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Last Map Update: Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 3:00:19 pm CDT

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Quiet Friday Night

Independence Day

4th of July T-storm Forecast

T-storm Outlook, July 5th

Hot and Unsettled Next Week

The weather will be quiet across the South Plains area Friday night. Lows will be mild, from the upper 60a in the southwest Texas Panhandle to near 80 in the Low Rolling Plains.

A mostly sunny and hot 4th of July is in the forecast, along with some late afternoon and overnight storms for the far southwest Texas Panhandle. Have a plan if you're outdoors and thunder roars!

A few storms are expected across the far southwest Texas Panhandle into the northwest South Plains Saturday evening. Severe wind gusts will be possible with the storms.

More thunderstorm activity is expected Sunday afternoon and evening, some severe weather is possible.

Hot temperatures carry into next week with almost daily chances of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening and overnight.

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Local Weather History For July 3rd...

1967 (2nd-3rd): Rather unusual for early July, a total of four tornadoes developed late this night throughout Swisher,
Castro and Lamb Counties. The first tornado occurred at 11:34 PM northwest of Tulia causing minor damage to a public
school building. About 15 trees were uprooted, 32 windows in the school were blown out and several elevator doors twisted
by the wind. Later, two tornadoes occurred in open farmland ten miles west of Happy without causing any damage. A funnel
cloud nearby was also reported, but failed to touch the ground. A final tornado was spotted two miles east of Littlefield
over open farmland as well and did not cause any known damage.