Thunderstorm Wind in Crane County, Texas

Thunderstorm Wind May 7, 2014 · Crane County, Texas

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$6K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A thunderstorm moved over Crane and produced wind damage. Utility poles were snapped inside the city limits of Crane along Highway 385. The cost of damage is a rough estimate.

The wider storm

An upper level trough was approaching the region with upper lift increasing ahead of the trough. A lee surface trough was present across West Texas and eastern New Mexico with a dryline across the Permian Basin. There was good instability and moisture for areas along and east of the dryline.

Began near Crane (31.4000, -102.3500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 509405. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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