Severe storm highlights, links and closings for May 20

Staff | newsweb@everythinglubbock.com

6 years ago

Summary:

Storms on Monday could be severe and produce heavy rainfall, hail, frequent lightning, and tornados. Portions of the South Plains and Rolling Plains on Monday are under a high risk of severe weather.

Live Coverage:

Closings, Cancellations or Delays:

Dunbar College Preparatory Academy annual spring picnic – canceled
Snyder ISD dismissing classes early on Monday. 1:20 p.m. – elementary school, 1:47 p.m. – secondary school and 1:50 p.m. – high school.

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Storm Highlights:

10:45 PM: Xcel customer have been restored. All but 48 SPEC customers restored. All but 10 LP&L customers restored.
7:28 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including King County, TX until 8:00 PM CDT
7:18 PM: Tornado Warning including Clairemont TX until 7:45 PM CDT (King County)
7:14 PM: LP&L reports 123 homes or businesses without power.
6:58 PM: Tornado Warning including Justiceburg TX until 7:30 PM CDT (Garza and Kent counties)
6:53 PM: Tornado Warning including Guthrie TX until 7:45 PM CDT (Dickens and King counties)
6:40 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Justiceburg TX, Augustus TX until 7:45 PM CDT
6:33 PM: 2nd tornado spotted inside the area of the 6:28 pm warning.
6:32 PM: LP&L reports 540 homes or businesses without power
6:28 PM: Tornado Warning including Spur TX, Dickens TX, Elton TX until 7:00 PM CDT (Dickens County)
6:22 PM:Spur tornado capable of significant damage
6:08 PM: Confirmed tornado, 5 miles west of Spur moving NE at 35 mph.
5:59 PM: Tornado Warning including Spur TX, Dickens TX, Elton TX until 6:30 PM CDT (Crosby and Dickens counties)
5:56 PM: :LP&L reports 512 homes or business out of power (down from 1,184)
5:45 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Post TX, Augustus TX, Buenos TX until 6:15 PM CDT
5:26 PM: SPEC says, “we now have 398 residential members out.”
5:22 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Canyon Valley TX until 6:15 PM CDT (Garza and Crosby counties)
5:20 PM: SPEC says, “581 residential members out “
5:20 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Tahoka TX, O’Donnell TX until 5:45 PM CDT
5:13 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Slaton TX, Tahoka TX, Ransom Canyon TX until 6:15 PM CDT
5:01 PM: LP&L’s outage number updated to 1,184
4:59 pm: LP&L’s outage count at 933 homes or businesses.
4:57 PM: Xcel reports 361 homes or businesses in the Slaton area with out power, and 62 in Idalou.
4:44 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Ralls TX, Crosbyton TX, Cap Rock TX until 5:30 PM CDT
4:43 PM: SPEC says, “We restored the Slide, Frenship and Woodrow outages” 664 homes or businesses still out.
4:43 PM: NWS says “Reports of funnels forming in central Crosby County along with quarter sized #hail…Crosbyton, you’re in the path of this storm #lubwx #txwx”
4:25 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Post TX, Augustus TX, Buenos TX until 5:30 PM CDT
4:23 PM: SPEC website reports 6,540 homes or businesses without power
4:20 PM: LP&L’s website reports 497 homes or businesses without power
4:15 PM: Power pole along Highway 87 in S. Lubbock County snapped
4:10 PM: Power outage reported by LP&L website, 108 homes or business
4:08 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Floydada TX, Petersburg TX, Cedar Hill TX until 5:15 PM CDT
4:03 PM: Marble size hail reported in South Lubbock.
3:27 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Floyd County, TX until 4:00 PM CDT
3:24 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Tahoka TX, O’Donnell TX, Wilson TX until 4:30 PM CDT
2:50 PM: Tornado Warning including Paducah TX, Jacobs TX, Dunlap TX until 3:30 PM CDT (Cottle County)
2:42 PM: Tornado Warning including Matador TX, Roaring Springs TX, Russellville TX until 3:30 PM CDT (Motley County)
2:21 PM: Tornado Warning including Matador TX, Roaring Springs TX, Whiteflat TX until 2:45 PM CDT
1:49 PM: Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Crosbyton TX, Matador TX, Roaring Springs TX until 2:45 PM CDT
1:22 PM: Lubbock ISD directed campuses to exercise discretion in after-school activity schedules
12:36 PM: The NWS issued a tornado watch for areas of the South Plains, Rolling Plains and Panhandle until 8:00 pm. (A watch means to watch out. By contrast, a warning means a tornado has formed.)