Reported at Downtown Dallas...holy cow!!!
83°F Blowing dust squalls/windy
Winds: NE 31 mph gusting to 52 mph
This is a result of an outflow boundary ahead of the thunderstorms moving southwest through the Metroplex.
Andy, out of curiosity, where are you getting that observation from? I can't find it at any of the Dallas area airports. area airports.
That observation came out of Dallas Love Field, which is practically next to Downtown Dallas (so the observations are usually the same). This was according to the hourly ASOS station update by the NWS. Check their website
HERE, and you may still be able to see the observation. They update at :53 past the hour. If you can't see it, check the 3-day history.
DFW airport reported squalls and windy at 7:53pm, as well. Winds there gusted up to 44 mph, according to the ASOS station at the airport.
EDIT: Zach, depending on what website you checked the data from, it could have given you a different observation. For whatever reason, some websites such as AccuWeather and Wunderground did not show these observations for the airports at that time.