Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 30 at 9:14PM CDT until June 30 at 9:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 30, 2026 - 7:14pm
Expires:
June 30, 2026 - 7:45pm
Description:
At 913 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southeast of Hart to 3 miles north of
Abernathy to Lubbock South Plains Mall, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Several West Texas Mesonet sites have recorded wind gusts
near 70 mph.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Lubbock, Plainview, Slaton, Abernathy, Hale Center, Olton, Hart,
Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou, Lockney, Petersburg, Anton, Ransom
Canyon, Kress, Cotton Center, Fieldton, Spade, Claytonville, and
Lubbock South Plains Mall.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Castro, TX; Floyd, TX; Hale, TX; Hockley, TX; Lamb, TX; Lubbock, TX; Swisher, TX
Forcast Office:
NWS Lubbock TX
Sender: