During the evening of June 26, strong derecho winds impacted our southwest stations with a 98 mph wind gust recorded at our Seminole site. Internet communications were interrupted at many locations, with multiple communication tower failures in the region. The meteograms below show data from Seminole, O'Donnell, and Seagraves through this event. Click on each for a larger image. Please note that communications with the Seminole station were not restored following the peak gust at 10:35 p.m. LDT. The WTM tower at Seminole survived the event unscathed and additional data will be presented when they are acquired.

        
SEMINOLE 2NNE - 98 mph                       SEAGRAVES 1SW - 76 mph                       O'DONNELL 1N - 75 mph

Other notable wind gusts occured at Brownfield (59 mph), Plains (62 mph), and Denver City (62 mph).

WSR-88D radar base reflectivity is shown from KMAF (Midland) at 10:37 CDT, 2 minutes after the peak gust in Seminole. Select WTM station locations are shown for reference.

  Click HERE for a reflectivity loop!

Photographs in and near Seminole taken by the West Texas Mesonet on June 27 are shown below. Click on each for a larger image:

   
A large tree was uprooted on the property of City Hall in downtown Seminole. Second image shows overturned irrigation pivot just north of Seminole.

  
A large A-frame transmission tower failed and collapsed on a church in downtown Seminole causing significant damage to the church.

  
Multiple other towers failed during the high wind event in and around the city of Seminole.


Close up view of damaged bus in Seminole.


A collapsed store roof in downtown Seminole.


Significant tree damage was also found at the Park located at the entrance of the Gaines County Country Club.


Damaged garage doors at Lyntegar Electric shed just southwest of Seagraves. Skylights failed allowing doors to collapse inwards.

Five-minute (10-meter AGL) wind observations for the Seminole 2 miles NNE mesonet station:

1020 pm LDT 135 deg @ 12G15 mph

1025 pm LDT 277 deg @ 11G38 mph

1030 pm LDT 326 deg @ 34G50 mph

1035 pm LDT 344 deg @ 65G98 mph

1040 pm LDT 347 deg @ 55G73 mph

1045 pm LDT 355 deg @ 53G65 mph

1050 pm LDT 001 deg @ 51G67 mph

1055 pm LDT 001 deg @ 44G56 mph

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