1969: A tornado and at least three hailstorms occurred over parts of the South Plains this evening and early in the night. Around 6:30 PM, a tornado developed five miles northwest of Fieldton and was chased by the Lamb County Sheriff for a distance of about eight miles over the course of 15 minutes. This tornado blew away some cattle feeders on the Harvey Neel farm and ripped out fences and utility poles in its path. Witnesses reported the tornado sounded like a freight train as it went by. Three funnel clouds were also observed with the parent storm. Hail up to baseball size accompanied this storm, but was not known to have caused any damage. Later this evening, a few hailstones up to golf ball size fell on Reese Air Force base, but again no damage was reported. Around 9:50 PM, high thunderstorm winds overturned a house trailer 2.5 miles west of Woodrow. The father received minor injuries (bruises), but the three children were unharmed. After nightfall, a hailstorm with hailstones as large as baseballs stripped leaves off some cotton fields north of Whitharral and about three miles east of the Hockley County seat. Smyer also reported heavy hail; although exact damages were not specified.

1986 (22nd-23rd): Moisture associated with the remnants of eastern Pacific Hurricane Newton combined with daytime heating to bring torrential rains to parts of the South Plains over the course of two days. The abundant rain caused flash flooding that inundated roads, flooded urban areas, stalled hundreds of vehicles, and caused evacuations in some residential areas. Additionally, severe storms were responsible for large hail, numerous funnel clouds and at least two tornadoes. One of these storms was a slow-moving supercell in Hockley County that was described by NWS meteorologists as being more than 20 miles in diameter and changed direction a full 180 degrees during its life cycle. This supercell produced two small tornadoes; one near Oklahoma Flat and the other southeast of Claune. This storm lasted for six hours and continually redeveloped over Hockley County through the early night while expanding into Yoakum County. A whopping 5.98 inches of rain fell in Levelland with no other gage in town measuring less than five inches. Almost every road in Hockley County was closed at some point during the overnight. Water was waist deep in downtown Levelland and forced some evacuations. Bailey, Lamb, Terry, and Lubbock Counties also suffered legitimate flash flooding as between 2.5 and 3 inches of rain fell in a short period of time. Normally flood prone areas such Quaker Ave and South Loop 289 remained under water for several days. Unfortunately, Hockley County received a second round of heavy rains on the evening of the 23rd just as waters were beginning to recede in a few locations. Water once again poured into the low-lying residential areas of Levelland causing further damage to property and forced the closure of streets that had just been reopened a few hours earlier! Fortunately, no injuries or deaths occurred from the widespread flooding.

1988: A rash of severe thunderstorms roared through much of the eastern South Plains late this night. This activity was preceded well in advance by a fast-moving thunderstorm around 2 AM that struck the southern and eastern parts of Plainview. This storm uprooted numerous trees and destroyed a storage shed. A truck was overturned near the Farm-to-Market 400 and Farm-to-Market 2286 intersection and numerous fences were downed in the south and east ends of Plainview. Along with the ferocious winds, hail as large as baseballs destroyed at least a dozen roofs in south Plainview according to an insurance adjuster. By late this night, scattered severe storms struck Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Lubbock, Crosby, and Lynn Counties with damaging winds at times estimated up to 75 mph. Damage was generally spotty with this second round of storms; however, Plainview suffered another instance of noteworthy damage as a 24x24-foot awning at the Sands Motel was blown across 5th Street blocking traffic for several hours.