A complex of severe storms developed over the southern Texas Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains during the late afternoon and early hours of the 24th. These storms evolved into a bow-shaped linear complex and produced widespread damaging winds up to 66 mph over portions of the area.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
A complex of severe storms developed over the southern Texas Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains during the late afternoon and early hours of the 24th. These storms evolved into a bow-shaped linear complex and produced widespread damaging winds up to 66 mph over portions of the area. The most significant damage occurred in Hale County, where more than fifty utility poles were destroyed and minor structural damage was reportedly caused by falling trees in Plainview. Damage estimates across the South Plains region approached $300,000. No injuries were recorded.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 2:29 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 329 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 .SHORT TERM... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE TAIL END OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRANSLATES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ADDITIONALLY...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADARS ARE NOW DEPICTING ISOLATED/SCT STORMS NOW FIRING INVOF SFC TROUGH OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. FURTHERMORE...SHOULD SEE DEVELOPMENT INCREASE ALONG STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT LIES ACRS THE RATON MESA INTO THE NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE. ALL THIS BODES FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA TONIGHT...WITH STILL THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AS AN OUTFLOW BNDRY COULD MOVE INTO THIS REGION OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS ACRS THE WESTERN COUNTIES MAY NEAR SEVERE LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING GIVEN LARGE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS AND MODEST SHEAR. PRIMARY THREATS WOULD BE LOCALIZED STRONG GUSTS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE DIFFUSE ON SATURDAY...BUT STILL SHOULD AT LEAST SEE ISOLATED STORMS ONCE AGAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. WEAK NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW WILL SEND STORMS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST...WITH THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AGAIN FAVORED FOR ANY RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER SATURDAY ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT REMAINED COOLER TODAY DUE TO CLOUD COVER. .LONG TERM... SCATTERED CONVECTION IS AGAIN ANTICIPATED BY THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...SATURDAY EVENING. THE NORTHERN FA WILL AGAIN BE FAVORED NEARER THE DIFFUSE SURFACE BOUNDARY. GIVEN SUFFICIENT SHEAR/ INSTABILITY A FEW STRONG STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...AND WILL ADDRESS THIS IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. THE CHANCE OF CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE BY LATE SUNDAY AS THE WESTERN EXTENT OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS OVERNIGHT. A WEAKNESS IN THE SAID RIDGE IS PROGGED TO WORK WESTWARD OVER SOUTHERN/CENTRAL TEXAS BY MID WEEK...BUT IT APPEARS THE BEST MOISTURE/LIFT WITH THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY REMAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES MAY AGAIN PICK UP BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...HOWEVER...AS THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE ALOFT AGAIN MIGRATES WESTWARD AND AMPLIFIES. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND COULD SUPPORT A SOUTHWARD FRONTAL PUSH. WILL FAVOR THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FA WITH CHANCE GRIDDED POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 65 93 64 92 65 / 30 20 30 10 10 TULIA 67 92 66 93 65 / 30 20 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 68 91 66 91 67 / 30 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 67 92 66 91 66 / 20 10 20 10 10 LUBBOCK 70 92 69 92 68 / 20 10 20 10 10 BROWNFIELD 68 92 67 92 67 / 20 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 70 94 71 95 71 / 30 20 20 10 10 SPUR 69 93 69 95 69 / 30 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 71 94 71 95 72 / 30 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21/20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 259 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 TXZ021>044-252000- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 259 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE THOSE OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... AND THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR LESS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...HOWEVER BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. AGAIN...THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THOSE LOCALES OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION. OTHERWISE THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY AND TONIGHT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 355 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 TXZ039-242130- YOAKUM TX- 355 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER YOAKUM COUNTY... AT 350 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM IN FAR SOUTHWEST YOAKUM COUNTY...11 MILES WEST OF DENVER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 414 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 TXZ028-242145- LAMB TX- 414 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LAMB COUNTY... AT 410 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EARTH...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 425 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 TXZ033-242200- COCHRAN TX- 425 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS COCHRAN COUNTY... AT 420 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Local media affiliates relayed reports of thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph in Morton. The gusts downed several large trees.
Local authorities reported penny size hail in Morton shortly before 16:00 CST.
Fire department officials reported large hail that ranged between penny and quarter size in Happy. The hail was accompanied by damaging thunderstorm winds.
Fire department officials reported that thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs up to three inches in diameter and damaged fences. The winds were accompanied by large hail up to the size of quarters. No structural damage was reported.
The public reported penny size hail west of Lazbuddie near the intersection of Texas Highway 214 and Farm to Market Road 145. The hail was accompanied by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts that downed large tree limbs up to three inches in diameter near the intersection of Texas Highway 214 and Farm to Market Road 145 west of Lazbuddie. The damaging winds were accompanied by hail up to the size of pennies.
Severe thunderstorms produced a swath of severe wind gusts over central and eastern portions of Castro County between 18:30 and 19:00 CST on the 24th. An initial gust of 59 mph was recorded by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet near Dimmitt at 18:30 CST. By 19:00 CST the public estimated wind gusts as high as 60 mph in Nazareth. No damage was reported.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Tulia measured a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. No damage was reported.
A linear complex of thunderstorms produced a destructive swath of damaging winds across much of Hale County during the evening hours of the 24th. Damage was initially reported in the city of Plainview, where a number of large trees and power lines were blown down just before 20:00 CST. One tree was blown onto a house, and caused minor structural damage. A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Plainview recorded a peak gust of 65 mph.
The swath of wind damage continued to accompany the storms southward across the county. Fifty utility poles were broken south of Hale Center. Some of the poles were snapped near the ground just east of Interstate 27 along Farm to Market Road 37. Damage to the wooden poles suggest significantly strong wind speeds may have occurred in the area. By 20:15 CST, 60 mph winds were recorded by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet just northeast of Abernathy.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Floydada recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph as a gust front raced southward in advance of a severe convective complex over Floyd County. Local officials reported that numerous street signs were downed and several tin roofs sustained damage. Tree damage was additionally reported to be widespread.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Ralls measured a peak gust of 63 mph as the severe storms impacted northern Crosby County. No damage was reported.
A citizen reported penny size hail in Cotton Center.
The Automated Surface Observing System at the Lubbock International Airport measured a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2007
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: 45272, 44857, 44859, 44860, 44861, 44863, 44867, 44871, 44881, 44884, 44890, 44893, 44891.