Thunderstorm Wind — Hartley, Texas

2025-07-05 · near (dht)dalhart Muni Ar, Hartley, Texas

Event narrative

Severe wind gusts occurred at the Dalhart 12SW mesonet site from a likely anvil gust from a nearby thunderstorm. The mesonet site initially gusted to 61mph at 1949CDT, had its peak gust of 86mph at 1950CDT, and continued to gust to 79mph and 74mph through 1952CDT.

Wider weather episode

On the evening of July 5th, an upper level disturbance took advantage of a highly moist and unstable environment to generate a line of thunderstorms across the western Panhandles. These storms went on to produce sub-severe hail and several severe wind gusts and wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1285821. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.