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Tornado in Hockley County, Texas

Tornado June 6, 2025 · Hockley County, Texas

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Not rated
0.0 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A storm chaser reported a brief tornado in an open field east of Sundown.

The wider storm

A second consecutive day of severe thunderstorms affected the South Plains and Rolling Plains of West Texas but saw increased coverage on the sixth. Strong moisture was still in place across the area and with increasing surface heating, ample instability was available for explosive supercell thunderstorm development. A lingering thunderstorm outflow boundary, from early morning convection in the Texas Panhandle, sagged southward through the day. Thunderstorms initially developed along this feature across the central South Plains and quickly became severe. The scattered nature of convective initiation allowed some areas to see repeated rounds of severe thunderstorms. One supercell thunderstorm that tracked across Hockley County produced at least three known tornadoes. However, these tornadoes only briefly touched down causing no known damage. This same thunderstorm would go on to produce giant hail up to 3.25 inches and an 80 mph wind gust in Lynn County. Additionally, a minor heat burst occurred near Silverton (Briscoe County) with trailing stratiform precipitation. Strong outflow winds well out ahead of thunderstorm also produced high wind gusts.

High wind gusts from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet are listed below:

63 mph at Silverton (Briscoe County),

61 mph at Turkey (Hall County), and

61 mph at Graham (Garza County).

Began near Sundown (33.4223, -102.4199).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Hockley CountyEFU Hockley County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1261315. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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