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Last Map Update: Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 7:04:16 am CDT

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Cooler Today

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Risk for severe thunderstorms for the Rolling Plains this evening through overnight. Wind gusts up to 60-70 mph and quarter to golf ball size hail is possible.

An early morning cold front will help cool afternoon temps into the mid 60s to upper 70s. Elevated fire danger is expected today thanks to dry and breezy conditions.

Precipitation chances and cooler temperatures are expected this weekend. Some wintry mix precipitation is possible Saturday morning.

Precipitation chances and cooler temperatures are expected this weekend.

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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.