Thunderstorm Wind — Moore, Texas

2025-08-03 · near Sunray, Moore, Texas

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm moved across portions of Moore County during the early morning hours of August 3, 2025. It produced significant, widespread damage to portions of the county from north of Dumas and especially across the town of Sunray. Based on pictures and radar imagery, it has been determined that this damage is attributed to straight line winds. The most significant damage occurred in Sunray. Here, numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Several power poles were snapped, center pivots were flipped, a few light poles were bent at the base. The press box at the high school sports complex was destroyed. Other structure damage included destroyed

outbuildings and barns as well as roof damage to homes and businesses. Train

cars were laid on their side off a track between Cactus and Sunray. All of the damage was laid in a pattern that is indicative of straight line winds and no convergence of damage was noted.

Wider weather episode

An upper level weather disturbance moved across the region late in the evening on August 2nd through the early morning hours of August 3rd. This, combined with sufficient instability and wind shear, brought severe thunderstorms to the combined Panhandles. These storms moved in from Kansas and brought hail and damaging winds to the region. The most significant of the severe storms moved through portions of the north central Texas Panhandle, where radar estimates and associated damage from straight line winds were estimated to have reached 90 to 100mph in portions of Moore and Hutchinson counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1275142. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.