High Wind in Texas, Oklahoma

The peak wind gust in Texas County, Oklahoma was 67 mph and was observed at the Guymon ASOS at 1153CST. Other mesonets in the county observed gusts around 60 mph from about 1000CST ending around 1700CST.

A strong upper level weather system moved across the High Plains region and brought down very strong winds to the surface from the late morning to the late afternoon on February 17, 2026. Many locations across the Oklahoma Panhandle observed wind gusts o 60mph or greater. These strong winds brought blowing dust and extreme critical fire weather conditions as well. Several wildfires developed due to the dry grasses, low relative humidity and high wind gusts. One wildfire in Beaver County burned into Kansas and consumed over 200,000 acres.