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A Heat Advisory is in effect from 1-8 PM today for the Rolling Plains and far southeast Texas Panhandle. High temperatures up to 108° are possible.

Even for areas outside of the Heat Advisory, highs will climb into the triple-digits across the area. Isolated-to-scattered thunderstorms are possible this evening.

Here are the thunderstorm chances for today and Friday. Storms are expected to be a bit more widespread this evening. Severe weather is unlikely either day, however a few storms may produce brief strong wind gusts and heavy downpours.

Any lingering storms should taper off around midnight and a mild night will proceed with lows generally in the low-to-mid 70s.

Outside of possible isolated-to-scattered thunderstorms over the western South Plains and far southwestern Panhandle on Friday evening, the remainder of the long weekend looks to be hot and dry.

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Local Weather History For September 3rd...

1967: Late this evening, parts of Lamb and Castro Counties suffered a direct strike from what would later be known as a
derecho. Compiling severe weather reports earlier this evening farther northeast in the TX Panhandle and retrieving
archived upper air weather maps, it was found that a long-lived straight-line wind event tracked from Borger
south-southwest to near Amarillo, Canyon and then into Castro and Lamb Counties. Winds between 100 and 110 mph were
measured at the Pantex Ordnance facility east of Amarillo and this intensity was maintained as the line of storms surged
south-southwest into the far northwest South Plains through late evening. Hail up to golf ball size accompanied 100 mph
winds over a swath from Nazareth to Sunnyside causing $3M in crop losses and damaging many rural homes, barns,
outbuildings and flattening power poles. Crop yields in Castro County were cut by up to 15% for the year as thousands of
acres of cotton, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and cucumbers were shredded at mid-harvest. The wind-driven hail also
flattened sorghum, corn, soybeans, castor beans, and maize that were about to begin harvesting. A tornado was reported
eight miles northeast of Nazareth, although the nature of the storm suggests this may have simply been intense
non-tornadic winds. As this derecho continued moving southwest, winds around 100 mph were estimated in Sudan at 8:45 PM.
These winds blew away a 22,000 square foot sheet metal warehouse and caused widespread structural damage throughout the
town. While at their home three miles east of Sudan, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Thompson were injured by flying debris. About
$500,000 in property damage was tallied in Sudan alone.