High Wind — Lubbock, Texas

2019-04-10 · Lubbock, Texas

Wider weather episode

A strong cyclone moving across the central Rockies into the central Plains created widespread high winds on the afternoon of the 10th. Areas across the South Plains and extreme southern Texas Panhandle saw sustained winds between 40 and 45 mph with gusts generally in the 60s. A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Anton (Hockley County) recorded the highest wind gust of 73 mph. Strong winds also created widespread blowing dust which reduced visibilities for areas on the South Plains. Minimum visibilities were generally between one half and one mile.

Maximum wind gusts per county are as follows per the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:

73 mph at Anton (Hockley County),

69 mph at Plains (Yoakum County),

69 mph at Aiken and Abernathy (Hale County),

64 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County),

64 mph at Morton (Cochran County),

64 mph at Olton (Lamb County),

64 mph at Reese Center (Lubbock County),

64 mph at Hart (Castro County)

63 mph at Floydada (Floyd County),

62 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

62 mph at Turkey (Hall County),

62 mph at Friona (Parmer County),

61 mph at Vigo Park (Swisher County),

59 mph at Brownfield (Terry County), and

58 mph at New Home and Tahoka (Lynn County).

Maximum sustained winds per county are as follows per the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:

42 mph at Ralls (Crosby County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 806480. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.