High Wind, Crosby
- When
- March 25, 9:25 PM CST to 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 33.615, -101.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Texas, March 25, 2015
In the wake of a cold front this evening, strong pressure rises produced northerly winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. Three high wind gusts (59 mph at 2125 CST, 58 mph at 2135 CST and again at 2205 CST) were measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station located six miles northwest of White River Lake.
Where it happened
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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 LUB wrote it up.
In the wake of a cold front this evening, strong pressure rises produced northerly winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. Three high wind gusts (59 mph at 2125 CST, 58 mph at 2135 CST and again at 2205 CST) were measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station located six miles northwest of White River Lake.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 5:54 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 5:54 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 654 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 .AVIATION... ...AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING FOR LBB UNTIL 4AM THURSDAY FOR 30 KNOT OR GREATER WINDS... COLD FRONT IS JUST NORTH OF LBB AHEAD OF 15-25 KT NLY WINDS. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE LAGGING FARTHER NORTH BUT WILL REACH LBB BY 01Z-02Z WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AOA 30 KNOTS AND SOME BLDU. VFR CONDITIONS MAY BE INTERRUPTED BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT AT ALL TERMINALS FROM SOME MVFR CIGS...BUT LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST A LOWER CHANCE OF THIS SO HAVE KEPT VFR LEVELS INTACT. STRONG WINDS WILL CURTAIL FROM 07Z-10Z AND TREND LIGHT AFTER SUNRISE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 526 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015/ UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO ACCELERATE FROPA BY 1-2 HOURS GIVEN RECENT OBSERVATIONS AND TO CANCEL THE RED FLAG WARNING DUE TO INSUFFICIENT WIND SPEEDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. FRONT AT 415 PM EXTENDED FROM MULESHOE TO PLAINVIEW TO NORTHERN COTTLE COUNTY WITH STEADY PRESSURE RISES AND RISING DEWPOINTS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE WIND SHIFT. NO OTHER UPDATES AT THIS TIME. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR TXZ021>044. && 93
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 4:33 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 533 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 TXZ021>044-262245- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 533 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BRING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. SOME BLOWING DUST IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, March 25 to 26, 2015
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 2015
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, March 25 to 26, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 25, 2015
- Winter Weather in Michigan, March 25 to 26, 2015
- Hail in Kansas, March 25, 2015
- Winter Weather in Virginia, March 25, 2015
- Winter Weather in Maryland, March 25, 2015
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 25, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 25 to 26, 2015
- Hail in Illinois, March 25, 2015
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25 to 26, 2015
More
Every storm in Texas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2015
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: 557278.