Thunderstorm Wind — Dallam, Texas

2024-06-14 · near Texline, Dallam, Texas

Event narrative

First wind gust was at 1749CDT was 60 mph. The max wind gust of 61 mph occurred at 1751CDT. Severe wind gusts persisted for 6 minutes from 1749 through 1755CDT.

Wider weather episode

The combined OK/TX Panhandles were hit with a gusty line of storms both on the 13th and 14th of June. Severe winds were the main story with these storms. Ground stations measured wind gusts as high as 80 mph with the storms on the 13th. Then on the 14th, multiple reports of wind damage were made with estimated winds as high as 85 mph, as multiple train cars were knocked over in Cimarron County in OK along with a gain silo damaged in Dallam County in TX. Then on the 15th Beaver County did see a discrete storm produce some large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1190884. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.