Hansford storm history

Resident count of 2,132 affected with four homes severely damage due to electrical fires and one home was destroyed There were 320 business that also reported economic injuries. Damages and economic impact also resulted from: debris cleanup (downed trees, etc), numerous downed po…

This wind gust was most likely caused by virga showers as winds gusted from the west-southwest with the only near by thunderstorm located to the northeast.

Irrigation pivots were flipped over by the winds.

Wind gusts over 60mph occurred for two minutes.

Main Avenue in Gruver was covered in water.

This tornado was captured via storm spotter video crossing Highway 207. It was not a well defined tornado but there was definitely circulation that crossed the highway. As it encountered power lines, it resulted in no damage to them though there was some swaying of the lines as i…

This tornado was documented by storm spotter picture. No damage is known to have occurred from this tornado.

The outer extent of the EF2 tornado that occurred southeast of Spearman also produced wind damage. This was likely caused by very strong winds associated with the rear flank downdraft of the supercell rather than the tornado itself. About two power poles were broken and a few oth…

Multiple wind gusts in excess of 58 mph occurred between 1934CDT and 2114CDT. Peak wind gusts of 67 mph occurred at 1939CDT under decaying thunderstorms.

The AWOS station located one mile north-northwest of Spearman measured a 61mph wind gust from showers and thunderstorms in the area.

Half dollar to golfball size hail fell to the northwest of Gruver.

A few inches of hail accumulated and the largest hailstone was quarter size.

A few random wind gusts of 58 to 62 mph occurred over 2.5-3hr period.

Northwest winds raised to above 40 mph sustained with frequent wind gusts in excess of 60 mph between 0115CDT and 0253CDT. The peak gust was 76 mph and occurred at 0227CDT. Winds continued to gust 40 to 50 mph well into the afternoon. The AWOS in Spearman measured a peak gust of …

Both observation sites had a couple dozen high wind gusts from 58 mph to 66 mph. The highest concentration of high wind gusts between 1100CDT to 1230CDT.

A grass fire occurred in Hansford County that was 1000 acres. The cause was unknown.

Multiple ground stations measured high wind gusts, up to 65 mph, somewhat continuously for approximately 4 hours.

Around 1700CST, 1 mile NNE of Gruver, TX, four or five light post were bent and laying on their sides. Light post have a overhangs possibly solar panels that caught the wind helping them to bend down. A building had its shingles blown off by the wind.

Hansford County saw a wide range of snow totals from this storm with the north seeing 1 to 3 and the south seeing 3 to 6.

Four power poles were snapped by thunderstorms, likely a microburst, along Farm to Market Road 51 near the Adobe Walls Gin. These were all laying towards the road.

Dime to penny size hail fell around Gruver.

A large tree was blown down onto a brick fence which also suffered damage from the collision.

Hail of quarter size fell around Spearman, including some hail that was slightly larger than quarter size. This fell at the Lowes Market along Highway 207.

A 58mph wind gust was measured by the mesonet site located nine miles northwest of Waka.

One to two inches of snow fell across western Hansford County. Less than an inch of snow fell in the eastern part of the county.