Sherman storm history

High winds caused blowing dust which reduced visibility to near zero. These conditions contributed to a traffic crash on U.S. Highway 54 around 1440CST around 11 miles northeast of Stratford involving a northeast-bound tractor-trailer driver who was unable to see the highway mark…

Lower visibilities led to a multiple car pile up on US Highway 287. Seven people were taken to the hospital with one listed in serious condition.

The mesonet located nine miles north northeast of Sunray measured a 61mph wind gust at 1909 CST, followed by a 63mph wind gust at 1911 CST.

The mesonet located nine miles north northeast of Sunray measured a 70mph wind gust.

The mesonet site located four miles west northwest of Stratford measured wind gusts greater than 58mph starting at 1326 CST and the last severe measured wind gust occurred at 1531 CST. The peak wind gust was 62mph and occurred at 1525 CST. In addition, the mesonet site located ni…

Sunray gusted to 58 mph a couple of times during the afternoon on the 19th with the last gust at 1301CDT. Frequent high wing gusts associated with the sting jet occurred between 0046CDT and 0222CDT. Peak gust from the sting jet was 76 MPH.

The Sunray mesonet had dozens of high wind gusts ranging from 58 mph to 66 mph, primarily between 1100CDT to 1220CDT. The Stinnett mesonet had one high wind gust.

Multiple ground stations measured high wind gusts, up to 75 mph, somewhat continuously for approximately 6 hours.

A few high wind gusts occurred at one ground station in the county. This lasted less than 1 hour.

A couple of cars in the ditch in the county. 1 rollover accident about 5 miles north of Cactus.

Sherman County received some of the lighter amounts of snow with less than an inch found in the northwestern corner of the county and close to 3 in the far southeastern corner of the county.

Light snow fell across the county on the morning of the 5th with accumulations just over half an inch but under one inch.

Multiple branches that were 2 to 3 in diameter were blown off of a tree in Stratford by the thunderstorm winds.

A property was flooded with water up to the porch through about noon.

The Sunray mesonet station measured a 58 mph gust with lightning in the area.

A period of severe wind gusts occurred at the 9NNE Sunray mesonet site. The first recorded wind gust of 58mph occurred at 5:04pm, with the peak gust of 74mph occurred at 5:14pm. Severe wind gusts continued for about ten minutes.

Mesonets across the county measured multiple wind gusts between 58 and 64 mph during this time period.

A mesonet station located near Sunray measured multiple wind gusts between 58 and 63 mph during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Sustained winds exceeded 40 mph at this time as well.

Much of Sherman County observed two to three inches of snow. Portions of the far western portion of the county saw three to four inches of snow.

TxDOT closed all major roads through Sherman County due to motorists getting stranded in near zero visibility. Blizzard level winds were reached at a mesonet around 1135CST and lasted through 2205CST. In addition, a couple of mesonet stations located in the county measured severa…

A couple of mesonet stations located in the county measured several wind gusts in excess of 58 mph between 1225CST and 2011CST. The peak gust of 72 mph was measured at 1331CST.

Sustained winds were between 40 and 45 mph for quite some time during the late afternoon and early evening hours.

One to three inches of snow fell across the county.

Tornado was captured on video by a storm chaser. The video showed there were twin tornadoes from the same circulation in very close proximity briefly. They remained in open county and didn't encounter any damage indicators.