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Scattered thunderstorms are expected tonight mainly in the far southeastern Texas Panhandle and northern Rolling Plains. Large hail and damaging winds are possible.
A cold front will bring storm chances overnight, mainly across the far SE Panhandle and northern Rolling Plains.
Showers and thunderstorms will taper off through the morning. Partly-to-mostly cloudy skies and much cooler temperatures are expected tomorrow, with breezy NE winds.
Chances are increasing in the potential for a flooding event early next week across the Caprock and Rolling Plains. Widespread rainfall is forecast Monday night into Tuesday. Heavy rainfall will accompany thunderstorms.
Storm chances Friday morning will give way to fair weather Saturday, with additional storm chances returning Sunday and into early next week. Chances are increasing in the potential for a flooding event early next week across the region.

 

 

 

Local Weather History For May 1st...
1984: A very long-lived supercell erupted in northern Hale and southern Swisher Counties late this day before arcing 90
degrees to the right of the upper wind flow and tracking due southeast across Briscoe, Floyd, Motley, Cottle, King, Knox,
and Haskell Counties. As this supercell crossed the Floyd and Motley County line at 7:20 PM, strong tornadic signatures
became evident on the Lubbock WSR-74C weather radar. It wasnt until 7:44 PM that storm spotters with the Matador Fire
Department observed a tornado develop five miles WNW of Matador moving toward the city. This F3 tornado hit Matador at
7:52 PM destroying 27 homes