High Wind in Briscoe, Texas

On the morning of the 15th, a very strong cold front moved through the region bringing severe wind speeds across the area. Surface winds began to increase around 0800 to 0900 CST in the extreme southern Texas Panhandle spreading into the Rolling Plains and South Plains by 1000 CST. Winds peaked around mid-day and then decreased through the remainder of the afternoon. Areas across the southern South Plains and southern Rolling Plains did not quite reach high wind criteria due to this area being more displaced from the stronger winds aloft.

High wind gusts from Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet sites are listed below:

69 mph at Memphis (Hall County),

67 mph at Childress (Childress County),

63 mph at Lesley (Hall County),

62 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County),

61 mph at Turkey (Hall County),

59 mph at Caprock Canyons State Park (Briscoe County),

59 mph at Tulia (Swisher County),

58 mph at Guthrie (King County), and

58 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County).

High wind reports from Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) are listed below:

61 mph at Childress Municipal Airport (Childress County), and

60 mph at Lubbock International Airport (Lubbock County).

Sustained high winds of 40 mph or greater were observed by the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet sites below:

46 mph at Dimmitt (Castro County),

46 mph at Hackberry (Cottle County),

44 mph at Earth (Lamb County),

44 mph at Aiken (Hale County),

43 mph at Abernathy (Hale County),

43 mph at Olton (Lamb County),

42 mph at White River Lake (Crosby County),

42 mph at Paducah (Cottle County),

42 mph at Friona (Parmer County),

42 mph at Levelland (Hockley County),

42 mph at McAdoo (Dickens County),

42 mph at Anton (Hockley County),

42 mph at Matador (Motley County),

41 mph at South Plains (Floyd County),

41 mph at Roaring Springs (Motley County), and

41 mph at Hart (Castro County).