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Flash Flood — Hockley, TX

Apr 25, 2025

Low level atmospheric moisture continued to increase for another consecutive day across the South Plains and Rolling Plains of West Texas on the afternoon of the 25th. Numerous outflow boundaries, a dryline, and a cold front provided a focus for thunderstorm initiation during the afternoon hours. Three rounds of severe storms affected the Texas South Plains region from the afternoon of the 25th to the early morning hours of the 26th. A supercell thunderstorm developed just east of the Muleshoe N

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1245011). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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