Texas, 2018Tornado in Texas, October 7, 2018
October 7, 2018 · NWS LUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A strong warm front lifted north across the South Plains early this afternoon before eventually intersecting a surface trough in the far southwest Texas Panhandle. As storms developed along the trough, they moved north and acquired strong low level rotation as they interacted with the warm front.
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- 0
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- None recorded
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A strong warm front lifted north across the South Plains early this afternoon before eventually intersecting a surface trough in the far southwest Texas Panhandle. As storms developed along the trough, they moved north and acquired strong low level rotation as they interacted with the warm front. One of these supercell storms produced a large cone tornado in far northwest Castro County that fortunately remained over farm land producing no known damage.
What forecasters said that day
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NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 7, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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</html>Tornado, Castro
- When
- October 7, 1:31 PM CST to 1:49 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County, 4.85 mi NW of Dimmitt Muni Arpt to 6.69 mi E of Summerfield
- Rating
- EFU
- Path length
- 8.65 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.610, -102.390
This tornado was initially reported to Castro County Police by a motorist near Dimmitt. With time, this initially small tornado grew into a large cone as it moved north at about 30 mph. No known damage accompanied this tornado as it remained over farm land.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 778520.