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Last Map Update: Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 5:50:16 pm CST

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Wednesday: Severe Outlook

Cool & Unsettled Weather Ahead

Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected on Thursday, some with locally heavy rain. Most areas can expect measurable rain with potentially 1/2 inch or more especially off the Caprock.

Clouds will be on the increase tonight as an upper-level storm system begins to move towards the region. Temperatures will be on the mild side, with light and variable winds. Chances for rain showers will also begin to arrive during the predawn hours Wednesday.

Prospects for showers and thunderstorms will begin to increase after sunrise Wednesday, with chances lasting throughout the entire day. The best potential for storms will be in the eastern Rolling Plains, where some storms may become strong or marginally-severe and capable of producing hail up to the size of quarters. Elsewhere, mainly rain showers are forecast as you near the edge of the Caprock Escarpment.

Thunderstorms that develop east of the Caprock Escarpment may be capable of producing hail up to the size of quarters Wednesday afternoon. Storm chances are set to increase during the overnight hours into early Thursday morning, some of which may be strong-to-severe.

A cooler and wetter pattern takes hold beginning Thursday when we expect widespread showers and thunderstorms - some possibly severe. More rain chances await Saturday night through Monday with below-normal temperatures.

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Local Weather History For November 12th...

1976 (12th-13th): After a historic early snowstorm in late October 1976, another snowstorm impacted much of West Texas
from 9:00 AM on the 12th through 11 PM on the 13th. The snow fell in a large arc from El Paso through the South Plains and
into the east-central Texas Panhandle. During this period, Lubbock recorded 5.4 inches of snow with amounts as high as
10.5 inches falling between Lubbock and El Paso. In Crosby and Floyd Counties, up to 7.0 inches fell. Hard-packed snow and
ice made roads and highways treacherous throughout the region. A woman was killed and four others seriously injured in a
two-car collision near Seagraves. Numerous minor traffic accidents occurred. Most Friday night football games were
cancelled outright or postponed as roads were reported slick as glass. Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma bus lines out of
Lubbock were forced to cancel service Friday night with many residual delays on Saturday. Total economic impacts were
undetermined.