February 14, 2023: High Winds and a Dust Storm

Overview

The first in what became a series of strong upper level systems passed northeast over the Panhandles on February 14th. The upper level system rapidly strengthened as it passed to the northeast, leading to the development of a corridor of very intense winds out of the north on the back side of the system. These damaging wind gusts, as high as 84 mph at the Guymon airport, led to a dust storm the northeastern Panhandles. Farther south, strong gusts to around 60 to 70 mph out of the southwest occurred.

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• Storm Reports

Photos & Video

 

 

Video of visible satellite during the February 14, 2023 dust storm event. Try slowing it down using the settings gear inside the player. (NOAA GOES)

Sign blown over in Clarendon, Texas (Amanda Ann-Street Hope)	Blowing dust in Hooker, Oklahoma (Chelsey Snook)	Blowing dust in Spearman, Texas (Cherise Magdaleno)	Blowing dust in Tyrone, Oklahoma (Dallas Smith)

Blowing dust in Stinnett, Texas (Dawn Davis)	Very low visibility in Guymon, Oklahoma due to blowing dust (Dustin Sides Valdez)	Roof peeled back on the Goodwell, Oklahoma gym due to high winds (Jaci Lujan Quintana)	Blowing dust in Perryton, Texas (Stephanie Boston)

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Storm Reports

 

High winds were reported across the Panhandles with dust storms occurring in the north central and northeastern Panhandles. (Reports collected by NWS Amarillo; map by Iowa Environmental Mesonet)

 

Report Time (CST)	County	Location	State	Event Type	Magnitude	Source	Lat	Lon	Remark
2023/02/14 11:49	TEXAS	1 WSW GUYMON	OK	NON-TSTM WND GST	84	ASOS	36.68	-101.5	FIRST WIND GUST EXCEEDING 58 MPH STARTED BEGAN ART 1045CST. MAX WIND GUST OF 84 MPH OCCURRED AT 1149CST. STRONG WIND GUSTS STILL OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.
2023/02/14 11:40	TEXAS	2 ENE GOODWELL	OK	NON-TSTM WND GST	78	MESONET	36.6	-101.6	WIND GUSTS STARTED TO EXCEED 58 MPH AT 1110CST WITH A PEAK GUST OF 78 MPH OCCURRING AT 1140CST. STRONG WIND GUSTS STILL OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.
2023/02/14 11:18	SHERMAN	9 NNE SUNRAY	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	77	MESONET	36.14	-101.78	GUSTS REACHED 58 MPH AT 1005 AM CST AND PEAK GUST OR 77 MPH OCCURRED AT 1118 AM CST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH STARTED AT 938 AM AND PEAKED AT 64 MPH AT 1118 AM CST.
2023/02/14 13:16	HEMPHILL	6 ESE LORA	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	76	MESONET	35.69	-100.46	PEAK GUST OCCURRED AT 116 PM CST. FIRST WIND GUST OCCURRED AT 1137 AM AND GUSTS ENDED AT 141 PM CST. FIRST SUSTAINED 40 MPH WAS AT 1111 AM, PEAKING AT 63 MPH AT 106 PM, AND ENDING BY 205 PM CST.
2023/02/14 12:00	TEXAS	1 WSW HOOKER	OK	NON-TSTM WND GST	75	MESONET	36.86	-101.23	PEAK GUST AT 1210 PM CST.
2023/02/14 11:20	TEXAS	12 NE EVA	OK	NON-TSTM WND GST	72	MESONET	36.92	-101.75
2023/02/14 10:46	GRAY	2 ESE PAMPA	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	72	MESONET	35.54	-100.93	PEAK GUST OCCURRED AT 1154 AM CST.
2023/02/14 12:16	HANSFORD	9 NW WAKA	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	72	MESONET	36.36	-101.18	PEAK GUST OCCURRED AT 1216 PM CST. FIRST GUST WAS AT 1124 AM; LAST GUST AT 1231 PM CST. FIRST SUSTAINED WAS AT 1039 AM, PEAKING AT 60 MPH AT 1207 PM, AND ENDING AT 102 PM CST.
2023/02/14 12:15	HANSFORD	2 N SPEARMAN	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	70	MESONET	36.22	-101.19	MAJOR SAMUEL B CORNELIUS FIELD
2023/02/14 13:43	HEMPHILL	6 E CANADIAN	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	68	MESONET	35.92	-100.28	FIRST GUSTS STARTED AT 121 PM CST AND PEAKED AT 68 MPH AT 143 PM, AND ENDED AT 159 PM CST. FIRST SUSTAINED STARTED AT 1215 PM, PEAKED AT 53 MPH AT 137 PM, AND ENDED AT 220 PM CST.
2023/02/14 11:10	HUTCHINSON	3 N BORGER	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	67	ASOS	35.7	-101.4	PEAK GUST OCCURRED AT 1140 AM CST.
2023/02/14 12:14	GRAY	2 WNW LAKE MCCLELLAN	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	66	MESONET	35.23	-100.9	PEAK GUST AT 12:14 PM CST. GUSTS STARTED AT 1035 AM AND ENDED AT 1232 PM CST. SUSTAINED WINDS STARTED AT 959 AM, PEAKED AT 55 MPH AT 1220 PM, AND ENDED AT 122 PM CST.
2023/02/14 09:55	RANDALL	1 W CANYON	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	64	MESONET	34.98	-101.95	FIRST GUST, 60 MPH AT 0945CST. HIGHEST GUST, 64 MPH AT 0955CST.
2023/02/14 11:44	HUTCHINSON	2 N STINNETT	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	64	MESONET	35.84	-101.45	PEAK GUST OCCURRED AT 11:45 AM CST.
2023/02/14 12:20	DONLEY	2 WSW CLARENDON	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	64	MESONET	34.92	-100.93
2023/02/14 13:15	OCHILTREE	3 ENE PERRYTON	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	64	AWOS	36.42	-100.75
2023/02/14 11:42	POTTER	6 E AMARILLO	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	64	ASOS	35.22	-101.72	PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED AT 1142 AM CST.
2023/02/14 12:49	COLLINGSWORTH	6 SE WELLINGTON	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	64	MESONET	34.79	-100.14
2023/02/14 12:30	GRAY	1 ENE MCLEAN	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	63	MESONET	35.24	-100.57
2023/02/14 13:52	WHEELER	4 E WHEELER	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	63	MESONET	35.45	-100.2
2023/02/14 12:00	ARMSTRONG	GOODNIGHT	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	62	MESONET	35.03	-101.19	PEAK GUST OCCURRED AT 1203 PM CST.
2023/02/14 11:55	GRAY	5 NNW PAMPA	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	61	AWOS	35.62	-101	PEAK GUST AT 1155 AM CST.
2023/02/14 13:34	LIPSCOMB	8 W LIPSCOMB	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	61	MESONET	36.23	-100.41
2023/02/14 11:29	OLDHAM	11 S ROMERO	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	60	MESONET	35.57	-102.96
2023/02/14 10:45	DEAF SMITH	2 WNW HEREFORD	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	60	MESONET	34.83	-102.42	PEAK GUST OCCURRED AT 1045 AM CST.
2023/02/14 11:29	CARSON	3 SE PANTEX	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	60	MESONET	35.3	-101.54	FIRST WIND GUST OF 58 MPH PLUS, 1033CST.
2023/02/14 10:45	DEAF SMITH	5 NE HEREFORD	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	60	AWOS	34.87	-102.33
2023/02/14 12:28	ARMSTRONG	15 WSW CLARENDON	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	59	MESONET	34.82	-101.12
2023/02/14 10:20	RANDALL	3 NNE UMBARGER	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	59	MESONET	34.99	-102.08	FIRST WIND GUST OF 58 MPH PLUS AT 1020CST.
2023/02/14 11:06	SHERMAN	4 ENE STRATFORD	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	59	MESONET	36.37	-102.01
2023/02/14 11:28	CARSON	1 SSW PANHANDLE	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	58	MESONET	35.33	-101.39
2023/02/14 11:59	RANDALL	3 NNW PALO DURO CANYON	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	58	MESONET	34.99	-101.69
2023/02/14 11:37	MOORE	3 WSW DUMAS	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	58	AWOS	35.85	-102.02
2023/02/14 10:41	HARTLEY	4 SSW DALHART	TX	NON-TSTM WND GST	58	ASOS	36.02	-102.55
2023/02/14 13:15	HEMPHILL	1 SW CANADIAN	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	47	AWOS	35.9	-100.4
2023/02/14 10:01	RANDALL	4 NNW LAKE TANGLEWOOD	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	47	MESONET	35.11	-101.8
2023/02/14 11:34	POTTER	10 ESE VALLEY DE ORO	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	43	MESONET	35.42	-101.93
2023/02/14 12:34	MOORE	2 WNW FRITCH	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	43	MESONET	35.65	-101.62
2023/02/14 09:14	DEAF SMITH	11 WNW BOOTLEG	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	42	MESONET	34.89	-102.99
2023/02/14 09:33	OLDHAM	4 E VEGA	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	42	MESONET	35.25	-102.36
2023/02/14 07:49	OLDHAM	6 WSW ADRIAN	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	41	MESONET	35.25	-102.76
2023/02/14 10:01	DALLAM	TEXLINE 2 N	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	41	MESONET	36.38	-103.02
2023/02/14 10:05	CIMARRON	3 SSE BOISE CITY	OK	HIGH SUST WINDS	40	MESONET	36.69	-102.5
2023/02/14 11:51	POTTER	9 N AMARILLO	TX	HIGH SUST WINDS	40	MESONET	35.34	-101.81
2023/02/14 11:34	TEXAS	1 SW GOODWELL	OK	DUST STORM		EMERGENCY MNGR	36.58	-101.65	NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY FROM TEXOMA TO OPTIMA ON HIGHWAY 54. MAJOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTED JUST WEST OF GOODWELL. HIGHWAY CLOSED.
2023/02/14 14:30	BEAVER	1 WSW BRYANS CORNER	OK	DUST STORM		FIRE DEPT/RESCUE	36.62	-100.83	MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS BEING REPORTED ACROSS BEAVER COUNTY INCLUDING BRYANS CORNER DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH HGH WINDS AND DUST.
2023/02/14 13:30	OCHILTREE	2 S PERRYTON	TX	DUST STORM		FIRE DEPT/RESCUE	36.36	-100.8	5-6 VEHICLES IN ACCIDENT DUE TO ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING DUST. HIGHWAY SHUT DOWN.

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