Sunday storms slam Panhandle

  • Hail, ranging up to two inches in diameter, accompanied by high-speed winds, swept Childress, Collingsworth and Hall Counties Sunday, Feb. 26, damaging multiple properties. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom
    Hail, ranging up to two inches in diameter, accompanied by high-speed winds, swept Childress, Collingsworth and Hall Counties Sunday, Feb. 26, damaging multiple properties. The Red River Sun/Bev Odom
  • Downtown Memphis light posts are collapsed during the Sunday, Feb. 26 storm, which including over 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts and golf-ball-sized hail.
    Downtown Memphis light posts are collapsed during the Sunday, Feb. 26 storm, which including over 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts and golf-ball-sized hail.
  • A tree is uprooted in Memphis, which measured 114-mileper- hour winds. Photos Courtesy of Memphis Chamber of Commerce
    A tree is uprooted in Memphis, which measured 114-mileper- hour winds. Photos Courtesy of Memphis Chamber of Commerce
    CHILDRESS — While tornado sirens wailed in Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, including Childress, Collingsworth and Hall Counties, was slammed with over 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts and large hail Sunday evening, Feb. 26. Under a simultaneous Tornado Watch, High Wind Warning and Hazardous Weather Outlook, issued by the National Weather Service, blinding dust storms swept the region thr...

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