Power Outage in Brady, TX

Fire department reported 2 electrical power poles broken and roof damage with tin sheets blown off part of a house.

Seven power poles were blown down near FM 503 and FM 504. Trees and brush had to be cleared from FM 503. The trained spotter reported everything was blown from west to east. Winds were estimated at 85 mph.

Three power poles were snapped about a mile south of FM 765 and US Highway 283 intersection.

The damaging thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph and knocked down tree limbs and power lines.

A coop observer reported numerous power poles snapped at the base.

A trained spotter reported around a quarter inch of ice accumulation on trees and power lines. This ice accumulation brought down some large tree limbs and power lines, leaving some customers without power.

A microburst in the Brady area resulted in five downed old power poles. This caused a power outage for much of McCulloch County that lasted approximately 18 hours.

Before power was lost, a wind gust of 60 knots was reported at the Brady Airport AWOS. High winds knocked down trees, power lines and damaged about 100 businesses and homes in Brady including the civic center.

Trees blown down with power. outages in Brady.

Power poles were snapped by high winds.

These strong winds knocked down power poles about 5 miles east of Brady on highway 190.

Winds from a thunderstorm knocked over trees, ripped off tree limbs, and downed power lies south of Brady.

High winds damaged a house, destroyed a shed, and downed a power pole as a storm passed north of Brady.

Thunderstorms developed near a dryline in association with a surface low pressure across the Southern Plains and an upper level storm system approaching from the west. The storms were most numerous across the southern half of West Central Texas. Quarter to golf ball size hail occurred across McCulloch County with wind gusts to 60 mph reported in Brady. High winds also caused damage to trees and power lines in Junction.