I was at a National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/ presentation some years ago, and talked to one of the meteorologists present. He was not from Texas. He said that Lubbock was a prime location for NWS meteorologists because of the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that occur in this part of the world. Who would have thought of Lubbock as a prime assignment. But, apparently, it is.
Today, the sunny, bright but partly cloudy morning sky turned into a grey and dusty day. We had a very brief rain storm amidst the dust, so all it really did was make everything have mud spots on it.
This evening, there was a tornado to the west, large hail to the southwest, and storms moving around on the South Plains. I thought we were on track for a storm about 5:15 PM, but I misread the radar. There are severe storms to the northwest, and storms to the southwest.
I want the rain. I do not want anything destructive, but the rain is important. Not just for our lawns, but for the farmers, and the reservoirs, or water supplies as they are called in West Texas.
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