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Local Weather History For July 9th...
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1979: A bit unusual for early summer, a regional outbreak of severe thunderstorms, including a few tornadoes, occurred
this evening from the Texas Panhandle south into the Permian Basin. In the South Plains and Rolling Plains, at least four tornadoes were confirmed with two causing damage. The first tornado was spotted 14 miles east of Paducah at 8:50 PM. This small tornado damaged a house before dissipating. About 20 minutes later, a small tornado was observed just south and west of Paducah destroying two wooden and one metal outbuilding. Around 9 PM about 14 miles west of Clairemont in Kent County, another tornado touched down and caused considerable damage to a barn, mobile home, shed, and pulled 24 power poles cleanly from the ground. The fourth tornado occurred about 30 miles southeast of Clairemont in Fischer County. This tornado was small and short lived and remained over open land. Fortunately, no injuries were reported with any of these tornadoes. Also, several instances of hailstorms and destructive straight-line winds were received, notably in Plainview and Tahoka where very large hail up to baseballs caused extensive crop and property damage. |
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