Jun 19, 2007
Scattered thunderstorms developed over a large portion of the Southern Plains during the evening hours of the 19th. This activity evolved into a derecho, or long-lived linear convective complex resulting in extreme winds, that rapidly propagated southeastward over the eastern Texas Panhandle, southwestern Oklahoma, and western north Texas.||In addition to damaging thunderstorm winds, Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet data depicted a well-defined mesoscale high that developed in the wake o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 39319). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lubbock County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.