Jul 9, 2023
Early in the evening on the 8th a small cluster of storms moved southeast through Deaf Smith and Randall County from eastern New Mexico. Later into the evening a much larger complex of storms moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle from SE Colorado and SW Kansas, before entering the Texas Panhandle. It was this complex that brought widespread severe wind gusts and some heavy rain into the combined Panhandles. Wind gusts from this complex ranged from 58 to 69 mph.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1120693). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ochiltree County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.