"The bottom line remains: It's going to be flat out windy Friday morning into early afternoon, when the Panhandles can expect 30-40 mph sustained winds. The track of the upper level storm system will then dictate who sees the highest gusts of 60 to 70+ mph," NWS Amarillo wrote on X.

The strongest winds will be blasting across parts of West Texas and the Panhandle, where gusts could reach 80 mph Friday afternoon.

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly 33 years on death row for the crimes.