dryline allowed intense thunderstorms to develop. These thunderstorms trained over eastern Stonewall County for several hours producing flash flooding along US Highway 380 between Aspermont and Old Glory. At the same time, a pacific cold front crossing into West Texas from the west generated severe wind gusts behind the front across the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle.

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

70 mph at Amherst (Lamb County),

65 mph at Earth (Lamb County),

65 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County), and

65 mph at Friona (Parmer County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1165815. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.