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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Castro, TX; Floyd, TX; Hale, TX; Hockley, TX; Lamb, TX; Lubbock, TX; Swisher, TX; Terry, TX – Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Castro, TX; Floyd, TX; Hale, TX; Hockley, TX; Lamb, TX; Lubbock, TX; Swisher, TX; Terry, TX
Effective 6/30/2026, 9:05:00 PM CDT
Expires 6/30/2026, 9:45:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 30 at 9:05PM CDT until June 30 at 9:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Details

SVRLUB

The National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Lubbock County in northwestern Texas…
Western Floyd County in northwestern Texas…
Northeastern Terry County in northwestern Texas…
Eastern Hockley County in northwestern Texas…
Hale County in northwestern Texas…
Southeastern Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas…
Southern Swisher County in the Panhandle of Texas…
Eastern Lamb County in northwestern Texas…

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 904 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles south of Hart to 4 miles west of Abernathy
to Wolfforth, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…West Texas Mesonet.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Lubbock, Plainview, Slaton, Abernathy, Hale Center, Olton, Hart,
Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou, Lockney, Petersburg, Anton, Ransom
Canyon, Kress, Cotton Center, Fieldton, Spade, Claytonville, and
Lubbock South Plains Mall.

Instructions

Prepare immediately for damaging winds. People outside should move
immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from
windows.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature’s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.