Flash Flood in Hockley County, Texas
Flash Flood June 8, 2026 · Hockley County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Thunderstorms trained over southern and central Hockley County for several hours producing heavy rainfall. An emergency management official reported that portions of US Highway 385 were underwater from Farm to Market Road 41 through Farm to Market Road 1585.
The wider storm
Rich moisture advected into the region ahead of a dryline positioned across the south-central Texas Panhandle into the southwestern South Plains. Strong heating ahead of the dryline and a weak short wave trough aloft allowed scattered thunderstorms to develop across the central South Plains. A well mixed boundary layer allowed for storms to be high based and produce strong wind gusts. One Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Abernathy (Hale County) recorded severe wind gusts with the outflow well ahead of the parent thunderstorm. Weak flow allowed for storms to have little to no movement which produced heavy rainfall and flash flooding in Hockley County.
Began near Lockettville (33.3942, -102.4101).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1332023. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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