Cochran storm history

While investigating a fatal plane crash near Lehman, broadcast media reported that a family nearby was caught in a hailstorm while in their car. The family estimated the hail was as large as ping pong balls which caused numerous dents to their vehicle after pulling off the road. …

A pair of slow moving and short-lived thunderstorms resulted in significant damage to cotton crops in northeastern Cochran County during the 17:00 CST hour of the 21st. Local newspaper reports and agricultural officials indicate that up to 15,000 acres of cotton were damaged or d…

The high-precipitation supercell that impacted Parmer and Bailey Counties continued southward over Cochran County during the 19:00 CST hour of the 17th. A swath of very intense damaging winds continued from southern Bailey County across northeastern Cochran County. The Texas Tech…

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Morton measured a wind gust of 64 mph.

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a severe wind gust of 60 mph.

Several storm chasers reported hail south of Lehman along Texas State Highway 214 ranging in size from quarters to baseball size. No damage was reported at the time.

Several storm chasers reported hail south of Whiteface ranging in size from ping pong ball to tennis ball size. No damage was reported at the time.

Storm chasers reported a swath of hail along Farm to Market Road 597 southwest of Pep in Cochran County. Hail ranged in size from golf ball to 3.25 inches in diameter. No damage was reported at the time.

An intense cyclic supercell thunderstorm produced a total of eight known tornadoes over portions of Cochran, Hockley, and Lubbock Counties. This was the first of the tornadoes. At least one brief tornado was observed by storm chasers over far northwestern Cochran County that move…

An intense cyclic supercell thunderstorm produced a total of eight known tornadoes over portions of Cochran, Hockley, and Lubbock Counties. This was the third of the tornadoes. No damage was observed or reported with this tornado, however, it was directly observed by mobile resea…

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 1601 CST through 1611 CST. A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured at 1602 CST.

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Morton measured a wind gust to 59 mph.

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 2121 CST through 2127 CST. A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured at 2127 CST.

An off-duty NWS employee and several storm chasers reported hail in the vicinity of Bledsoe ranging from the size of quarters to golf balls.

A storm chaser reported hail as large as two inches in diameter along Texas State Highway 214 north of the Cochran/Yoakum County line. No damage was reported.

Storm chasers reported a swath of hail north of Morton with sizes ranging from quarters to two inches in diameter. No damage was reported.

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Morton measured severe wind gusts from 2354 CST through 2355 CST. A peak wind gust of 62 mph was measured at 2354 CST.

An emergency management official reported hail up to golf ball size in Whiteface.

LANDSPOUT. Location: 33.584, -102.615. An emergency management official reported a brief landspout spin-up south of Whiteface along an outflow boundary from a thunderstorm approaching Whiteface.

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 1903 CST through 1908 CST. A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured at 1908 CST.

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 2147 CST through 2151 CST. A peak wind gust of 66 mph was measured at 2151 CST.

Law enforcement reported quarter size hail in the city of Morton.

A slow moving thunderstorm produced heavy rainfall over a portion of northern Cochran County which caused flash flooding. Law enforcement reported flooding on roadways at several locations in rural Cochran County.

Observations from a cooperative weather observer in Bledsoe and a storm chaser south of Morton reported a swath of up to baseball size hail. The hail became wind driven around Bledsoe which caused damage to several buildings.

A storm chaser estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph along Farm to Market Road 1585 near the Texas/New Mexico state line in Cochran County.

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Morton measured a severe wind gust of 67 mph.