A powerful upper level storm system which brought several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California also brought widespread high winds to the South Plains and extreme southern Texas Panhandle. This system quickly accelerated as it moved across the Intermountain West emerging onto the High Plains early in the morning of the 30th. Strong winds aloft, already in place over the region early in the morning, quickly mixed down to the surface after sunrise. Most of the South Plains and extreme southern Texas Panhandle saw wind gusts in excess of 58 mph or sustained winds exceeding 40 mph during the morning to early afternoon hours. As the upper level storm system pulled away from the region during the afternoon, winds diminished through the afternoon hours. The strong winds also brought widespread blowing dust which reduced visibilities to under one mile at times. In Hockley and Lubbock Counties, visibility was reduced to near zero in some locations.
High wind gusts per county are from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:
68 mph at Reese Center (Lubbock County), 64 mph at Ralls (Crosby County), 64 mph at Roaring Springs (Motley County), 62 mph at McAdoo (Dickens County), 61 mph at Littlefield (Lamb County), 61 mph at Levelland (Hockley County), 61 mph at Graham (Garza County), 60 mph at Turkey (Hall County), 60 mph at Abernathy (Hale County), 60 mph at Floydada (Floyd County), 59 mph at Brownfield (Terry County), 58 mph at Morton (Cochran County), 58 mph at Caprock Canyons State Park (Briscoe County), and 58 mph at Hackberry (Cottle County).
Sustained high wind reports per county from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet are below:
45 mph at Vigo Park (Swisher County), 42 mph at Dimmitt (Castro County), and 42 mph at Muleshoe (Bailey County).

High Wind in BRISCOE, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:56:00 to 30-JAN-21 09:56:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in HALL, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:50:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:05:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in MOTLEY, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:46:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:57:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in DICKENS, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:12:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:56:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in COTTLE, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 11:05:00 to 30-JAN-21 11:05:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in BAILEY, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:05:00 to 30-JAN-21 11:05:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 36.00 MS
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in LUBBOCK, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 10:08:00 to 30-JAN-21 11:33:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 59.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in CASTRO, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:10:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:20:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 36.00 MS
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Dust Storm in LUBBOCK, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 11:00:00 to 30-JAN-21 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

High Wind in SWISHER, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:35:00 to 30-JAN-21 14:50:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 39.00 MS
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Dust Storm in HOCKLEY, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 11:00:00 to 30-JAN-21 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Local Official

High Wind in COCHRAN, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 10:35:00 to 30-JAN-21 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in LAMB, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 08:39:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:39:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in HOCKLEY, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 10:17:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:51:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in TERRY, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 10:01:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:01:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in HALE, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:45:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:28:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in GARZA, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:27:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:08:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in CROSBY, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 09:22:00 to 30-JAN-21 10:58:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in FLOYD, TEXAS
From 30-JAN-21 10:00:00 to 30-JAN-21 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet