High Wind — Bailey, Texas

2025-03-04 · Bailey, Texas

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system, which brought high winds to the western South Plains the day prior to the western South Plains and southwestern Texas Panhandle, emerged onto the High Plains bringing widespread high winds to the entire region. Wind speeds quickly rose after sunrise immediately in advance of a band of precipitation racing southeastward from the western Texas Panhandle into the northern and central South Plains. Where temperatures were coolest, a burst of snow impacted the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle. However, the duration of snowfall was not prolonged and with temperatures near freezing did not produce any significant accumulation. After the precipitation ended by late morning, widespread blowing dust returned to the area. Wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph were common over the entire area, with several gusts in excess of 70 mph measured in the Rolling Plains and eastern Texas Panhandle. The intense winds did cause some damage including downing trees and power lines as well as causing roof damage in Dickens (Dickens County). Thick blowing dust also contributed to a vehicle running into the ditch south of Paducah (Cottle County).

High wind gusts from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet network are below:

78 mph at White River Lake (Crosby County),

74 mph at Graham (Garza County),

73 mph at Guthrie (King County),

70 mph at Jayton (Kent County),

70 mph at Paducah (Cottle County),

68 mph at Childress (Childress County),

68 mph at Northfield (Motley County),

67 mph at O'Donnell (Lynn County),

67 mph at McAdoo (Dickens County),

66 mph at Spur (Dickens County),

66 mph at Post (Garza County),

65 mph at Levelland (Hockley County),

65 mph at Matador (Motley County),

64 mph at Brownfield (Terry County),

64 mph at Wolfforth (Lubbock County),

63 mph at Plains (Yoakum County),

63 mph at Morton (Cochran County),

63 mph at Memphis (Hall County),

62 mph at Anton (Hockley County),

62 mph at Aspermont (Stonewall County),

62 mph at Tulia (Swisher County),

62 mph at Slaton (Lubbock County),

62 mph at Tahoka (Lynn County),

62 mph at Lake Alan Henry (Garza County),

62 mph at New Home (Lynn County),

62 mph at Hackberry (Cottle County),

61 mph at Vigo Park (Swisher County),

61 mph at Roaring Springs (Motley County),

61 mph at Floydada (Floyd County),

61 mph at Friona (Parmer County),

61 mph at Ralls (Crosby County),

61 mph at Hart (Castro County),

60 mph at Reese Center (Lubbock County),

60 mph at New Deal (Lubbock County),

59 mph at Amherst (Lamb County),

59 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

59 mph at Abernathy (Hale County),

58 mph at Happy (Swisher County),

58 mph at Lubbock (Lubbock County),

58 mph at Lesley (Hall County),

58 mph at Denver City (Yoakum County).

The following high wind reports are from Automated Surface Observing Stations (ASOS) and Automated Weather Observing Stations (AWOS):

74 mph at Childress Municipal Airport (Childress County),

70 mph at Denver City Municipal Airport (Yoakum County),

69 mph at Lubbock International Airport (Lubbock County), and

68 mph at Levelland Municipal Airport (Hockley County).

Sustained high winds of 40 mph or greater were observed by the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet sites below:

44 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1230583. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.