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Thunderstorms bring widespread rainfall and scattered severe weather |
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Supercell thunderstorm north of Aspermont late Tuesday afternoon (29 April 2025). The picture is courtesy of Austin Christopher. |
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Tuesday, April 29th, brought yet another day of active weather, complete with severe thunderstorms that produced giant hail, damaging winds and torrential rainfall. This marked the 8th straight day of severe weather affecting parts of the South Plains, Rolling Plains or southern Texas Panhandle. This active stretch kicked off April 22nd and 23rd, and ramped up in coverage and intensity April 24th, 25th and 26th. Thunderstorm activity was more isolated April 27th and 28th, but still managed to produce a little severe weather, with hail falling over parts of Lubbock Sunday evening (27 April) and an intense storm clipping the southern Rolling Plains Monday afternoon (28 April). |
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| "RGB-True Color" satellite loop valid from 1:06 pm to 5:36 pm on Tuesday (29 April 2025). | |
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On Tuesday, thunderstorms erupted along a southward moving cold front over the southern South and Rolling Plains during the afternoon. These storms fed on rich moisture and strong instability south of the front, and quickly started to rotate thanks to abundant vertical wind shear. The most intense storms of the day targeted the southern Rolling Plains as they tracked eastward, bringing large to giant hail, strong winds and intense rainfall. |
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| Hail that fell in parts of Lubbock Tuesday afternoon (29 April 2025). The pictures are courtesy of Blayne Bradford (left) and Megan Porter (right), respectively. | |
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Northwest of the worst of the thunderstorms, one storm formed southwest of Lubbock and moved quickly up and over the western and northern parts of the city. Small hail was common with this storm, with a few reports as large as golf balls to hen egg size. This storm weakened as it moved north of Lubbock into the cooler air well behind the cold front. |
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| Regional radar animation valid from 2:05 pm on Tuesday to 6:15 am on Wednesday (29-30 April 2025). A LBB WSR-88D radar animation, valid from 1:27 pm to 5:36 pm on Tuesday (29 April 2025), can be VIEWED HERE. An additional LBB WSR-88D radar animation, valid from 5:48 pm to 8:15 pm on Tuesday, can be FOUND HERE. | |
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Farther to the southeast, very intense storms brought hail as large as 5 inches in diameter, which was found 12 miles south-southeast of Guthrie. Winds from this activity also blew the roof off a vacant home in Jayton. On the positive side, the cold front continued to move south, undercutting these intensely rotating storms, which likely was the reason they failed to produce any known tornadoes. |
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| Supercell thunderstorm near Post Tuesday afternoon (29 April 2025). The image is courtesy of Jeremy Perez. | |
| The severe weather spread eastward with the storms through Tuesday evening, producing a peak wind gust of 106 mph as it moved by the Seymour West Texas Mesonet (WTM) station located 3 miles northwest of town. Just as impressive, the WTM site recorded 3 gusts of 100 mph or higher, sustained winds of 68 mph or higher for 11 straight minutes and a peak sustained wind speed of 84 mph. | |
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| Preliminary storm reports gathered on Tuesday (29 April 2025). | |
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The departure of the afternoon thunderstorms wasn't the end of the event for West Texas. Instead, lift associated with the approach and passage of a mid-upper level disturbance sparked several additional rounds of widespread rain and thunderstorms that moved tracked across the South Plains, Rolling Plains and southeast Texas Panhandle late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. |
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| Giant hail that fell southeast of Guthrie Tuesday afternoon (29 April 2025). The image is courtesy of Matthew Cappucci. | |
| A few of the overnight thunderstorms were strong to severe, but the great impact from this activity was widespread moderate to heavy rainfall. Over the course of the event, the COOP Observer in Post measured 3.35 inches of rain! The heavy rain resulted in flash flooding and inundation of many low-lying and poor drainage areas. | |
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| LBB WSR-88D radar animation valid from 10:44 pm on Tuesday to 6:23 am on Wednesday (29-30 April 2025). | |
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Rain totals of 1 to 3+ inches were common from the southeast South Plains through the southern Texas Panhandle, with the heaviest swath of rain affecting locations over central and southwestern Garza County, including Post, as well as southeastern King County. Runoff from the torrential rainfall led to a surge of water running down the Brazos River at Justiceburg, which lifted Lake Alan Henry about 1 foot, bringing it just under a foot below full conservation level. |
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| 24-hour radar-estimated and biased-corrected precipitation ending at 7 am on Wednesday (30 April 2025). Rainfall over this same period, measured by the West Texas Mesonet, can be VIEWED HERE. | |
| A list of the preliminary storm reports collected on April 29th can be found below. | |
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1037 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0222 PM Hail 6 E Tahoka 33.16N 101.69W
04/29/2025 M1.50 Inch Lynn TX Trained Spotter
Via Tahoka FD.
0233 PM Hail 4 E Wolfforth 33.50N 101.95W
04/29/2025 E1.25 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
0235 PM Hail 1 W Wolfforth 33.51N 102.02W
04/29/2025 E1.00 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
0241 PM Hail 4 SE Reese Center 33.56N 101.97W
04/29/2025 E1.00 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
0242 PM Hail 11 E Tahoka 33.16N 101.60W
04/29/2025 M1.75 Inch Lynn TX Fire Dept/Rescue
Tahoka FD.
0242 PM Hail 2 S Wolfforth 33.48N 102.01W
04/29/2025 E1.75 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
0244 PM Hail 6 SW Lubbock 33.54N 101.95W
04/29/2025 E1.00 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
0246 PM Hail 3 W Lubbock 33.57N 101.90W
04/29/2025 E1.00 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
0251 PM Hail 4 SE Reese Center 33.56N 101.97W
04/29/2025 E1.25 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
0255 PM Hail 2 SW Lubbock 33.57N 101.87W
04/29/2025 E1.25 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
0256 PM Hail 2 W Lubbock 33.59N 101.89W
04/29/2025 E2.00 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).
0256 PM Hail 2 W Lubbock 33.59N 101.89W
04/29/2025 E2.00 Inch Lubbock TX Public
Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).
0311 PM Hail 9 W Post 33.19N 101.54W
04/29/2025 M2.00 Inch Garza TX Fire Dept/Rescue
Tahoka FD.
0326 PM Hail 2 NW Post 33.21N 101.40W
04/29/2025 E3.50 Inch Garza TX Broadcast Media
Media relayed public report. Time estimated
from radar.
0328 PM Hail Post 33.19N 101.38W
04/29/2025 M2.50 Inch Garza TX Law Enforcement
Garza County SO.
0345 PM Flood Post 33.19N 101.38W
04/29/2025 Garza TX Trained Spotter
Numerous streets reported covered with water
in Post.
0435 PM Hail 9 SSE Guthrie 33.51N 100.26W
04/29/2025 M2.00 Inch King TX Other Federal
NSSL report.
0447 PM Hail 15 S Guthrie 33.42N 100.26W
04/29/2025 E1.75 Inch King TX Public
Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
0450 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Jayton 33.25N 100.57W
04/29/2025 Kent TX CO-OP Observer
Roof blown off a vacant home. Time estimated
from radar.
0451 PM Hail Girard 33.36N 100.66W
04/29/2025 M4.00 Inch Kent TX Law Enforcement
Kent County SO.
0454 PM Hail 12 SSE Guthrie 33.47N 100.24W
04/29/2025 M5.00 Inch King TX Storm Chaser
Corrects previous hail report from 12 SSE
Guthrie. Social media report.
0505 PM Hail 14 ESE Guthrie 33.55N 100.10W
04/29/2025 M4.50 Inch King TX Public
Public report from mPING. Corrected for
location. Location estimated from radar.
0525 PM Hail Floydada 33.98N 101.34W
04/29/2025 M1.75 Inch Floyd TX CO-OP Observer
Half dollar to golf ball size hail around
town. Time estimated from radar.
0525 PM Hail Floydada 33.98N 101.34W
04/29/2025 M2.00 Inch Floyd TX Public
Media relayed public report.
0525 PM Hail Floydada 33.98N 101.34W
04/29/2025 M1.75 Inch Floyd TX Fire Dept/Rescue
Floydada FD.
0552 PM Hail 8 NW Aspermont 33.21N 100.34W
04/29/2025 E1.50 Inch Stonewall TX Public
Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
in.).
0554 PM Flash Flood 1 NW Jayton 33.26N 100.58W
04/29/2025 Kent TX Public
0700 AM Rain 1 NE Post 33.20N 101.37W
04/30/2025 M3.35 Inch Garza TX CO-OP Observer
24-hour rain total measured this morning.
The rain fell between 3 pm yesterday and 7
am this morning.
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