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Last Map Update: Fri, May 22, 2026 at 4:40:31 am CDT

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Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop across the Caprock and move eastward into the Rolling Plains by this evening. A few storms may be severe, with damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and large hail up to hen egg size possible. Isolated instances of very large hail up to tennis ball size will be possible as storms move over the Rolling Plains. Locally heavy rainfall will also accompany storms.

Warmer temperatures are expected today as morning clouds diminish heading into the afternoon. Storms are forecast to develop on the Caprock this afternoon and move east into the Rolling Plains by the evening hours. A few storms may be severe. Locally heavy rainfall will accompany storms this afternoon and evening.

Storm chances will gradually end after dark, with east winds making for a humid night as more clouds and some fog roll into the forecast area.

Daily storm chances are forecast to continue across portions of the Caprock and Rolling Plains through next week. Temperatures will be near average for this time of year. Fire weather concerns remain low for the next week.

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Local Weather History For May 22nd...

1973: Late this afternoon and evening, scattered supercell thunderstorms littered portions of the South Plains and far
southern Panhandle with hail. In at least four separate cases, copious amounts of small hail piled up to depths of two to
four inches impeding travel on area roads. One of these supercells produced gigantic hail as large as 5.0 inches just
north of Seagraves in Yoakum County. In Lynn County, a near 40 minute barrage of large hail, including some hailstones as
large as four inches in diameter, covered the ground. Most of these hailstones were two inches. The ground in Brownfield
was completely covered with hailstones averaging two inches in diameter. Near Halfway, a tornado touched down for a few
minutes over open country damaging nothing. Considerable damage was dealt to area crops and property, however the $35,000
crop damage estimates listed in Storm Data were likely far below the actual dollar value given the amount of acreage
devastated.