Apr 16, 2016
In advance of a slow-moving upper low in the Four Corners, a dryline over the eastern South Plains focused thunderstorm development by early afternoon. As these storms moved northeast and off the Caprock, they intensified with some becoming supercells. These supercells produced copious amounts of severe hail and heavy rainfall that resulted in some flooding. One supercell produced three EF-0 tornadoes from northwest King County into eastern Dickens County. All tornadoes remained over open la
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 620011). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Cottle County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.