1963: Torrential rains this afternoon flooded sections of US Highway 70 west of Earth in about a half-dozen locations causing severe road damage. By this evening, even greater rainfall caused flash flooding in northwest Brownfield where 20 families were forced from their homes. Several automobiles were swept away as swirling waters roared over all roads leading into the city. Approximately 42 homes received water damage. Unofficial measurements of rain during the four-hour deluge ranged from 8-10 inches. A 10-inch total was measured at Gomez, about five miles west of Brownfield, with eight inches at Union (located just southeast of Brownfield).

1968: A northward-moving tornado destroyed a sheep shed on the Charlie Meyers farm located 5.5 miles northeast of Ralls early this evening. The force of the tornado scattered sheet metal from the 12x30 foot sheep shed over a cotton field, carrying some of the twisted metal for 1/4 mile. The sheep shed was located between a granary and another barn; neither of which exhibited any damage. Small hail with this storm caused an estimated $5,000 damage to crops over a 6x15 mile area in the Owens, Caprock and Savage communities.

1971: Severe thunderstorms bombarded portions of the South Plains and Rolling Plains after midnight with large hail and damaging winds. The city of Lubbock received a rude awakening shortly after 12:40 AM as hail up to the size of golf balls fell in the Loop 289 and Indiana Ave area with smaller hail reported in the downtown. In Yoakum County, hailstones slightly bigger than golf balls caused property damages of about $40K; however, the cotton crops escaped most damage because of a late planting and small size of the plants. On the eastern fringes of Silverton, severe thunderstorm winds of unknown magnitude caused an estimated $11,000 worth of damage to sheds and cotton trailers. A funnel cloud was also reported east of Plainview.

1980: High winds from a thunderstorm struck the town of Tell late this evening damaging two buildings. Trees were also blown down and concrete bases for mailbox stands were found knocked over.

1981: Hail as large as golf balls fell for about 10 minutes on the west end of Lubbock early this evening, but caused only minor damage to crops. The parent storm moved southeast and caused flooding of several roads in southwest Lubbock resulting in some cars stalling in high water.

1982: An F1 tornado struck near Peacock (Stonewall County) this evening destroying a 500-gallon tank, ripping the roof from a house and damaging a barn. No injuries occurred.

1988: A supercell brought two tornadoes and numerous reports of very large hail to eastern Bailey and western Lamb Counties. At 1750, a storm chaser reported a tornado 10 miles southwest of Enochs. About the same time, the Three Way School two miles north of Maple and about four miles north of the tornado received severe roof and window damage from baseball size hail. The supercell moved slowly north-northeast and at 1840 a second tornado was sighted three miles east of Needmore. Tree, roof, automobile, and crop damage was widespread from west of Sudan through the Friendship area. In addition to damage from hail, flash flooding from up to five inches of rain occurred during the supercell's hour-long stay. Further, rapid flow of rainwater and hail severely eroded fields and washed away many crops...by far this storm's biggest casualty.

2001: A particularly devastating round of severe thunderstorms wiped out hundreds of thousands of acres of crops over the South Plains this evening in addition to inflicting significant hail damage to countless homes and automobiles. The weather pattern this day consisted of strong northwest flow and strong instability; a scenario recognized by meteorologists for its ability to frequently support afternoon thunderstorm development in northeast New Mexico before accelerating southeast and intensifying over the TX Panhandle and South Plains where they frequently grow in size during the evening hours as a low-level jet develops. This day was no exception as a pair of supercell thunderstorms developed by mid-afternoon in northeast New Mexico. These storms maintained their strength as they moved into the southwestern Panhandle during the evening until the northern supercell weakened in Deaf Smith County. The southern supercell maintained its intensity as it moved into southwestern Parmer and northwestern Bailey Counties. The first report of severe weather associated with this storm came around 8 PM when estimated 80 mph wind gusts and tree damage were reported in Farwell. Intermittent reports of 60 to 70 mph wind gusts and associated wind damage continued for the next hour as the supercell blossomed into a ferocious bow echo while roughly paralleling Highway 84 to Littlefield. This bow echo's most intense stage was realized as it moved through southern Lamb, northern and eastern Hockley, western and southern Lubbock, and northern Lynn Counties. It was during this time the storm produced measured wind gusts in excess of 100 mph accompanied by hail as large as golf balls. A broad swath of wind damage occurred along the path of the storm, within which several mobile homes were rolled and destroyed, numerous power poles were snapped at ground level, trees were blown down, windows were blown out, and over 220,000 acres of cotton were laid to waste. One mobile home that was destroyed in the town of Slide ended up trapping and severely injuring a man. Firsthand accounts described a lengthy period of wind-driven hail that pummeled siding, broke north and west-facing windows and stripped crops. Property damage estimates exceeded $100M with at least $70M in crop losses from Lubbock and surrounding counties to the west and south. The following day, many colonies of birds and small animals were found dead in western Lubbock County from the intense wind-driven hail.

2006: An active round of severe thunderstorm brought large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding to the South Plains and this day. Convection initiated as several isolated severe thunderstorms over Swisher and Hale Counties before evolving into a broken line as it propagated southward over the central portions of the South Plains. Meanwhile, a linear complex of thunderstorms propagated southeastward out of the Texas Panhandle, and resulted in widespread damaging winds over the extreme southeastern Panhandle and the northern Rolling Plains. The most significant damage occurred in northeastern Terry County, where a farmstead suffered damage from large hail and winds that exceeded 60 mph. Agricultural and property losses for this entire event are estimated nearly $500,000.

2011: After an abnormally quiet spring weather season in West Texas, late May brought a brief burst of storm activity. Several strong and severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of Monday, May 31st, as an upper level storm system grazed the area and a weak cold front entered the South Plains from the north. This first round of activity really blossomed after 11 PM, and brought large hail to parts of the eastern South Plains into the Rolling Plains and southeast Texas Panhandle. Golf ball sized hail was reported in Matador and near Tell with these storms before they weakened and moved off to the east during the early morning hours of the 31st.

2012: Very strong instability and ample wind shear created a volatile atmosphere this afternoon and evening across the eastern Panhandle and Rolling Plains. By sunset, a total of five tornadoes occurred (all in Cottle County). Early in the afternoon, a weak surface low moved eastward into the northeast South Plains and enhanced lift along a sharp dryline and outflow boundary leftover from storms in western Oklahoma the night prior. By mid-afternoon, a pair of thunderstorms erupted in Hall and Motley Counties and quickly became supercells as they drifted east and southeast. These storms produced very large to giant hail at times and were accompanied by intense inflow and outflow wind gusts at or above 60 mph. The second of these supercells produced several gustnadoes and at least four weak, non-mesocyclonic tornadoes under its flanking line as it moved through central Cottle County near Paducah. However, all of the damage in and around the Paducah area was attributed to ferocious winds in the rear flank downdraft (RFD) of this supercell. Scattered to widespread wind damage was common in and around Paducah from winds determined to be around 90 mph. Although NWS radars from both Lubbock, TX and Frederick, OK indicated a high probability of a significant tornado in far eastern rural Cottle County from this same storm, there were no damage indicators found during a NWS storm survey the following day despite a large tornado confirmed in nearby Foard County from the same storm. By early evening, a third supercell developed northwest of Paducah and tracked south-southeast into King County. This storm produced a rather large cone tornado partially wrapped in rain about nine miles west of Paducah. An off-duty NWS employee documented this tornado as it moved southerly over rural land for nearly five miles before dissipating shortly after crossing Highway 70. Later, this same supercell produced wind-driven baseball size hail in Guthrie accompanied by 80 mph winds. The combination of these elements resulted in scattered to widespread structural and tree damage. Earlier in the afternoon, a supercell unleashed intense non-tornadic winds in and near Plaska causing damage to several structures and even unroofed a home. Nearly $1M in property damage alone was estimated from wind and hail damage; the majority of which occurred in Paducah and Guthrie.