Thunderstorm Wind — Crosby, Texas

2024-11-08 · near Ralls, Crosby, Texas

Event narrative

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Ralls measured a severe wind gust of 61 mph.

Wider weather episode

An upper level cut off low pressure system slowly moving eastward across Arizona and New Mexico spurred widespread showers and thunderstorms on the evening of the seventh into the early morning hours of the eighth. Warm air advection ahead of the low brought elevated instability in excess of 1000 J/kg. A line of thunderstorms became severe as it moved across Crosby County generating a severe wind gust near Ralls.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1216208. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.