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At 626 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles northeast of Silverton to 4 miles north of Lockney, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Silverton, Caprock Canyon State Park, Lockney, Quitaque, Valley Schools, South Plains, and Aiken. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Briscoe, TX; Floyd, TX · 34.433°, -101.185°
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- official severity
- Severe
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Briscoe, TX; Floyd, TX
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At 626 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles northeast of Silverton to 4 miles north of Lockney, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Silverton, Caprock Canyon State Park, Lockney, Quitaque, Valley Schools, South Plains, and Aiken. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
SVRLUB The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Floyd County in northwestern Texas... Briscoe County in the Panhandle of Texas... * Until 715 PM CDT. * At 611 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of Silverton to Aiken, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Silverton, Caprock Canyon State Park, Lockney, Quitaque, Valley Schools, South Plains, Mackenzie Reservoir, and Aiken. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.