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Last Map Update: Fri, May 22, 2026 at 1:48:28 pm CDT

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Scattered storms are expected to develop over the Caprock this afternoon and shift eastward through the rest of the evening. Some of these storms may be severe, and will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts and large hail. #lubwx #txwx

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 golf ball size possible. Locally heavy rainfall will also accompany storms.

Additional scattered thunderstorms are expected on Saturday, with the highest chances along and east of I-27.

A few severe storms are possible on Saturday, mainly during the evening hours. The strongest storms may produce large hail up to golf ball size and wind gusts up to 70 mph.

Storm chances continue each day this weekend into next week with temperatures near average for this time of year.

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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.