Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- August 18, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, 4 mi S of Lubbock
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -101.850
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 18, 1997
Scattered thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary from the Big Country to the northern Permian Basin and moved north into the South Plains and Rolling Plains. The town of Turkey in southwest Hall County experienced many big branches broken off trees as well as several trees completely uprooted and one destroyed carport.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary from the Big Country to the northern Permian Basin and moved north into the South Plains and Rolling Plains. The town of Turkey in southwest Hall County experienced many big branches broken off trees as well as several trees completely uprooted and one destroyed carport. The public reported strong winds and quarter-sized hail with an isolated severe thunderstorm over the city of Lubbock. Winds from this storm knocked down large tree branches over a very small part of South Lubbock, where a window was also broken.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:53 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- August 18, 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, 4 mi S of Lubbock
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -101.850
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- August 18, 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, 4 mi S of Lubbock
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -101.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- August 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County, Turkey
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -100.880
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 18, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, August 18 to 19, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, August 18, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, August 18 to 20, 1997
- Rip Current in Florida, August 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, August 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 18, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 18, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 18, 1997
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5612762, 5612828, 5612829, 5612830.