Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- June 16, 8:30 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County, (Cds)childress Arpt
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -100.300
Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 1996
The Hockley County Sheriff's Office reported golfball-size hail in Pettit, as well as high winds which blew the roof off of a barn. At the Childress airport, a wind gust to 66 knots (76 mph) was recorded.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
The Hockley County Sheriff's Office reported golfball-size hail in Pettit, as well as high winds which blew the roof off of a barn. At the Childress airport, a wind gust to 66 knots (76 mph) was recorded.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Wisconsin, June 16 to 20, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579800.