Lubbock County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1955 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
98
Tornado reports
671
Hail reports
81
Floods since 1996
1,725
All events
43
Deaths
$2.2B
Property damage
Tornado paths in Lubbock County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 98 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Tornado F3 Tornado
Lightning struck a house and adjacent tree in east-central Lubbock. The single story family residence became heavily consumed by fire before fire crews could respond. Fire officials were able to extricate two people; one who later succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
A significant dust storm swept into Lubbock County early this afternoon and did not release its grip until shortly after 1830 CST. Officially, dust storm conditions (visibility at or below 1/2 mile) were observed by the Lubbock Airport weather observers for 5 hours and 38 minutes…
A 56 year old woman was fatally injured after her minivan encountered an icy patch along Highway 114 west of Reese Center, slid off the road, and rolled in the ditch. A passenger was moderately injured and transported to a hospital. Both occupants were wearing their seatbelts.
Lightning struck a home in the 3900 block of 110th Street in Lubbock late this night causing a corrugated steel natural gas line in the roof to ignite. The subsequent explosion was directed into the garage of the house which at the time was occupied by two men. One man, 31 year-o…
A large swath of giant hail occurred over an extensive portion of the city of Lubbock causing widespread damage to roofs and vehicles. The largest hailstone observed was 4.50 inches in diameter.
A thunderstorm developed along an outflow boundary in Lynn County and rapidly grew into a severe supercell thunderstorm as it moved northward toward the city of Lubbock. This storm quickly began to rotate anticyclonically as it moved into the southern portion of Lubbock County. A…
This was the first of at least two hail swaths that impacted many areas of south and southwest Lubbock. Fortunately, the hail fell without any strong winds, but minor hail damage was likely inflicted to thousands of vehicles across the area.
Measured at the NWS office.
A pair of nearly stationary supercell storms inflicted heavy tolls on thousands of residents across South Lubbock. The largest hail from tennis ball to just over baseball size occurred along a swath from near Quaker Avenue and 130th Street to Slide Avenue and 122nd Street. On bot…
This is the continuation path of the devastating supercell that affected Lamb and far northeast Hockley Counties. Wind-driven hail up to the size of tennis balls devastated area crops and caused moderate to heavy damage to about 100 rural homes in far northwest Lubbock County, ge…
Law enforcement reported significant flooding of streets and roads in west and southwest Lubbock - many of which had swiftly flowing water of a foot or more over them. Several playa lakes overflowed their banks and inundated homes, vehicles, and businesses. No injuries were repor…
A supercell storm erupted near Ropesville in extreme instability and went on to produce a significant hail swath across south-central and southeast Lubbock County where giant hail to softball size occurred in Slaton. Damage to homes, businesses, vehicles, and wheat crops was comm…
A narrow swath of hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter traveled east from the South Plains Mall to near the U.S. Highway 84 exit on South Loop 289. This hailstorm was observed firsthand by NWS employees who stated the hail was very dense and fell for about 10 minutes without much w…
A downburst on the periphery of a mesocyclone produced estimated wind gusts as high as 75 mph from about three miles west of Wolfforth to four miles southeast of Wolfforth. Several power outages were noted across this swath as at least 34 power poles collapsed. Some areas remaine…
An official NWS storm damage survey, along with trained spotters, police department officials, the Automated Surface Observing System, and equipment at the NWS, confirmed severe wind gusts ahead of a squall line moving through Lubbock. Gusts up to 72 mph were recorded as the line…
A destructive high-precipitation supercell exited Hockley County and continued moving southeast across southwest Lubbock County. A significant hailswath accompanied this supercell with hailstones as large as baseballs at times. Reports of baseball size hail were received from the…
Destructive downburst winds occurred for a period of 20 minutes immediately south and west of the track of a mesocyclone moving southeast across far southwest Lubbock County. A West Texas mesonet site located 6SSW Wolfforth sampled this region of the supercell and measured the fo…
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 0 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2 |
| 2024 | 35 | 0 |
| 2023 | 44 | 0 |
| 2022 | 42 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1 |
| 2020 | 34 | 0 |
| 2019 | 47 | 0 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1 |
| 2017 | 28 | 0 |
| 2016 | 25 | 0 |
| 2015 | 31 | 0 |
| 2014 | 34 | 0 |
| 2013 | 54 | 4 |
| 2012 | 77 | 0 |
| 2011 | 46 | 1 |
| 2010 | 38 | 0 |
| 2009 | 48 | 5 |
| 2008 | 41 | 1 |
| 2007 | 47 | 8 |
| 2006 | 41 | 2 |
| 2005 | 53 | 1 |
| 2004 | 25 | 0 |
| 2003 | 32 | 0 |
| 2002 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 72 | 3 |
| 2000 | 51 | 2 |
| 1999 | 39 | 1 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 36 | 2 |
| 1995 | 39 | 1 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 2 |
| 1992 | 17 | 1 |
| 1991 | 18 | 3 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 1 |
| 1988 | 8 | 1 |
| 1987 | 8 | 1 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | 12 | 1 |
| 1982 | 15 | 1 |
| 1981 | 18 | 4 |
| 1980 | 18 | 5 |
| 1979 | 12 | 4 |
| 1978 | 16 | 7 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | 8 | 1 |
| 1975 | 11 | 0 |
| 1974 | 11 | 1 |
| 1973 | 10 | 0 |
| 1972 | 19 | 5 |
| 1971 | 8 | 2 |
| 1970 | 9 | 3 |
| 1969 | 17 | 2 |
| 1968 | 13 | 1 |
| 1967 | 10 | 3 |
| 1966 | 4 | 0 |
| 1965 | 4 | 1 |
| 1964 | 6 | 0 |
| 1963 | 7 | 1 |
| 1962 | 5 | 1 |
| 1961 | 2 | 0 |
| 1960 | 3 | 0 |
| 1959 | 3 | 0 |
| 1958 | 5 | 1 |
| 1957 | 11 | 5 |
| 1956 | 5 | 1 |
| 1955 | 3 | 2 |
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