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Local Weather History For September 3rd...
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1967: Late this evening, parts of Lamb and Castro Counties suffered a direct strike from what would later be known as a
derecho. Compiling severe weather reports earlier this evening farther northeast in the TX Panhandle and retrieving archived upper air weather maps, it was found that a long-lived straight-line wind event tracked from Borger south-southwest to near Amarillo, Canyon and then into Castro and Lamb Counties. Winds between 100 and 110 mph were measured at the Pantex Ordnance facility east of Amarillo and this intensity was maintained as the line of storms surged south-southwest into the far northwest South Plains through late evening. Hail up to golf ball size accompanied 100 mph winds over a swath from Nazareth to Sunnyside causing $3M in crop losses and damaging many rural homes, barns, outbuildings and flattening power poles. Crop yields in Castro County were cut by up to 15% for the year as thousands of acres of cotton, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and cucumbers were shredded at mid-harvest. The wind-driven hail also flattened sorghum, corn, soybeans, castor beans, and maize that were about to begin harvesting. A tornado was reported eight miles northeast of Nazareth, although the nature of the storm suggests this may have simply been intense non-tornadic winds. As this derecho continued moving southwest, winds around 100 mph were estimated in Sudan at 8:45 PM. These winds blew away a 22,000 square foot sheet metal warehouse and caused widespread structural damage throughout the town. While at their home three miles east of Sudan, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Thompson were injured by flying debris. About $500,000 in property damage was tallied in Sudan alone. |
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