Severe weather brings BIG wind, little rainfall

  • A LARGE PORTION of metal roof from atop the former gun shop behind Compton Warehouse was relocated to the round bale department of the warehouse next door. Strong winds accompanying a severe weather system that pushed through the Menard area last Thursday afternoon, caused damage across the county. TMN photo.
    A LARGE PORTION of metal roof from atop the former gun shop behind Compton Warehouse was relocated to the round bale department of the warehouse next door. Strong winds accompanying a severe weather system that pushed through the Menard area last Thursday afternoon, caused damage across the county. TMN photo.
    By Paige Wright The wind, it was a whippin’ last Thursday afternoon, with peak gusts reaching 73.4 mph. The hefty wind speed was taken at the Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet weather station located roughly 2 miles northwest of town at the Menard County Airport. Reports of property damage caused by wind and scattered hail were reported across most of Menard, including downed trees and ...

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