Thunderstorm Wind in Hale County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind April 3, 2026 · Hale County, Texas

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Aiken measured severe wind gusts associated with an outflow boundary from 2154 CST through 2156 CST. A peak gust of 65 mph was measured at 2154 CST.

The wider storm

A southward moving cold front and retreating dryline combined to create thunderstorms late on the evening of the third. A quasi-line of storms developed initially across the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle and moved east-southeast. Strong instability allowed some of these scattered thunderstorms to become severe producing hail up to the size of half dollars and wind gusts up to 65 mph.

Began near Seth Ward (34.1331, -101.5695).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320029. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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