Thunderstorm Wind in Lamb County, Texas

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Olton measured severe wind gusts from 1955 CST through 1958 CST with a peak gust of 69 mph at 1955 CST.

A weak dryline formed during the day of the 30th and mixed eastward to the edge of the caprock. Convergence along the dryline, a weak short wave trough, and very hot temperatures contributed to convective initiation by mid-afternoon across the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle and northern Rolling Plains. Storms repeatedly trained over Hall County producing intermittent severe winds gusts near Lesley (Hall County) for over an hour. Late in the afternoon additional thunderstorms developed in eastern New Mexico in the drier air and moved eastward into the South Plains. A very dry sub cloud layer allowed these storms to produce several severe wind gusts as they marched eastward towards the Interstate 27/US Highway 87 corridor. By the time storms reached Lubbock County late in the evening, they were moving very slowly which produced heavy rainfall over the city of Lubbock (Lubbock County). Numerous city roads on the south side of the city of Lubbock were inundated with water.