⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Briscoe; Hall; Childress; Motley; Cottle – Saturday, June 13, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued June 13 at 11:50PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Details

At 1150 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 4 miles south of Brice, or 17 miles northeast of
Caprock Canyon State Park, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…West Texas Mesonet indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Childress, Memphis, Turkey, Caprock Canyon State Park, Quitaque, Cee
Vee, Kirkland, Brice, Valley Schools, Flomot, Tell, Northfield,
Estelline, Lakeview, and Plaska Community.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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