High Wind, Somervell
- When
- May 6, 3:30 AM CST to 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Somervell forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.222, -97.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
Strong mesoscale straight line winds well to the rear of a squall line were estimated at 65 mph.
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 FWD wrote it up.
Strong mesoscale straight line winds well to the rear of a squall line were estimated at 65 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 6 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 1996
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: 5545169.