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At 431 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of Olton, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Hart and Springlake. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Where it happened
Castro, TX; Hale, TX; Lamb, TX · 34.196°, -102.264°
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- official severity
- Severe
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Castro, TX; Hale, TX; Lamb, TX
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At 431 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest of Olton, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Hart and Springlake. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
At 413 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of Olton, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Olton, Hart, Earth, and Springlake. Blowing dust is occuring well away from this storm and could make travel hazardous. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
At 403 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of Olton, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Olton, Hart, Earth, and Springlake. 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... Northwestern Hale County in northwestern Texas... Southeastern Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas... Northeastern Lamb County in northwestern Texas... * Until 445 PM CDT. * At 338 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast of Earth, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Olton, Hart, Earth, and Springlake. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.