Thunderstorm Wind — King, Texas

2020-05-24 · near Guthrie 6666 Arpt, King, Texas

Event narrative

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Guthrie measured severe wind gusts from 1920 CST through 1925 CST. The peak wind gust measured was 66 mph.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms erupted for a second straight day across the South Plains. A weak short wave moved out of central New Mexico into West Texas during the afternoon hours which aided in convective development along a dryline. Two general areas of convection matured into severe thunderstorms: one in the south central South Plains and another across the southeastern Texas Panhandle. Multi-cellular thunderstorms developed in Hockley County but quickly moved eastward into Lubbock and Lynn Counties. These storms produced mostly one inch sized hail, but hail as big as an inch and a half was reported by a weather spotter in the southern part of the city of Lubbock (Lubbock County). As the storms matured they began to form a line and produced more inch size hail in the central Rolling Plains as well as severe wind gusts near Guthrie (King County). A few reports of damage were reported including downed power poles in Briscoe County and a demolished office trailer in Hockley County. No injuries were reported.

Late that same day after storms has moved through the Southern Texas Panhandle, severe non-thunderstorm winds were recorded near the city of Lesley (Hall County). Severe non-thunderstorm severe wind gusts are listed below from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:

65 mph at Lesley (Hall County) and 64 mph at Turkey (Hall County).

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 888994. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.