Power Outage in Petersburg, TX

Thunderstorm Wind. A storm chaser reported a snapped power pole at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 400 and 788 northeast of Plainview. The snapped power pole was likely due to rear flank downdraft winds within the supercell.

April 25, 2023

Following a day of widespread high winds, the 15th brought another quick-moving but powerful storm system through the southern Rockies. Winds on the 15th didn't increase in earnest until the afternoon but then persisted well into the evening. The strongest winds targeted spots on the Caprock and especially the southwest Texas Panhandle and northern and western South Plains. The most intense winds weren't as widespread or strong as the previous day, but eclipsed the 60 mph mark in a few locations. The wind also lofted areas of blowing dust though the worst of the dust was more limited in coverage than the previous day.||Maximum wind gusts from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet are listed below:||63 mph at Amherst (Lamb County),|61 mph at Friona (Parmer County),|60 mph at Hart (Castro County),|59 mph at Abernathy (Hale County),|58 mph at Denver City (Yoakum County).

February 15, 2023

Tornado. Tornado development started west of Interstate 27 around 1636 CST based on storm chaser images. The first indications of damage occurred near the intersection of Industrial Boulevard and northbound Interstate 27 where shipping containers were blown over. Damage was then noted to the northeast along the Interstate at the off-ramp and North Columbia Street where tin roofs were blown off storage buildings. Damage then continued south and east towards the intersection of North Columbia Street and Fence Road where a small out building was destroyed and a mobile home that was being transported on a flatbed trailer was blown over and destroyed. The tornado started to move east near or over County Road 65/East 34th Street where several trees had damage and a small out building was destroyed. On County Road 65, halfway between North Columbia Street and Well Road, the most significant damage occurred to a trussed cell phone tower. The tower was destroyed and fell across County Road 65. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing Well Road north of County Road 65. Up to 2400 homes were without power in Plainview immediately after the storm passage.

May 25, 2019

Thunderstorm Wind. A downburst traveled easterly across southern Hale County accompanied by wind gusts near 70 mph. These winds damaged 12 power poles just northeast of Abernathy that proceeded to disrupt power to much of the city for nearly 18 hours. Later, these storms produced a wind gust to 59 mph at 0035 CST as measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet station northeast of Abernathy.

July 02, 2017

Following a Pacific cold front early in the morning, a potent upper low in southeast Colorado spread a belt of very strong southwesterly winds over much of the South Plains and Texas Panhandle. Winds of 30 to 45 mph with some gusts of 58 mph or greater occurred for up to several hours. The most intense wind gusts were focused in the southern Texas Panhandle and resulted in some power outages in Tulia from downed lines. A cinder block fence in Plainview was also toppled from the high winds. Fortunately, the lack of severe drought conditions limited the extent and severity of blowing dust with most areas only seeing visibilities reduced to four or five miles during the peak of the high winds.||The maximum wind gusts of 67 mph were recorded by two Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet stations: Mackenzie Reservoir at 1205 CST and Silverton at 1300 CST.

March 23, 2016