The severe weather event that struck the Great Plains on the 28th ranks as the most significant tornado outbreak recorded in the month of March. A pair of tornadic supercells initially erupted along the dryline over the central South Plains during the late afternoon hours, and tracked northeastward across the extreme southeastern Panhandle through the early evening.
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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.
The severe weather event that struck the Great Plains on the 28th ranks as the most significant tornado outbreak recorded in the month of March. A pair of tornadic supercells initially erupted along the dryline over the central South Plains during the late afternoon hours, and tracked northeastward across the extreme southeastern Panhandle through the early evening. These two storms produced a total of seven tornadoes in the South Plains region. The hardest hit areas were near Silverton and Antelope Flat in Briscoe County. No injuries were reported.|By late evening, the retreating dryline merged with an advancing Pacific front. This initiated at line of severe storms over the western South Plains that progressed eastward over the region through the early morning hours of the 29th. These storms resulted in widespread reports of large hail up to the size of golfballs and damaging winds.
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 Mar 28, 7:16 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 816 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 .UPDATE... SUPERCELLS HAVE MOVED NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...WITH NEW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM MORTON TO NEAR TATUM AND LOVINGTON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO FILL IN ALONG CONVERGENT TROUGH AXIS. WINDS HAVE BACKED IN THE MOIST AIR OVER MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS WITH 60 DEG DEWPOINTS AS FAR WEST AS BROWNFIELD AND LEVELLAND. PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL EVENTUALLY INTERCEPT THE SFC TROUGH/DRYLINE WITH DISCRETE STORMS MERGING/DEVELOPING INTO SQUALL LINE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS IN THE 02-06Z TIME FRAME...AND ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS AND SE PANHANDLE THEREAFTER. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SEVERE THREAT PAST MIDNIGHT WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF HAIL...WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 39 65 38 61 36 / 20 0 10 10 20 TULIA 46 68 39 63 38 / 50 10 10 20 20 PLAINVIEW 47 69 40 63 40 / 50 10 10 20 20 LEVELLAND 46 68 40 67 41 / 30 10 10 20 10 LUBBOCK 48 70 42 68 41 / 50 10 10 20 10 BROWNFIELD 46 71 41 67 42 / 30 10 10 20 10 CHILDRESS 55 73 51 69 45 / 70 30 20 40 20 SPUR 55 72 45 67 44 / 60 20 20 40 10 ASPERMONT 59 71 49 67 47 / 70 40 30 40 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JJ/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1143 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXZ021>044-291645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1143 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON JUST EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL INITIALLY BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A FEW STRONG TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS THE STORMS ENCOUNTER DEEPER MOISTURE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX THROUGH THE EVENING AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FLOODING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
611 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM TORNADO 1 S SILVERTON 34.46N 101.30W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTH
OF SILVERTON.
0600 PM TORNADO 3 NNW SILVERTON 34.51N 101.32W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES
NORTH NORTHWEST OF SILVERTON.
0603 PM TORNADO 1 NE SILVERTON 34.48N 101.29W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX STORM CHASER
TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A STORM CHASER 1 MILE NORTHEAST
OF SILVERTON. IT WAS 1/8 IN DIAMETER.
&&
FBOWSERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
618 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0603 PM TORNADO 1 NE SILVERTON 34.48N 101.29W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX STORM CHASER
TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A STORM CHASER 1 MILE NORTHEAST
OF SILVERTON. IT WAS 1/8 OF A MILE IN DIAMETER.
&&
FBOWSERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
650 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TORNADO 10 N QUITAQUE 34.51N 101.06W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR OR AT CAPROCK CANYON
PARK AT 635 PM CDT.
0643 PM TORNADO 12 SW BRICE 34.59N 101.04W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX STORM CHASER
STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BRICE AT 643 PM CDT.
&&
FBOWSERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
658 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0606 PM TORNADO 1 SE SOUTH PLAINS 34.21N 101.30W
03/28/2007 FLOYD TX NWS EMPLOYEE
TORNADO REPORTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH PLAINS. AN
ABANDONED HOME WAS DESTROYED BY THE TORNADO.
0654 PM TORNADO 15 N TURKEY 34.61N 100.90W
03/28/2007 HALL TX STORM CHASER
STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 15 MILES
NORTH OF TURKEY.
&&
FBOWSERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
718 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0643 PM TORNADO 12 SW BRICE 34.59N 101.04W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX STORM CHASER
STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BRICE AT 643 PM CDT. IT DISSIPATED AT 709 PM
CDT.
&&
FBOWSERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 813 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXZ021>044-290230- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS... SPUR...GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA... ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 813 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS FLOYD...BRISCOE AND HALL COUNTIES HAVE ALL MOVED INTO THE PANHANDLE. SEVERAL LONG LIVED TORNADOES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE REPORTS ARE LIMITED AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL ENERGY WILL ROTATE OVER WEST TEXAS AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL TRACK TOWARDS WEST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO LINE UP ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AROUND 9 PM. AS THIS LINE MOVES EASTWARD THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS STILL ENOUGH TURNING OF THE WINDS AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH THE IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY TO CONTINUE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL TORNADOES. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR COMMUNITY BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:51 UTC.
11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported quarter size hail just north of Bledsoe. Event duration was ten minutes.
The Cochran County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail in Whiteface shortly before 20:00 CST. No damage was reported.
Multiple reports of penny to quarter size hail just south of Muleshoe on Texas Highway 214. Hail accumulated on the driving surface.
The public and local law enforcement officials reported ping pong ball size hail along Texas Highway 83 just east of the Texas and New Mexico state line. The hail was accompanied by damaging thunderstorm winds.
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported large hail up to the size of nickels on the Parmer and Castro County line just south of U.S. Highway 60 near Summerfield.
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported large hail up to the size of nickels on the Parmer and Castro County line just south of U.S. Highway 60 near Summerfield.
A local newspaper reported that an irrigation system was destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds along Texas Highway 83 west of Denver City. The damaging winds also were accompanied by hail.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet recorded a thunderstorm wind gust to 71 miles per hour near Hart. No damage was reported.
A line of severe thunderstorms produced a swath of large hail that ranged from penny size to golfball size. Golfball size hail was initially reported near Tokio at 21:22 CST. Golfball size hail also was reported near Gomez at 21:55 CST. Emergency management officials reported that hail covered a secondary roadway just north of U.S. Highway 380 between Tokio and Gomez, but no damage was reported. As the line of storms continued eastward, penny size hail was reported in Brownfield by 22:00 CST.
A line of severe thunderstorms produced penny size hail from near Levelland to northwest of Ropesville.
Public reports indicated that severe thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Anton and restricted visibilities in blowing dust.
A line of severe thunderstorms produced large hail across western and central Lubbock County. Initial reports indicated quarter size hail in Wolfforth at 22:12 CST. Hail up to the size of quarters was reported in west Lubbock.
Law enforcement officials reported that severe thunderstorm winds blew down two utility poles in the Kress vicinity.
Local law enforcement reported nickel size hail on U.S. Highway 380 west of Tahoka.
Multiple reports indicated that flash flooding resulted in flood waters in city streets in Ralls and Lorenzo.
Trained storm spotters reported penny size hail.
Lighting struck a radio antenna near Floydada. Damage resulting from the lighting strike left local law enforcement without radio communication through the night.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station near Post measured a 60 mph wind gust as the line of severe thunderstorms moved eastward across central Garza County at 23:30 CST. Severe winds continued to accompany the squall line as it progressed eastward over eastern Garza County, and a wind gust of 62 mph was additionally measured by Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Lake Alan Henry at midnight CST. 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, March 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: 21457, 21471, 21456, 21458, 21472, 21473, 21474, 21459, 21466, 21460, 21477, 21461, 21468, 21462, 21463, 21464, 21467, 21465.