High Wind in Hansford, Texas

Northwest winds raised to above 40 mph sustained with frequent wind gusts in excess of 60 mph between 0115CDT and 0253CDT. The peak gust was 76 mph and occurred at 0227CDT. Winds continued to gust 40 to 50 mph well into the afternoon. The AWOS in Spearman measured a peak gust of 86 mph at 0215CDT.

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.