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Last Map Update: Thu, May. 23, 2024 at 3:25:57 pm CDT


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Memorial Day Weekend

A dryline will quickly shift east today bringing a much drier airmass into the region. This dry air combined with very warm temperatures in the 90s and breezy southwest winds will lead to near- critical to critical fire weather conditions on the Caprock. Avoid activities that may cause sparks and report any fires to local authorities immediately.

A few severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and damaging winds are possible this afternoon and early evening across the eastern Rolling Plains and far southeastern Texas Panhandle.

Expect overnight temps in the mid 50s to low 60s under mostly clear skies and light winds.

Hot, dry, and low-end windy conditions are expected to develop on Saturday and Sunday. This will lead to favorable conditions for the growth and spread of wildfires, particularly across the Caprock where winds are strongest. Be careful with activities involving open sparks and flames as conditions will remain dry even during the overnight hours!

Here is the outlook for Memorial Day Weekend for the extreme southern Texas Panhandle, South Plains, and Rolling Plains. A cold front will move through tomorrow morning, and will be followed by hot, dry, and windy weather this weekend. Elevated-to-critical fire weather conditions will develop on Saturday and Sunday with another cold front moving in Monday morning.

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Local Weather History For May 23rd...

2013: Driven by outflow from a complex of thunderstorms in Oklahoma early this morning, a frontal boundary settled into
the northeast South Plains and northern Rolling Plains by noon ahead of very moist easterly winds. Although a weak upper
ridge was in place over West Texas, a subtropical jet streak flowing over the region assisted in severe thunderstorm
development. Strong instability combined with upslope winds and the frontal boundary supported a large supercell storm
early this afternoon in central Floyd County. This massive storm was stationary for almost 30 minutes before crawling
southward accompanied by three landspout tornadoes (all rated EF-0), golf ball size hail, and heavy rain. Once this
supercell collapsed near Cone, a haboob raced south and west into Hale, Lubbock and Crosby Counties. Winds in this dust
storm were measured up to 77 mph in Crosbyton where minor damage to trees and structures was reported. Thereafter, a
second supercell storm developed to the east in central Dickens County which also proceeded to move south. While east of
Spur, this supercell produced an EF-1 tornado over ranch land that damaged some trees. As this storms mesocyclone
continued southward