Thunderstorm Wind in Castro County, Texas
Thunderstorm Wind June 6, 2024 · Castro County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Dimmitt measured severe wind gusts of 59 mph from 1933 CST through 1934 CST.
The wider storm
On the afternoon of the sixth, a cold front was slowly moving across the central Texas panhandle. South of the front, southeasterly low level winds pumped strong low level moisture into the region. Hot temperatures allowed thunderstorms to develop along the frontal boundary in the afternoon and drift southeastward. Thunderstorms continually grew upscale as a strong outflow boundary surged ahead of the initial thunderstorm development. The atmosphere in the extreme southern Texas Panhandle was characterized by inverted-V soundings which favored severe wind gusts from thunderstorms. A few of the storms did produce severe wind gusts from Castro into Swisher Counties.
Began near Dimmitt (34.5705, -102.2952).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1174436. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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