There is a Slight Risk severe thunderstorms for parts of the southern High Plains today. The main severe weather threats are from large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
LARGE HAIL WILL BE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO COULD DEVELOP WITH MORE SURFACE BASED DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.(Storm Prediction Center)
WATCHES
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #912 west central Texas until 1:00 AM CDT.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #911 for parts of southeast New Mexico and west Texas until 9:00 PM CDT.
Today In Weather History....
1989 - Showers and thunderstorms associated with Tropical Storm Raymond deluged southeastern Arizona with heavy rain. Up to four and a half inches of rain was reported north of Wilcox. Three- fourths of the streets in the town of Wilcox were left under eighteen inches of water, and damage exceeded a million dollars. Evening thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. Thunderstorms produced high winds which gusted to 80 mph at White Deer TX, and resulted in one death at Pocasset OK. Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Pampa TX and Lefors TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
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