Texas Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Severe | Effective 05/23/2026 19:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 23 at 9:56PM CDT until May 23 at 10:15PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 23, 2026 - 7:56pm
Expires: 
May 23, 2026 - 8:15pm
Description: 
At 956 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southeast of Halfway to Idalou to 7 miles southeast of Locketville, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Lubbock, Slaton, Abernathy, Hale Center, Wolfforth, Shallowater, Idalou, Ralls, Petersburg, Lorenzo, Ransom Canyon, Cone, Lubbock South Plains Mall, Lubbock International Airport, Texas Tech University, Slide, Downtown Lubbock, Woodrow, Reese Center, and New Deal.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Crosby, TX; Floyd, TX; Hale, TX; Hockley, TX; Lubbock, TX; Lynn, TX
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lubbock TX