Jun 17, 2013
Late this afternoon, a slow-moving supercell thunderstorm formed near New Deal along a stationary front and tracked southward for the next 3.5 hours before finally dissipating near O'Donnell. Numerous reports of large to giant hail accompanied this storm with some hailstones as large as softballs as reported in northeast Lubbock. This supercell also produced localized flooding along its path and wiped out an estimated $14M worth of cotton in southeast Lubbock County. Farther west, an expansive l
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 450983). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lynn County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.