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Last Map Update: Tue, May 5, 2026 at 3:16:33 am CDT

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Elevated Fire Weather Today

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Mostly Dry Conditions Ahead

Elevated fire weather conditions are expected on Tuesday afternoon with breezy west-southwest winds, warm temperatures, and very dry conditions.

A cold front will stall out over the area today resulting in cooler temperatures across the southeastern Texas Panhandle. Breezy, dry, and warm conditions on the caprock will result in elevated fire weather.

Mild temperatures and dry conditions are expected tonight. Elevated fire danger is also expected across the region on Tuesday, mainly on the Caprock. Breezy westerly winds are also expected with gusts to 30 mph possible.

A cold front will briefly bring cooler temperatures for Thursday. However, temperatures will warm back up into the 80s and 90s this weekend.

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Local Weather History For May 5th...

2002: A deadly outbreak of tornadoes occurred late this afternoon throughout the extreme southern Panhandle. Over the
course of 4.5 hours, at least nine tornadoes touched down from Castro County east to Childress County. The worst tornado
claimed two lives on the southeast side of Happy when a mobile home was rolled and destroyed. Four injuries also occurred
in mobile homes that were in the same area. In total, this F2 tornado destroyed fifteen homes, caused major damage to
another seventeen, and minor damage to eighteen others. The church on the west side of Happy lost 120 feet of its roof.
Thirty vehicles, including two tractor trailers, were damaged or destroyed. Also, seventy-five utility and telephone poles
were snapped. This tornado crossed I-27 and continued to produce significant damage as it struck a home two miles east of
Happy on Farm-to-Market Road 1075. Before crossing into southern Randall County about three miles east of Happy, the
tornado produced major damage to a final home on Farm-to-Market Road 1075. This single tornado created at least $4M in
property damage. Moments before this tragic tornado touched down, a much larger and potentially more intense tornado was
observed just west of Happy, but this tornado thankfully remained over open land causing damage to just fences and power
poles. In addition to tornadoes, many of the supercells this evening produced equally-destructive downburst winds as high
as 100 mph. In Hall County, the town of Memphis saw wind gusts up to 82 mph create extensive damage to about 50 buildings
including the school library. These winds also overturned four tractor trailers, snapped power poles, and blew down power
lines and trees.