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Location	Time (CDT)	Weather	Vsby. (SM)	Temp. (ºF)	Dewpt. (ºF)	Hum. (%)	Wind (mph)	Wind Chill / Heat Index (ºF)	Pres. (in)
Lubbock TX	23:53	Mostly Cloudy	10	46	16	29	SSE 10	41 [WC]	30.25
Childress TX	23:53	Clear	10	38	18	43	SSE 8	31 [WC]	30.27
Plainview TX	00:35	Mostly Cloudy	10	38	14	36	S 7	32 [WC]	30.23
Hereford TX	00:35	Partly Cloudy	10	37	11	34	S 7	31 [WC]	30.22
Clovis NM	23:56	Clear	10	38	7	27	S 9	31 [WC]	30.23
Tucumcari NM	23:53	Clear	10	41	9	26	WSW 10	34 [WC]	30.15
Amarillo TX	23:53	Clear	10	39	10	29	S 13	31 [WC]	30.20
Dalhart TX	23:53	Clear	10	44	13	27	S 16	36 [WC]	30.17
Pampa TX	00:35		10	41	17	36	S 13	33 [WC]	30.22
Altus OK	00:35	Lightning Observed	10	37	27	65	CALM	-	30.30
Vernon TX	00:40	Lightning Observed	10	43	31	62	CALM	-	30.29
Abilene TX	23:52	Overcast	10	50	33	51	CALM	-	30.28
Sweetwater TX	00:35	Lightning Observed	10	48	24	37	CALM	-	30.29
Big Spring TX	00:35	Overcast	10	52	19	27	SE 12	-	30.25
Midland TX	23:53	Overcast	10	53	22	29	SE 16	-	30.25
Hobbs NM	00:35	Overcast	10	44	6	20	ESE 8	39 [WC]	30.23
Carlsbad NM	23:53	Partly Cloudy	10	51	6	15	S 8	-	30.21
Albuquerque NM	23:52	Clear	10	46	14	27	N 8	41 [WC]	30.14
Dallas/Fort Worth TX	23:53	Mostly Cloudy	10	52	38	58	N 6	-	30.26
Houston TX	23:53	Overcast	10	63	40	42	NE 10	-	30.15
Austin TX	23:53	Mostly Cloudy	10	57	36	45	NNE 12	-	30.20

Local Weather History For March 28th...

2007 (28th-29th): The largest March U.S. tornado outbreak ever recorded unfolded late this day and into the early
nighttime as tornadoes touched down from far northwestern Nebraska south to the Texas South Plains. In the NWS Lubbock
forecast area, a pair of tornadic supercells initially erupted along the dryline over the central South Plains during the
late afternoon hours and tracked northeastward across the extreme southeastern Panhandle through the early evening. These
two storms produced a total of seven tornadoes in the South Plains region, one that was observed to be a large
multi-vortex tornado north of Quitaque that tracked about 20 miles to the north-northeast. This tornado was rated an F2
after damaging or destroying four structures. No injuries were reported. By late evening, the retreating dryline merged
with an advancing Pacific cold front. This initiated a line of severe storms over the western South Plains that progressed
eastward over the region through the early morning hours of the 29th. This final bout of storms resulted in widespread
reports of large hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging winds. Total property damages were estimated in excess of
$200,000.