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Last Map Update: Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 5:44:18 pm CDT

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Elevated fire danger is expected across the Caprock this afternoon with low RH values and breezy west to southwesterly winds. A Rangeland Fire Danger Statement is in effect from noon until 8 PM CDT today for areas on the Caprock.

Fair weather is expected tonight, with diminishing winds.

While chances for thunderstorms will arrive late Friday morning and into the early afternoon hours, the better potential for severe weather will be focused after dark Friday as a cold front moves south across the forecast area. Large hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph will be the primary hazard with storms. The greatest potential for severe storms will be in the Rolling Plains.

A cold front is forecast to move southward out of the Texas Panhandle late Friday night into Saturday morning. Chances for thunderstorms will increase accordingly, and will include an overnight risk for severe storms and flash flooding, primarily in the Rolling Plains. Localized rainfall amounts greater than one inch are forecast, especially with repeating storms that move over the same areas. The severe and flash flooding potential will wane after the front moves south of the forecast area near sunrise Saturday.

Two rounds of showers and storms are forecast Friday, with the greatest chances Friday night into Saturday morning. A few storms may be severe, along with a risk for flash flooding, primarily in the Rolling Plains during the early morning hours Saturday.

Chances for showers and thunderstorms are forecast Friday into Saturday morning. Storm chances will come to an end by Saturday afternoon, with cooler and benign weather forecast into next week.

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Local Weather History For April 2nd...

1956 (2nd-3rd): Dubbed "The grandfather of sandstorms" by the Associated Press, an epic wind and dust storm
engulfed an region from Amarillo to El Paso east to San Angelo and Abilene. Visibilities in many locations were at or
below 1/2 mile and the afternoon sky was cloaked by an eery red cloud of dirt that lasted past sunset. At the Lubbock
airport, a peak wind gust of 58 mph from the southwest was recorded. This storm swept in after highs the day before
reached the middle 80s in Lubbock with lower 90s off the Caprock. The severity of this dust storm would not be repeated
again on the Texas South Plains until January 25, 1965.