Thunderstorm Wind in Parmer County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind August 3, 2024 · Parmer County, Texas

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

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 Friona measured a wind gust to 58 mph.

The wider storm

Hot temperatures and a remnant mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) combined to create scattered thunderstorms over the western Texas Panhandle on the afternoon of the third. An MCV drifted southward out of western Kansas creating scattered thunderstorms which then moved southward into the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening. Dry sub-cloud air layer allowed these storms to create severe downburst winds near Friona (Parmer County) and Muleshoe (Bailey County).

Began near Friona (34.6505, -102.7051).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1189906. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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