Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in Lubbock County, TX

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.).

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: 1 inch hail at 4th & Slide.

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: Social media photo shows a few stones close to golf ball size. Time estimated from radar.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: Media viewer sent in hail picture.

Hail Report Description: Isolated quarter size hail... but mostly dime and smaller.

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Photo shows several hailstones about 2 inches in diameter in the area of Slide Rd and FM-41. Time estimated from radar.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Time estimated from radar.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: New Deal Fire Station.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Power lines down near 7th St and Slide Rd.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Large wooden power poles blown down.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Tree branches down in vicinity of the intersection of FM1585 and FM179.

Wind Report Description: Measured by the West Texas Mesonet. A wet microbust also produced a 64 mph gust at 3:53 PM.

Wind Report Description: Roof blown off barn and wind damage to roof of mobile home per Idalou FD.

Wind Report Description: Wolfforth WTM.

Wind Report Description: Power outages in southern Lubbock County due to strong winds.

Wind Report Description: Measured by the TTU mesonet.

Wind Report Description: Measured by the TTU mesonet.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Additional gusts ranging from 59 to 66 mph from 830 to 840 PM. ASOS station KLBB Lubbock.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Sheet metal wrapped around utility poles. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Also gusted to 59 mph at 651 PM.

Wind Report Description: ASOS KLBB Lubbock Int. Airport. Also gusted to 66 mph at 624 PM.

Wind Report Description: ASOS KLBB Lubbock Int. Airport. Also gusted to 64 mph at 609 PM.

Wind Report Description: Also gusted to 60 mph at 603 PM.

Wind Report Description: 5 power poles and an outbuilding blown down.

Wind Report Description: West Texas Mesonet. Substantial dust foot evident on nearby webcams.

Wind Report Description: One-mile visibility from blowing dust.

Wind Report Description: West Texas Mesonet.

Wind Report Description: West Texas Mesonet.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Tornado Report Description: [Landspout] Couple of pictures of a landspout near Shallowater.

Tornado Report Description: Rain-wrapped tornado observed.

Tornado Report Description: Twin tornadoes observed by NSSL.

Tornado Report Description: [Landspout] Landspout observed from Lubbock International Airport.

Tornado Report Description: [Landspout] Landspout spotted near Shallowater.

Tornado Report Description: [Landspout]

Tornado Report Description: A SECOND LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS OBSERVED FARTHER WEST ALONG THE SAME OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY. THIS LANDSPOUT WAS ALSO VISIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.

Tornado Report Description: LANDSPOUT TORNADO OBSERVED BENEATH A CONVECTIVE TOWER ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST. THE LANDSPOUT WAS VISIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.

Tornado Report Description: VIDEO RECEIVED VIA TWITTER OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN FIELD.

Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Tornado Report Description: BRIEF LANDSPOUT TORNADO OBSERVED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE NEAR 114TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 87. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS WERE RELAYED FROM KCBD. BOTH TIME AND LOCATION ARE ESTIMATED.

Tornado Report Description: A brief landspout tornado was reported by a local meteorologist north of Wolfforth underneath a developing cumulus cloud. No damage or injuries occurred.

Tornado Report Description: The second of two brief landspout tornadoes occurred near Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport began around 1546 CDT and lasted until 1553 CDT. No damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: The first of two brief landspout tornadoes occurred near Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. The tornado began around 1542 CDT and lasted until 1547 CDT. No damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: A landspout tornado formed along an outflow boundary from a microburst near Lubbock-Cooper High School in southern Lubbock County. The landspout remained in an open field for the duration of the event.

Tornado Report Description: A NWS employee reported a weak landspout tornado southwest of Lubbock during the afternoon of the 25th. No damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: A weak non-mesocyclonic tornado occurred in north Lubbock around 16:50 CST on the 26th. The tornado developed beneath developing convection along a pre-existing southwest to northeast oriented surface boundary. The tornado was observed by the public and National Weather Service meteorologists who recorded the event using a security camera. Eyewitness reports from the north side of the city indicate the tornado remained over the Rawls Golf Course. Local officials reported that no damage was evident on the golf course.

Tornado Report Description: Another tornadic circulation developed within a broken convective complex near the Roosevelt community in eastern Lubbock County during the 21:00 CST hour on the 16th. Again, this event was well sampled at close range by the Lubbock, Texas (KLBB) WSR-88D radar, and was confirmed by Skywarn storm spotters and by the occurrence of property damage.||A weak tornado developed just southwest of the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 40 and 400 between Roosevelt and Acuff at approximately 21:12 CST. The tornadic winds were sufficient to collapse a low-end and dated 20x30 foot barn and to damage the skirting and roofing of a mobile home near that intersection. A small metal awning also was blown off of a business and a fence was blown down as the tornado moved northeastward into open country. Skywarn storm spotters observed the tornado and associated utility power flashes about three and a half miles southeast of Idalou just before it dissipated at 21:20 CST. ||Damage to the barn supports an EF-1 rating, with estimated wind speeds approaching 95 mph. Damages were estimated at $25,000. No injuries were reported.||Nickel size hail was additionally reported in the immediate vicinity of the tornado.

Tornado Report Description: A relatively long-lived, but weak (EF-1), tornado developed rapidly within a convective complex over northwestern Lubbock County shortly before 20:00 CST and tracked north-northeastward into southwestern Hale County. ||The tornadic circulation was initially embedded within heavy rain, but was well sampled at close range by the Lubbock, Texas (KLBB) WSR-88D radar. The tornado developed just south of U.S. Highway 84 at 19:56 CST. The tornado quickly crossed U.S. Highway 84 five miles northwest of Shallowater, where a National Weather Service damage survey team found tumble weeds suspended within utility wires. The tornado then tracked north-northeastward to the west of Farm to Market Road 179. The tornado downed utility poles, damaged four structures, a livestock trailer, and additionally uprooted a large tree before crossing the Lubbock and Hale County line one mile west of the County Line community. ||Two mobile homes sustained minor damage from the tornado. Skirting was removed from one home, and mud splatters were evident on the structure. A large roof panel was additionally removed from a second mobile home along county roads west of Farm to Market 179. A well-built permanent house sustained minor damage immediately southwest of County Line, near the Lubbock and Hale County line. A carport and outbuilding were destroyed at the residence and minor roof damage occurred from debris loaded wind. In addition, a large metal garage structure on the property was partially collapsed when tornadic winds caused the door to fail. A large boat stored within the structure was subsequently damaged when it was pushed by wind-loaded debris through a portion of the structure's back wall. ||By 20:15 CST drier air began to occlude the tornadic circulation. This allowed visibility around the tornado to improve and a National Weather Service employee began witnessing and photographing the tornado and associated utility power flashes as it approached the Lubbock and Hale County line. The tornado blew down approximately a dozen wooden utility poles along its path as it crossed into Hale County one mile west of the County Line community at 20:16 CST. ||The tornado continued until 20:20 CST in southwestern Hale County, where it resulted in additional damages to farm implements, utility poles, and an oil field shed. Damages to the two mobile homes, a single family residence and metal garage, trees, and to wooden utility poles support an EF-1 rating with estimated wind speeds between 85 and 95 mph. The tornado traveled nearly eight miles between 19:56 CST and 20:20 CST and accounted for $130,000 in damages along its path in Lubbock and Hale Counties. No injuries were reported.

Tornado Report Description: The next tornado associated with the eastern Lubbock County supercell developed immediately south of U.S. Highway 82 and quickly crossed the highway about four miles east of Idalou. This tornado, filmed by veteran storm chasers, was briefly ongoing simultaneously to the first tornado. A business sustained minor damage when tin panels were raised on the structures roof as the tornado crossed U.S. Highway 82. The tornado then continued north-northwestward as the parent mesocyclone occluded, intermittently touching down and at times taking on a multi-vortex structure. No significant damage was found by local officials or during a post-storm National Weather Service survey.

Tornado Report Description: A second supercell thunderstorm was ongoing over eastern Lubbock County at the same time that another supercell to the southwest was producing destructive hail over the city of Lubbock. The supercell storm in eastern Lubbock County became more organized with respect to low-level rotation per Doppler radar velocity observations, and produced at least two tornadoes near U.S. Highway 82 between Idalou and Lorenzo around 16:00 CST. These tornadoes were documented by storm chasers.||The first tornado developed south of U.S. Highway 82 approximately four miles east-southeast of Idalou, and moved northeastward nearly two miles. The tornado, which appeared as a classic funnel with a dust-tube debris cloud, remained in open fields east of Ranch Road 789 and south of U.S. Highway 82 and resulted in no damage.

Tornado Report Description: A relatively broad, but weak, tornadic circulation developed beneath a well-defined wall cloud near the north Loop 289 and Interstate 27 interchange in north Lubbock shortly after 15:00 CST. The brief tornado, which was photographed by a National Weather Service meteorologist, struck the Beck Steel industrial facilities and severely damaged the roof of a large metal warehouse-type structure. Car windows in a nearby parking lot also were blown out. Damage was consistent with 70 to 80 mph wind speeds via estimates using the Enhanced-Fujita Scale. No injuries were reported.

Tornado Report Description: The local media relayed video of a tornado near U.S. Highway 84 between Slaton and Southland. The video showed a well-develop tornado just east of the highway over open fields. No damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: A non-mesocyclonic tornado was photographed by the public as it traversed across open county just north of Lubbock around 17:20 CST on the 27th. The tornado apparently developed as towering cumuliform clouds formed above an advancing low-level boundary. Witnesses report that the tornado persisted for five minutes. No damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: |A Texas Department of Public Safety officer witnessed a brief tornado as it developed over open fields just south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 62/82 and Farm to Market Road 1729. The tornado resulted in no damage.

Tornado Report Description: |A brief tornado was observed to cause damage in the west part of Lubbock between 13:00 and 13:03 CST. A local man photographed a condensation funnel extending a short distance out of the parent cloud base. Meanwhile, an automotive business sustained damage as the tornadic circulation broke tree limbs and ripped sheet medal from a few structures near the intersections of U.S. Highway 84 and Quaker Avenue and University and Kent. No injuries were reported.

Tornado Report Description: |A local broadcast media affiliate (KAMC-TV) photographed a tornado spawned by a rapidly developing thunderstorm along an outflow boundary just northwest of Slaton. The tornado was small, but video documentation of the event suggested a very tight low-level circulation with a well-developed dust column that extended upward to a narrow rotating cloud base. The tornado remained over open country, and no damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: Multiple public reports were received of a tornado between Shallowater and Roundup around 12:30 CST. A local farmer described observing the tornado at close range as it moved across his fields, and indicated that no damage occurred. The tornadic circulation was apparently intermittent at the ground, with a continuous funnel that visibly extended from the base of the storm for approximately ten minutes.

Tornado Report Description: A second landspout tornado quickly developed south of Lubbock shortly after the dissipation of the previously listed event. This tornado persisted over open country immediately west of U.S. Highway 87 south of the city for more than fifteen minutes before it dissipated. No damage was reported.

Tornado Report Description: Multiple reports were received of a highly visible tornado that developed just southeast of Lubbock shortly before midday on the 25th. This tornado remained largely over open country on the outskirts of the city for more than ten minutes, but eventually did result in downed power lines and tree limbs near the intersection of 98th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard. No injuries were reported.|