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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 2:06 AM Jul. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN LUBBOCK...NORTHEASTERN HOCKLEY...WESTERN HALE AND EASTERN LAMB COUNTIES... At 906 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles north of Olton to 4 miles east of Reese Center, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...West Texas Mesonet. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Lubbock, Levelland, Littlefield, Olton, Shallowater, Anton, Cotton Center, Fieldton, Spade, Halfway, Whitharral, Reese Center, Smyer, Opdyke West, and Springlake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Frequent 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. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 2:05 AM Jul. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Lubbock County in northwestern Texas... Western Floyd County in northwestern Texas... Northeastern Terry County in northwestern Texas... Eastern Hockley County in northwestern Texas... Hale County in northwestern Texas... Southeastern Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas... Southern Swisher County in the Panhandle of Texas... Eastern Lamb County in northwestern Texas... * Until 945 PM CDT. * At 904 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles south of Hart to 4 miles west of Abernathy to Wolfforth, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...West Texas Mesonet. 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. Frequent cloud to ground lightning are 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. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...OBSERVED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:56 PM Jun. 30, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 425 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST TEXAS BAILEY COCHRAN FLOYD HALE HOCKLEY LAMB LUBBOCK IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS BRISCOE CASTRO HALL PARMER SWISHER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMHERST, BOVINA, DIMMITT, FARWELL, FLOYDADA, FRIONA, HALE CENTER, HAPPY, HART, LEVELLAND, LITTLEFIELD, LOCKNEY, LUBBOCK, MEMPHIS, MORTON, MULESHOE, OLTON, PLAINVIEW, QUITAQUE, SILVERTON, SLATON, SUNDOWN, TULIA, TURKEY, WHITEFACE, AND WOLFFORTH.
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