Texas, 2019High Wind in Texas, October 21, 2019
October 21, 2019 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
An upper level low moving into Nebraska brought strong westerly winds to the higher elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An upper level low moving into Nebraska brought strong westerly winds to the higher elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas.
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 20, 5:16 PM CST, 11 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 5:16 PM CST, 11 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>High Wind, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet
- When
- October 21, 4:38 AM CST to 8:38 AM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 31.447, -104.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains
- When
- October 21, 2:52 PM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 31.447, -104.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, October 21, 20191 death · $1.6 million · EF1 · 12 events
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, October 21, 20193 injured · $370,000 · EF1 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 21, 2019$2.0 million · 65 kt wind · 2 events
- Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, October 21 to 22, 2019$805,000 · 9 events
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Minnesota, October 21, 2019$310,000 · 64 kt wind · 3 events
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in Michigan, October 21, 2019$210,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
- Excessive Heat and Wildfire in California, October 21 to 25, 2019$50,000 · 68 kt wind · 17 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 21, 2019$54,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 events
- Lakeshore Flood in Wisconsin, October 21, 2019$35,000 · 5 events
- High Wind in Iowa, October 21 to 22, 2019$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 21, 20191 injured · $2,000 · EF0 · 1 event
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 21 to 22, 201955 kt wind · 8 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 855956, 855957.