Severe winds impacted portions of the South Plains and Red River Valley during the late evening hours of July 29th, 2009. Winds exceeding 100 mph hit the Estelline and Childress areas between 10 and 11 pm. A peak gust of 102 mph was recorded at the Childress ASOS station west of town with a peak gust of 80 mph at the Childress 2NNE mesonet station at 10:40 pm. The downburst damage impacted the same area as the 80+ mph winds that hit Childress on June 15th, 2008. Severe winds near 70 mph also impacted the South Plains with a corridor of severe wind reports running southeast from the Clovis area to Snyder. Peak mesonet gust with this cluster of storms was 73 mph at O'Donnell 1N at midnight on the 30th.

1) Top Left: Hotel roof damage in Childress. 2) Top Right: Roof damage off older hotel damages new hotel downwind in Childress. 3-4) Middle left and right: Tree damage near KCDS ASOS station (visible between the bottom of the trees)....roof damage to a new shed south of the City of Childress and east of the KCDS ASOS. 5-6) Lower left and right: Rail cars flipped by wind in southwest Childress...mobile home rolled on the southern outskirts of Childress. Photo Credit: WTM. Click on thumbnail for larger image.

KCDS one-minute data plot for the downburst event. Credit: Jason Jordan and Bruce Haynie: NWS Lubbock.

KLBB radar base reflectivity image for 10:37 pm CDT on July 29th, 2009 showing a mini bow-echo interacting with existing storm over Childress County. Click here for radar loop: BASE REFLECTIVITY LOOP for 7 pm to 12 am CDT on July 29-30th, 2009.

Water Vapor loop showing storm development and progression across Texas on July 29-30th, 2009 (13-hour loop). Image Credit: Greg Thompson, UCAR.

Shelf cloud approaching west Lubbock around 11:15 pm CDT on July 29th, 2009. Photo Credit: BCM.

WTM Reese Center (12W of Lubbock) boundary-layer profiler data for July 29-30th showing rear-inflow jet around midnight-1am (05Z-6Z).

Childress 1N meteogram plot showing the severe winds.

Reese Center meteogram plot showing extended period of severe winds.

Morton 1ENE meteogram plot showing initial severe outflow gust.

Anton 6S meteogram plot showing severe winds.

Haskell 1NW meteogram plot with severe winds.

Guthrie 10WSW meteogram plot with severe winds.

O'Donnell 1N meteogram plot with the severe outflow winds.