Thunderstorm Wind — Childress, Texas

2025-04-23 · near (cds)childress Arpt, Childress, Texas

Event narrative

Both Childress municipal airport and the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Childress measured severe wind gusts spanning from 2256 CST through 2316 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 was measured at 2313 CST and 2316 CST.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed again on the afternoon of the 23rd in the absence of meaningful large scale forcing for ascent. Moisture in the lowest levels of the atmosphere continued to increase through the day resulting in a very unstable atmosphere by mid-afternoon. Veering of relatively weak winds through the atmospheric column resulted in organization of thunderstorms which were able to produce very large hail and damaging wind gusts. Reported hail was as large as 3.50 inches in diameter near Dimmitt (Castro County). Additionally, wind gusts up to 79 mph were also reported by the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet. The relatively slow storm motion and intense rain rates also resulted in pockets of very heavy rainfall that induced flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1242316. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.