Thunderstorm Wind in Dallam County, Texas

A 71mph wind gust was measured at the mesonet site located two miles north of Texline. This gust was followed by a 65mph and 60mph wind gust as well.

A stalled surface boundary and weak upper level disturbance worked together to form severe storms over the northwest to central Texas Panhandle. A strongly unstable atmosphere along with favorable wind shear was in place, which supported strong damaging winds and very large hail from thunderstorms that developed. Storms developed over the central Texas Panhandle and initially produced small hail and heavy rain, but a few storms grew stronger and produced damaging winds that resulted in some downed power poles. Another later round of storms affected the far northwest Texas Panhandle and produced hail up to tennis ball size and 70mph wind gusts.