| Wind Whips West Texas 23 February 2019 |
 |
| Carport damage caused by strong winds in Lubbock on Saturday, 23 February 2019. The picture is courtesy of the City of Lubbock. |
| A powerful upper level storm system brought intense winds to the southern High Plains on Saturday, February 23rd. This system, the same that dumped feet of snow over the higher terrain of the Desert Southwest and southern Rockies, provided widespread westerly winds sustained at 35 to 50 mph, with gusts of 50 to 64 mph. |
 |
| Maximum wind gusts measured by the West Texas Mesonet on 23 February 2019. The maximum sustained wind speeds can be VIEWED HERE. |
| The strong and severe wind gusts did cause minor damage around the region, including destroying a carport in Lubbock. Officially, the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 10:16 am. Similarly, Childress' official peak gust was also 63 mph, observed at 11:20 am. |
 |
| Infrared satellite animation valid from 9:42 am to 11:17 am on Saturday, 23 February 2019. |
| The above satellite imagery shows the powerful storm system emerging into the Great Plains around the time the peak wind gusts were occurring across the South Plains region. At the same time, this winter storm was producing blizzard conditions from the Oklahoma Panhandle through western Kansas into Nebraska. |
| Before the wind on Saturday, scattered showers and thunderstorms did affect West Texas late Friday night into the predawn hours of Saturday. The bulk of the rain fell across the western South Plains into the southwest Texas Panhandle, where a tenth to quarter inch of rain was common. The biggest winners were Muleshoe, Friona and Dimmitt where a third to half inch of rain fell. The rain even changed to snow toward the end of the event, with light accumulations noted in parts of Bailey and Parmer Counties. |
 |
| 24-hour radar-estimated and bias-corrected rainfall ending at 11 am on 23 February 2019. A regional view of this same information can be FOUND HERE. Observed rain totals from the West Texas Mesonet can also be VIEWED HERE. |
| Below is another picture of damage observed in Lubbock on February 23rd. |
 |
| Power line damage caused by strong winds in Lubbock on Saturday, 23 February 2019. The picture is courtesy of the City of Lubbock. |
| The Preliminary Storm Reports for this wind event are available below. |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
451 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 WNW DENVER CITY 32.99N 102.94W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH YOAKUM TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE TTU WEST TEXAS MESONET
0937 AM NON-TSTM WND GST CAPROCK CANYON SP 34.41N 101.06W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH BRISCOE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0945 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 W CHILDRESS 34.43N 100.28W
02/23/2019 M61 MPH CHILDRESS TX ASOS
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNE FLOYDADA 34.00N 101.33W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH FLOYD TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1000 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 ENE ABERNATHY 33.88N 101.76W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH HALE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1014 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 WSW AIKEN 34.13N 101.57W
02/23/2019 M60 MPH HALE TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1015 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE HACKBERRY 33.90N 100.13W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH COTTLE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1015 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 ESE SILVERTON 34.45N 101.19W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH BRISCOE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1016 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NNE LUBBOCK 33.67N 101.82W
02/23/2019 M63 MPH LUBBOCK TX ASOS
1025 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 SSW WOLFFORTH 33.42N 102.05W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH LUBBOCK TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW TURKEY 34.38N 100.93W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH HALL TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND GST REESE CENTER 33.61N 102.05W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH LUBBOCK TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1040 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NE AMHERST 34.02N 102.40W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH LAMB TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1040 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW TURKEY 34.38N 100.93W
02/23/2019 M64 MPH HALL TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1040 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNE FLOYDADA 34.00N 101.33W
02/23/2019 M60 MPH FLOYD TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1043 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE HACKBERRY 33.90N 100.13W
02/23/2019 M64 MPH COTTLE TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1045 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 N ROARING SPRINGS 33.94N 100.85W
02/23/2019 M60 MPH MOTLEY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1050 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSE ESTELLINE 34.50N 100.42W
02/23/2019 M62 MPH HALL TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1050 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SE RALLS 33.67N 101.38W
02/23/2019 M61 MPH CROSBY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1050 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNE CHILDRESS 34.46N 100.20W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH CHILDRESS TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1055 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 10 WSW GUTHRIE 33.57N 100.48W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH KING TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1101 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 SW LUBBOCK 33.55N 101.91W
02/23/2019 LUBBOCK TX EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES BLOWN DOWN KNOCKING DOWN POWERLINES. OTHER
SPORADIC DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY.
1102 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ENE SOUTH PLAINS 34.24N 101.26W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH FLOYD TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1105 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 10 WSW GUTHRIE 33.57N 100.48W
02/23/2019 M59 MPH KING TX MESONET
MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET
1130 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 10 SW PADUCAH 33.89N 100.40W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH COTTLE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
1140 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 S NORTHFIELD 34.27N 100.60W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH MOTLEY TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1150 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 7 ESE SILVERTON 34.45N 101.19W
02/23/2019 M60 MPH BRISCOE TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1150 AM NON-TSTM WND GST CAPROCK CANYON SP 34.41N 101.06W
02/23/2019 M61 MPH BRISCOE TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
1241 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 S LESLEY 34.65N 100.81W
02/23/2019 M58 MPH HALL TX MESONET
MEASURED BY THE WEST TEXAS MESONET
Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on YouTube
LUB RSS Feed
