Thunderstorm Wind in Hemphill County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind August 24, 2025 · Hemphill County, Texas

85 mph

Estimated gust (74 kt)

$15K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The walls of a farm storage building were blown down and the metal roofing blown off. Nearby tree branches were broken off. About three power poles were broken as well.

The wider storm

As a cool front dropped south into the combined Panhandles, showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of this in a warm and unstable airmass. Some of these storms brought hail with them as well as damaging wind gusts during the evening hours of August 24th.

Began near Gageby (35.6200, -100.1600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1278195. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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