Thunderstorm Wind in Hall County, Texas

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Turkey measured a wind gust of 61 mph at 1623 CST. A few minutes later at 1639 CST, an emergency manager reported numerous trees and fences blown over in the town of Turkey.

Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms developed on the afternoon of the 17th with convective temperatures breached by mid-afternoon. Although the environment was not favorable for severe storms with warm mid-level temperatures, a relatively dry sub-cloud layer allowed a few of these storms to produce severe wind gusts. The most notable storm occurred over the city of Lubbock where a peak wind gust of 77 mph was recorded. This storm also damaged an apartment complex in the city of Lubbock by ripping off the roof. The high amounts of moisture within the cloud bearing layer also allowed these storms to create heavy rainfall which caused flash flooding in the city of Lubbock.