High Wind — King, Texas

2022-01-14 · King, Texas

50 MG

Magnitude

Wider weather episode

An intensifying storm system dropping through the center of the nation brought a prolonged period of wind to West Texas from the afternoon of the 14th into the morning of the 15th. A strong cold front moved through during the afternoon and evening hours, switching the winds around to the north and carrying much colder air on strong winds. Blowing dust peaked on the evening of the 14th, along and behind the frontal passage, while temperatures tumbled into the 20s by early on the 15th. Stout northerly winds continued to blow Friday night and through much of Saturday, generally peaking during the overnight hours, before finally diminishing Saturday evening as the storm system shifted off to the east. Peak wind gusts of 58 to 66 mph were common, favoring the southeast Texas Panhandle and Rolling Plains. The highest wind gust measured was 67 mph, recorded at Childress Municipal Airport (Childress County), though the entire region experienced gusts in excess of 50 mph.

High wind reports below are from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:

67 mph at Childress ASOS (Childress County),

66 mph at Caprock Canyons State Park (Briscoe County),

65 mph at Turkey (Hall County),

65 mph at Abernathy (Hale County),

65 mph at Graham (Garza County),

63 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

63 mph at Paducah (Cottle County),

61 mph at Aspermont (Stonewall County),

60 mph at McAdoo (Dickens County),

60 mph at White River Lake (Crosby County),

59 mph at Plainview (Hale County),

59 mph at Lubbock ASOS (Lubbock County),

59 mph at Reese (Lubbock County),

59 mph at Northfield (Motley County),

59 mph at Roaring Springs (Motley County),

58 mph at Olton (Lamb County),

58 mph at Slaton (Lubbock County),

58 mph at O'Donnell (Lynn County),

58 mph at Guthrie (King County),

58 mph at Aiken (Hale County),

58 mph at Tulia (Swisher County), and

58 mph at Childress (Childress County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 994732. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.