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Last Map Update: Thu, Apr. 18, 2024 at 7:50:49 am CDT


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Cooler Today

Saturday Rainfall Chances

Breezy northerly winds will bring cooler temperatures today with highs ranging from the upper 60s in the far southern Panhandle to the lower 80s across the southern Rolling and far southern South Plains.

A cold front will move through the forecast area today and stall near the northern Permian Basin as an upper-level disturbance moves in from the west. This will result in dense cloud cover, cool temperatures, blustery winds, and set the stage for another rainfall event area-wide Friday night into early Sunday morning. Thunderstorms will be possible but the severe weather threat is low.

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Local Weather History For April 18th...

1971: Late this night, five funnels reportedly roared over Muleshoe "like a great big train, then touched down
northeast of the city." The tornadoes were all from the same thunderstorm and spaced about two miles apart. They
first hit about 3.5 miles northeast of Muleshoe and each tracked about four miles in length damaging a total of 25 farm
homes. Two persons were injured and 38 electric and telephone poles uprooted. This same tornadic supercell was believed to
have spawned additional tornadoes after midnight near the Hereford, Dawn and Umbarger areas causing over $3M in damage to
a portion of Herefords industrial and residential sections. Some accounts speculate that these were perhaps the original
tornadoes that developed near Muleshoe.'