High Wind — Hemphill, Texas

2025-03-19 · Hemphill, Texas

Event narrative

Numerous wind gusts exceeded 58 mph between 0141CDT and 0431CDT with the arrival of a sting jet. Winds peaked out at 87 mph around 0258CDT with sustained winds above 45 mph.

Wind gusts continued to occasionally gusts between 58 and 64 mph between 0937CDT and 1330CDT.

Wider weather episode

On March 18th, we had our last high wind, blowing dust, and extreme critical fire danger event of the month. Strong winds and multi wildfires occurred on the day of the 18th. Fire Warnings were issued in Dallam county for a fire on the northside of the county, and in Hutchison county when a fire broke out on the westside of Borger. The strongest winds actually transpired overnight into the early morning hours of the 19th due to an upper level meteorological feature that moved across the region called a sting jet. This extratropical cyclone brought strong +70 mph winds overnight and strong winds continued into the 19th alongside critical fire danger until relative humidity values finally recovered later in the afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1246105. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.