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At 547 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles southeast of Anton to 5 miles southwest of Reese Center, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Lubbock, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Reese Center, and Smyer. 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.
Where it happened
Hockley, TX; Lubbock, TX · 33.564°, -102.224°
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Hockley, TX; Lubbock, TX
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At 547 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 5 miles southeast of Anton to 5 miles southwest of Reese Center, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Lubbock, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Reese Center, and Smyer. 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 530 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of Reese Center, or 11 miles east of Levelland, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Lubbock, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Reese Center, and Smyer. Blowing dust is occuring with this storm and could make travel hazardous. 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 Lubbock County in northwestern Texas... Southeastern Hockley County in northwestern Texas... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 507 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of Levelland, 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... Lubbock, Levelland, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Reese Center, Smyer, and Opdyke West. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.