Dual thunderstorms packing high winds and some localized heavy rain caused a variety of damage in parts of the county. While always welcome, the rains did little to improve the outlook for this year’s cotton crop, according to several Dawson County farmers. Utility poles reportedly toppled at various locations in Wednesday evening’s storm, which mainly swept across the northern part of the county and left the south side dry. Wind gusts as high as 75 mph were reported Wednesday at the West Texas Mesonet automated weather station at Welch. Similar stations recorded gusts of 58 mph just southeast of Lamesa and 49 mph ...