102 mph wind!
July 31st, 2009 at 11:27 am by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
<–mobile home destroyed by 100 mph winds near Childress, Texas. Winds of over 100 mph hit the Childress, Texas area Wednesday evening 7/29/09. A gust of 102 mph was measured at the Childress ASOS weather station. At least three people wereinjured. Trees were toppled, buildings damaged or destroyed and a train was blown on its side. There was also a swath of large hail 2.5 miles wide that damage crops. The high winds hit at 10:29 PM, when it was dark and when some people were already asleep. The town sounded the tornado sirens after a police office sitting in the WalMart parking lot said his patrol car was literally lifted off the ground. At the hospital, patients were moved into interior halls. The storm broke off rooftop air conditioning units and broke gas lines. In June 2008, the town was hit by 100 mph winds that broke nearly ever east-facing (that’s right, EAST!) window in town. In May 2006, an EF3 tornado collapsed a wall and took off the roof of the Childress High School gym, and destroyed a city maintenance barn and a $200,000 emergency operations vehicle.
mobile home destroyed! their is nothing
wow what a storm that got
Sounds like if you like extreme weather move to Childress.
Thank goodness nothing like that in our area..we have been very fortunate this year.
Childress Texas IS the place for severe weather, 2 – 100+ mile a hour wind events and a tornado in less than 4 years
Thats crazy. I wouldnt want that kind of wind to hit my home.
Strange weather this year. Are we going to have a real mild fall this year?
You never know, but I hope so!
SlimJim
I am wondering that myself..I really hope it is..
We should be glad we do not have too many storms like that around here. Just think of the potential for loss of live, injuries. Damage to property and the cost of insurance.
A nice and sunny end of July day here with lost of sunshine. Lets hope we can hang on to nice weather well into the fall this year!
SlimJim
well i hope tomorrow will be nice we are heading to the drag races..
Childress is a nice town, but I busted out big time the one day I chased there this year. We sat in the Kettle all day, then eventually drove east 30 minutes and sat under blue skies. Should have just stayed there permanently.