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Flash Flood — Lubbock, TX

May 24, 2022

Following severe weather the previous afternoon of the 23rd, another batch of thunderstorms originating from the higher terrain of eastern New Mexico swept through the region. This complex of thunderstorms moved much more quickly than the previous evening's storms, though additional slow-moving storms also formed along a weak frontal zone over the central South Plains late Tuesday afternoon which brought torrential rainfall to a portion of the South Plains. The thunderstorms that formed above th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1018881). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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