This is the time of year when severe thunderstorms move across the South Plains, with strong winds, damaging hail, rain coming down so hard it floods because the plains are flat and there is nowhere for the water to go. These storms can build quickly, and become severe even quicker.
We had storms move in last night. After 9 PM, we had lightning, wind and rain. Actually, the wind kicked up the dust even earlier and cause power outages because of downed power lines. But the storms did not become severe.
Today was a beautiful day, and the clouds did not start building until early evening. About 6 PM, I realized that my joints were feeling really "stove up," the term I use when they are stiff and sore, and predict a change in barometric pressure. I moved around to get limber, and I was enjoying sitting in my back yard reading in the early evening, and began to hear the thunder rumble. I moved inside, just as I did last night, because I know the danger of being outside when there are lightning strikes even as far away as 15 miles. When I moved in tonight, I check the weather, and there was nothing sever predicted for Lubbock, unlike Sunday night. But within about 45 minutes, the severe weather had hit and we even had rain and marble sized hail. I would say I moved inside at about the right time. My joints told me the storms tonight would be more severe than they were last night.
My joints are usually correct. Very often, the change in weather is barometric pressure change with high winds being the biggest weather indicator. But almost always, I can tell when that is going to happen.
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