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Skies will become overcast around midnight and remain as such through Wednesday morning. This will moderate low temperatures in the 50s and 60s.

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Local Weather History For April 21st...

1957: Late this Easter Sunday evening, one of the worst tornado outbreaks struck in the vicinity of Lubbock. Because
accurate and comprehensive tornado damage surveys were rarely conducted in the 1950s, much of the information from these
events was obtained from local media and residents. Therefore, far more tornadoes than the five that were recorded as
having struck Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Hale, and Hall Counties likely occurred this evening. The first of at least three
major tornadoes northwest of Lubbock touched down near Opdyke and moved north-northwest ending 1.5 miles east of Amherst.
In Hockley County, two funnels reportedly combined to form a huge mushroom-shaped tornado. This tornado destroyed 11 homes
leveling many to the foundation. Seven additional homes were destroyed west of Littlefield from this tornado that would be
rated F4 decades later. The second tornado (F3) moved northwesterly as well and tracked from west of Shallowater, to east
of Anton, to five miles west of Spade. Homes were destroyed two miles northwest of Shallowater and five miles west of
Spade. At least two persons were injured. The third major tornado (F4) struck about 90 minutes after the F3 tornado and
tracked from east of Shallowater to east of Spade and southeast of Olton. The worst destruction was discovered in the
Spade-Hart-Camp area where nine homes were destroyed...some of which were swept clean with debris carried significant
distances leading some to speculate decades later that this tornado should have been rated F5 instead of its assigned
value of F4. According to the comprehensive book "Significant Tornadoes" written by Tom Grazulis, a fourth major
tornado likely was responsible for significant damage five miles southwest of Olton. Tom Grazulis acknowledges that
information surrounding this outbreak was poorly documented.