000 NOUS44 KLUB 291927 PNSLUB TXZ021>044-300730- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 127 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...HIGH WINDS SWEEP OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING... WINDS GUSTED TO OVER 60 MPH ACROSS THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS THIS MORNING...FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING PACIFIC COLD FRONT AND SOUTH OF A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM STEERING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE HIGHEST REPORTED WIND GUST WAS 67 MPH AT WHITE RIVER LAKE...AS REPORTED FROM THE WEST TEXAS MESONET. THE LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 66 MPH SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE. BY MIDDAY THE HIGHEST WINDS HAD SUBSIDED... ALTHOUGH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WERE STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. SEVERAL WILD FIRES RESULTED THIS MORNING AS THE HIGH WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. ONE LARGE FIRE BURNED THROUGH GRASSLANDS OVER PORTIONS OF KENT COUNTY...20 MILES WEST OF JAYTON. ANOTHER FIRE BURNING IN A LARGE BURR PILE WAS CONTAINED BY FIREFIGHTERS A FEW MILES WEST OF FLOYDADA. MORE INFORMATION WAS ALSO AVAILABLE ON A VERY LARGE FIRE THAT SEARED 20,000 ACRES OF GRASSLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF MULESHOE IN ABOUT A 5 HOUR PERIOD. THIS FIRE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE DESTROYED A BARN WHILE 2 FIREFIGHTERS WERE TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. THICK SMOKE CAUSED CLOSURE OF ROADS IN THE AREA INCLUDING US HIGHWAY 84 BETWEEN MULESHOE AND SUDAN. ANOTHER FLARE UP OCCURRED IN THIS SAME AREA AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING LEADING TO DESTRUCTION OF A CAR AND A MOBILE HOME WITH SEVERE INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT OF THE MOBILE HOME. THE FOLLOWING ARE HIGH WINDS AS REPORTED FROM THE WEST TEXAS MESONET UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. LOCATION WIND GUST TIME FRIONA 2NE 59 MPH 350 AM HART 3N 58 MPH425 AM LUBBOCK INT 66 MPH515 AM (ASOS AIRPORT REPORT) FLOYDADA 2NNE 59 MPH520 AM OLTON 6S 63 MPH710 AM AMHERST 1NE 63 MPH725 AM PLAINVIEW 1S 58 MPH730 AM ANTON 6SSW 60 MPH750 AM REESE CENTER 58 MPH825 AM MEMPHIS 1NE 58 MPH835 AM LEVELLAND 4S 64 MPH845 AM SILVERTON 7ESE 60 MPH845 AM CHILDRESS MUNIC 62 MPH855 AM (ASOS AIRPORT REPORT) PLAINS 3N 63 MPH855 AM TURKEY 2WSW 61 MPH900 AM GRAHAM 5SSW 61 MPH 905 AM SUNDOWN 8WSW 63 MPH925 AM TAHOKA 3NNE 60 MPH935 AM BROWNFIELD 2S 64 MPH940 AM O'DONNELL 1N 59 MPH950 AM WHITE RIVER LAKE 67 MPH1000 AM 6WNW THANKS TO THE WEST TEXAS MESONET FOR THE DETAILED AND COMPLETE REPORTS. $$