Land hurricane? Major wind event in Amarillo TX!
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- A bomb cyclone pushes through the Kansas area today creating winds sustained at 60MPH and gusts over 80 MPH in the Texas Panhandle! Trucks being blown over, power lines and trees coming down, and multiple structures having roofs blown off. This was by far the most intense non storm wind event I have ever been in!
The first sign of when it starts getting windy in Texas is when you are driving down the highway at 70 mph and a tumbleweed passes you.
And week after this we get speratic tornadoes formations welcome to the panhandle of Texas. One hell of a way to bring in spring 2019. This wind storm was rearranging street signal lights and trees as well.
That was a near panic attack for me.
I was outside of rain after eating sushi just chillen that day while the sirens were going lol
Clinton Potter you know the Chase building right we were at my sisters concert we had to go shut down the Chase building my sisters car got hail damage and everything just another day in Amarillo an I right people
@@keelygantz2319 yes I do
Yup tons of tornado warnings here in Amarillo today to.
Crazy huh
I love u mckayla take care
I grew up in Amarillo and saw a number of days like this one. I went to school in an old school house on Bell street when that was the very western edge of town. The windows were the old fashion wooden windows with copper strips along the side to seal the window when it is shut. There were many times in spring and late spring that the wind be blowing so hard that those strips would start to vibrate and hum loudly. Sometimes so loud you could not hear the teacher at all. So for the rest of the day we would just have to sit at our desks and read or watch the tumbleweeds go by.
My mom worked at Bell Helicopter and she had a few days they made everyone stay in the buildings, even after their shift was over. Because of the danger that a blowing sheet of metal would easily decapitate someone or even cut them in half. Some days they had to wait it out to 6:30-7PM before the wind died down enough so that everyone could finally leave.
Someone here said that this was their worse weather day they seen in Amarillo. Here is mine. In March, '73 a cold front came in with wind about 50-60mph that also brought along lot of dust with it. We all seen that in Amarillo. But then it began to snow hard too. So now we had this very brown snow blowing horizontal all afternoon. The snow was a wet snow so it had some weight to it and would really sting when it hit your face. I knew that was the worse I had seen there. . . . . . However, like many March snow storms in the panhandle the sky was clear the next day. While the snow on the ground looked more like sand on a beach. Everything that was smooth has brown streaks on them that make it look like it was made of marble. Overpasses looked like they were supported on beautiful marble columns. Tanks looked like they were made of marble. If a white car was parked facing the right way it looked like it was made of marble. It was so strange that such a miserable show/dust storm could leave such beauty for the next day.
I now live in the Dallas area and have for some time now. When the weather person here starts to talk of how tomorrow it will be a very windy day and some places may see wind up to 25mph. I just laugh and say, "Amateurs, in Amarillo we do not even bother to talk about the wind when it is just 25mph." Still even seeing this video, I really miss living there.
We had the same winds in Lubbock 120 miles south. I was visiting my son in Amarillo that day and the wind blew his neighbors roof off and I wound up cleaning the pink insulation out of his yard and trees as much as I could. It even blew a train with 18 cars off of its track just a few miles from his house. Tons of fences were shredded and driving back to Lubbock we saw one
of the huge green and white signs that tells you the name of the upcoming towns twisted around and folded over backwards!
Thank you for posting this video! I live 3 miles out of Amarillo city limits, West. 2 power poles blew over & flipped a car over at the same spot beside my property. The area is all electric so we had a power outage of 2 days without electricity, water & heat. The whole town had damages everywhere.
deborah schale ya same
My god, never seen anything like this. Just shows how dangerous wind can be even when there is no storm. Great footage by the way.
Yes we in Amarillo know
We are the real
Windy City!
Yup
Fr
I'm in Amarillo. i have two trees still leaning against my house. called the landlord and they said they'd put me on the list. must be a long list.
Dustin Hogue Yes sir I’m still working on trailers and trucks from that day. I’m glad you and your family our safe and I hope they fix those trees asap. God Bless 🙏🏽
Go to Wyoming
That day was crazy!! I live in Amarillo. And I woke up literally thinking a tornado was on top of us lol. Nope. It was just wind. Taking my little dogs out was hell and scary!
I live here in Amarillo, it was the worst I have ever seen, and I am 55
For the record, I was the first to call 911 and make sure driver was okay on both of them. On top of trying to slow drivers down before hand!
grumerguy same I live in Amarillo too
Blake Brown Photography one of my moms friends work at at&t and she said they lost power there for a bit I am getting off topic lol but this crazy wind is why my mom didn’t drive anywhere
@@grumerguy move if you don't like the weather... easy solution to a bitching problem
@@grumerguy well when you post on a public forum it does make it everyone's business..lol. get a clue old fuck
@@redraiderreloading7612 nowhere on earth is safe anymore every places have their own problem
My grandpa had a well house that's been standing for 29 years. And this thing blew it half an acre away! That tells you how powerful this thing was. I know in 30 years that building has seen some storms and wind and it hasn't budged an inch. For it to completely be lifted and carried several yards is absolutely insane.
Welcome to the High Plains, boys and girls! Windstorms like this one are definitely not unheard of out on the High Plains. You’ll see a windstorm like this one out on the High Plains maybe once every year or two.
I drove through this craziness from further north. I was right behind several of those semis as the were knocked over. Scared me senseless!!
So you wanna live in west Texas huh?
You pretty much have to be from here to love it. Because you have to love it to live with this weather here.
@@Zand3r_ I never said it was bad. I've lived here all my life and love it. The wind like this has happened before. Not just a one time thing.
Wind is the one piece of weather I have a hard time dealing with. Learning to deal with the weather is just one of the challenges. Just like anywhere else but here you get alittle extra here lol.
I like it and I am not from Amarillo. At least you get a warning. Not like an earthquake.
😂😂 Houston se inunda con cualquier lluvia
Y yo queriendo moverme a Amarillo 🤔🤔
Ive lived in Amarillo for 22 years, it is the windiest city on the US.
Chicago people: we are the Windy City
Amarillo people: 😑
"Windy city" actually refers to the windbags, or politicians in chicago.. (fun fact)..
nah fr tho
@@carllarsen6234 partly true. “Windy City” was used to refer to both subjects since the 1860’s. It was used to refer to the frigid winds that come up off Lake Michigan, as well as the politicians who were “full of wind”. It’s a double entendre, really.
Now imagine how Floridians live with 120+ mph winds during the hurricanes ? I never knew semis could turn over that quick. Gives me the heads up when I drive next to them during a bad storm. Thanks RUclips
I've seen them tip over without any wind. One even tipped over onto a small car. Be careful out there.
"Wind warnings are in effect for area lakes" .. a daily norm for the Amarillo area. 3500 feet elevation and dead flat for an 80 mile radius. I saw gusts of 100 mph in a windstorm 1971.
I always loved that part of the forecast in Amarillo, "Wind warnings are in effect for area lakes". If some idiot was going to go out on a lake in that wind. I am sure they are just too dumb to figure out which is the On button on his radio so he could hear the warning.
My family and I were in Amarillo today and witnessed most of these turn overs, business signs falling and more. So crazy today!
Jennifer Chavez the wind that day was insane for sure I live here in Amarillo
That toot n totem is right around the corner from my house! I took a lot of damage from this windstorm. Roof on one of my outbuildings blew off and slammed into my house and totaled my 2012 mustang and busted out the back glass in my 92 olds bravada and crushed the rear hatch in my 2000 vw beetle. 9 days later a hailstorm came through and broke all of the windshields in my bravada and my vw and the brand new Nissan frontier pickup rental I had. At the same time, down in abilene Texas, the very first tornado ever recorded within the abilene city limits tore through my sisters neighborhood destroying her car. Her daughters car and her husband's work truck and demolished her house too!!! She was trapped inside for a short time but by the grace of God she was not injured. I bought her tornado damaged 2007 mustang gt this year almost exactly one year from the tornado and i replaced the roof that had been crushed and replaced all of the windows and windshield and back glass that had been broken and replaced both outside mirrors that had been ripped off and replaced both headlights and both foglights and the grill and the pony emblem on the grill. The car only had 50,000 miles on it! Its still scratched to hell and gone from the pea gravel off of the roof from across the street, but i am driving this car now here in amarillo! It runs great and was barely broken in when the tornado hit it. It was absolutely worth it!
WOW
I have been to Amarillo Texas twice last two years both times the wind blows hard all the time. Campground behind Cadillac Ranch is where we stayed thought my motorhome was going to blow clear off the lot.
You talking about the RV park on hope road?
@@spencerrobinett4000 You pass a Love's truck stop and it's right behind Cadillac ranch they have A RV half in ground Very open very nice
Legend has it this guy is still staying Oh my God & Wow 😂
March hit like a lion this year in Amarillo. I stayed home as much as possible that day. Had to work that day then go get tarps to cover what was torn in mom’s back yard
I had 1/3 of my roof shingles blown off my roof in Pampa, Tx. Over 30 shingles all over my back yard. It sucks.
Lol I had over 200 on mine, and we are still waiting for insurance
Brings a whole new meaning to FORD TOUGH, that sign stood tall and proud through it all
The wind blew several segments of the train off the bridge n Logan NM! Luckily they were towards the middle part of the train so nobody was injured or killed!
Yeah, that wind was horrible!!!! Almost blew a tree on me and my friend!!!! Thank God for his protection though!!!!
Crazy day indeed. The fx motor sports sign crushed a truck across from my job too.
I live in Amarillo, it was crazy that day
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I lived through this crazy wind storm. Had multiple massive mature trees uprooted in my neighborhood and neighbors had their fences completely removed, like completely eviscerated. My patio set cushions literally were ripped off the furniture and I never found them, they just blew away (normally remove them but the wind came on while I was already at work, they were tied down though). I have never experienced wind gusts this strong outside of a tornado in my life, it was epic. Many homes in the surrounding communities were completely flattened by this “haboob”. Read stories of people returning home from work to basically empty slabs where their home used to sit. Welcome to West Texas.
Of course me being from Texas I was just walking around out there not really fazed
Yootin tootin hip hollarin yippy!
Was here in A town.. Saw several semis flipped over. And, several buildings/houses damaged! (83 mph winds, "record")
Welcome to the panhandle
Man that day was crazy I only live in Amarillo for 3 months now and y’all weather is crazy
Yup welcome to Amarillo where Mother Nature is bipolar and is off her meds
I just moved away from Amarillo.
One of the reason I left was the wind.
As a trucker myself that is why I always carry spare diapers
I remember that day. I work at BSA and the lights kept going out.
Some of the family didn't have electricity for three days. We had electricity but no cable, phone, or Wi-Fi. It was a touch couple of days.
This was better watching on mute lol
Id be thinking...cant they add some sort of flap or something to the trailers to deflect wind or stabilize it ?
Bamboo makes s good wind brake.
Or is it break?
How fast were those winds
Give it up fo em trucker's out here ✊🏾💪🏾
I’ve witnessed most of these! I’ve seen metal roofs ripped of and poles on houses
I work for a tree service in Amarillo and we have been swamped with work from that day ever since
Thats pretty crazy wind but add like 8 inches off snow with it we just had a pretty good storm in Colorado they called a "bomb cyclone" maybe not as hard of winds but we had 50 to 70mph for 2 days and 1 solid day of snow that was fun Colorado springs had gust up to 96mph it broke records here for wind....when your doing 20mph and you cant even tell your moving cause of blowing snow causing white outs but damn that wind was pretty crazy it only gets windy in colorado cause Wyoming blows and kansas sucks haha
The winds were angry that day ...😥
Amarillo Yellow City 806 Wext Tx... bipolar weather for real!!!
Just a little drizzle... where did this massive storm come from.
Our trampoline lifted up over my fence and landed on my neighbors roof,staked down and all
Wow Amarillo has changed while I’m in this hell hole know as FL
There is no hellhole on Earth. This is just Earth 🌎 respect the planet. Respect where you live
Seen some footage of the first two trucks on the news here in Lubbock & on the ABC News. Wind I see was worse than Lubbock on that day.
It was like that all over the panhandle and even over here in clayton new Mexico
Whenever i see blades of grass moving and tops of trees swaying i know i am about to get into some high winds. Slow down and focus. The international pulling the reefer knew. One reason he stayed upright!
Be nice to have some weight in the trailer on a heavy wind day. They fly like kites in the wind.
crashweaverda or just don't be an asshole boss and tell your employees to stay home and not to put lives in danger..But hey all humanity cares about is that $
What were sustained winds/wind gusts that day?
This happened in my town a few years ago i was at my neighbors i took about 4 steps and the roof of there garage exactly where i was standing
One thing for sure that west Texas windstorm fucked up my sinuses for 2 weeks
my backyard is no longer a back yard now cuz my fence fell down from that storm and it still is not fixed
Its a Bombogenisis where atmospheric pressure drops like a stone and causes a Type of Hurricane force winds.
Imagine just a full bag of flour suspended in the air and rip out the bottom and watch.the flour hit the floor.
One day it could be beautiful and sunny the next day your fence will be down the block, and a week after we had some tornado formations. Welcome to Texas.
Wow, that really blows!
And thats why i pull a flat bed
Amarillo where the wind comes sweeping down the plaines.
So my dad actually had a near death experience that day a big Billboard almost crushed him
I saw the whole thing bc i live in amarillo and there was a big tree on my street and i was walking with my friend to go play football and the tree fell and almost crushed me and him
*Im in Amarillo but yes i seen these a lot too when its windy*
I saw cows flying by
Robert Salcido ??? Enserio? OMG 😮
@@estelavaldez70 lol
Are you sure it wasn't the same cow? 😎😂
3:52 drove by there to a doctors appointment when they were cleaning up
IN AMARILLO TX TORNADO WARNING IN MARCH 22 FIRDAY IN TIME 6:54
I was there for that I'm a trucker n I refused to drive thank God
Look at the flag in the background also shows how windy it is.
Dude sounds like the guy from double rainbow!
I live in Amarillo and it was teriffing we had to sit in our hallway until our mom got home
I remember when the family dollar sign blew down
im suprized the U.P hopper cars on taht brigh with the train didnt tip off wow
Hey fellow amarillo peeps, how did you guys enjoy that tornado? Lol
militaryiam97 literally was chillen outside of rain after I ate sushi 😂 then went home, sat in my garage and drank some beer watching the rain and hail 😂
Dude saaaame literally had the same night
militaryiam97 that’s literally amazing 😂
I live in Lubbock and it was just as bad here. Massive damage from high winds.
Just looks like really strong winds
This is nothing compared to the near tornado of a storm we had like three hours ago.
Sam Gibson it only had some heavy rain and lightning here where I was.
@@bradon8726 bro did you not hear the sirens going off.
Sam Gibson oh yeah I did, I'm just saying that where I am (South West Amarillo) I just ended up getting some heavy rain and some wind.
It blew our trees over and even some bushes, which was weird. I'm still picking up garbage off the street and in my yard! That was a doozie!
How about getting on a C/B Radio to warn them instead of just recording them..?
SheepEatingDuck I’m guessing every single vehicle is suppose to have a CB radio in it? I missed that memo..
@@blakebrownphotography3950 you obviously seemed to know about this previously.
SheepEatingDuck when you see a truck almost wreck in front of you it’s pretty a good idea to see if you can slow traffic down.. which is what I did. It worked for most trucks but some of them didn’t seem to care if there was several semi trucks in the ditch. That’s on them.
Hell drivers rarely use cbs much these days.
I posted a video of that day in canyon Texas ... I was trying to talk but had to chase my cap and glasses because of the wind.
Where'd you get Hazard blinkers so loud? I want one.
The huge pine tree in between our house and next to our neighbors yard feel over to their yard almost crushing their house and we're glad it didn't but sure did ruin our fence causing half of it to fall down. /:
Best wheather yet WOOOO
In Florida we have concrete and metal powerline lines that won't fall over in case of a hurricane
In Australia power lines are underground - much safer
Amarillo is a piece of shit city.
I live here in rillo too and i couldve sworn it was the day of the Lord never have i ever seen wind over 80mph or strong enough to flip 4 18 wheelers that day. I said no highway for me
I didn't give a shit about the wind though but that tornado out in Bushland was scary af then all them sirens going off .I was just trying to keep the kids calm but inside I was like oh shit
The roof to our business blew off, then while we are in the process of fixing it, a tornado warning and massive rains come in so our shop was completely flooded! Not fun
I live 120 miles south of Amarillo and the wind was not as bad but we had winds of 60+.
Yup I live here
You'd think they'd close down the highway...but everythings bigger in Texas, especially the injuries and insurance claims.
One of them was my friends dad in the red Diesel
Did that first truck fall on a car??
No but the car did swerve almost into a ditch....
Thats why I left that DUMP the wind sucks there !!! :_)
I live in Dumas tx real close yo Amarillo the wind was horrible
Happens on a regular basis the past 5 years.
Well major windstorm and the flat plains of Texas you get what you see in the video.
It’s hard to know that happens to the city I live in