Thunderstorm Wind — Hartley, Texas

2024-09-14 · near (dht)dalhart Muni Ar, Hartley, Texas

56 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A severe wind gust occurred from a possible dry microburst. There was little evidence of a strong storm on radar but there was a cloud deck around 9,000 feet. No known damage occurred from this severe wind gust.

Wider weather episode

On September 14th, a few upper level weather disturbances combined with moisture and daytime heating to develop thunderstorms across the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Due to a drier air near the surface, these storms that developed were easily able to produce severe wind gusts. A possible dry microburst caused a gust of 64 mph to be measured at the Dalhart ASOS with very weak echoes present on radar due to the unique environment.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211896. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.