Strong Wind — Coryell, Texas

2025-03-04 · Coryell, Texas

Event narrative

Local official relayed a social media picture of a metal roof torn off of a building in Copperas Cove. The picture was taken around 3:30 PM. Nearby observations at KGRK measured wind gusts between 40 to 52 mph during the afternoon, with the strongest gust around 1:55 PM.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper trough moving east through the Plains was accompanied by a Pacific cold front, along which a line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed early in the morning of March 4. This line of storms produced damaging winds in the 80-100 mph at times, a few hail reports, and two tornadoes as it pushed east through North and Central Texas the morning of March 4. The damaging thunderstorm winds left notable widespread damage across mostly North Texas. In the afternoon hours following this system, a High Wind Warning was in effect for some of the western half of the region for strong gradient winds and wind gusts behind the front. Gusts over 60 mph were observed.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244625. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.