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Local Weather History For June 18th...
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1962: A violent squall line with measured wind gusts to 97 mph and large hail up to three inches in diameter caused severe
damage in Childress and surrounding areas late this afternoon. One person in Childress was injured from flying glass. This storm was thought by many to be the worst ever to hit Childress County. Property damage was estimated in excess of $400,000 in the Childress area alone. The worst damage was dealt to the Trade Winds motel where the porch of the east wing was ripped off. Baseball size hail punched large holes in the remaining roof sections and glass breakage was extensive. The FAA station in Childress measured a peak gust to 97 mph. This intensity continued east into Quanah and east of Vernon where similar damage and two injuries occurred. Earlier on, the nucleus for this squall line destroyed an estimated 100,000 acres of young cotton in southern and western Hall County after dropping hail that grew to baseball size. Property damage in the Plaska, Estelline, Parnell, Tell, Lester, and Brice communities reached $70,000. Later this evening, a separate storm again dropped baseball size hail from Dunlap north to Tell in Childress County. An estimated 3-4,000 acres of crops were lost in an area from Dunlap to Cee Vee. In Paducah, strong winds demolished a small storage shed and about 100 feet of fence at the Little League Ball Park. |
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