Strong Wind — Lamb, Texas

2013-05-09 · Lamb, Texas

Event narrative

A man and a child were killed after the truck they were riding in collided with a tractor-trailer. The accident happened on U.S. 84 just west of County Road 85 in Sudan.

The tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on U.S. 84 when troopers say wind caused the tractor-trailer to jackknife and obstruct the path of the truck. The truck and the tractor-trailer collided and both vehicles came to a rest in a ditch, according to a DPS news release.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed both east and west of the dryline on the afternoon of the ninth with an upper level disturbance moving over West Texas. Severe storms in the moist air east of the dryline produced large hail while severe storms in the dry air west of the dryline produced strong wind gusts. A weak thunderstorm northeast of Lamb County developed a strong outflow boundary that moved through Sudan around 1930 CST. At the same time, a tractor trailer was traveling east along US Highway 84 and jackknifed into the westbound lane. The tractor trailer hit a pickup truck and killed the driver and a young boy that was a passenger in the pickup truck.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 440213. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.