Thunderstorm Wind, Lipscomb
- When
- May 8, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, 2 mi SE of Lipscomb
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -100.230
Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 1996
Severe thunderstorms in northeast Texas panhandle produced hail to one inch and blew a couple of large trees over onto FM Road 1920. The reports came in from the sheriff offices in Lipscomb and Hemphill counties.
Where it happened
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- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms in northeast Texas panhandle produced hail to one inch and blew a couple of large trees over onto FM Road 1920. The reports came in from the sheriff offices in Lipscomb and Hemphill counties. The wind gust is an estimate.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 173 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
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
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- Tornado in Kentucky, May 8, 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: 5582110.