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Flood — Lubbock, TX

Jun 7, 2014

An outbreak of severe storms affected many locations on the Caprock late this day and through the overnight hours resulting in numerous instances of hail damage, destructive winds and flooding. Several of these storms were supercells and a few even developed organized low level rotation. However, official NWS storm surveys did not find conclusive evidence of tornadic activity, but instead discovered several swaths of intense rear flank downdraft winds that at one point were measured as high as

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 511677). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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