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Event Details:
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EF0 |
| -- Length | 0.09 Miles |
| -- Width | 50 Yards |
| State | TEXAS |
| County/Area | FLOYD |
| WFO | LUB |
| Report Source | NWS Employee |
| NCEI Data Source | CSV |
| Begin Date | 2015-04-22 18:53 CST-6 |
| Begin Location | 4WNW AIKEN |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 34.14/-101.56 |
| End Date | 2015-04-22 18:54 CST-6 |
| End Location | 3WNW AIKEN |
| End Lat/Lon | 34.1402/-101.5584 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 0.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | Early this morning, a series of outflow boundaries moved south across the southern Texas Panhandle and much of the Rolling Plains. The most organized of these boundaries would eventually retreat north before stalling from near Hereford (Deaf Smith County, WFO AMA) southeast to Paducah (Cottle County). This boundary provided the focus for an intense and long-lived supercell that developed west of Hereford by mid-afternoon. This supercell proceeded to move southeast and impact areas from Happy and Tulia (Swisher County) southeast to Silverton (Briscoe County), Matador (Motley County) and Grow (King County) with destructive hail, downburst winds and torrential rainfall rates of one half inch in five minutes. By early evening, a second supercell developed west of Plainview (Hale County) and crawled eastward accompanied by hail up to golf ball size and a brief tornado over open land near Lockney (Floyd County). |
| Event Narrative | Several storm spotters observed a brief tornado over open land about two miles west of Lockney. Detailed video from a storm chaser indicated this tornado was preceded by a well-defined rotating wall cloud. No damage survey was conducted as this tornado remained over open land. |
Event Map:
Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 1.990M | 2.500M | |||||||
| HAPPY | SWISHER CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 17:19 | CST-6 | Hail | 2.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 1.500M | 2.500M |
| HAPPY | SWISHER CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 17:25 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 58 kts. MG | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| HALFWAY | HALE CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 18:01 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 250.00K | 0.00K |
| SILVERTON | BRISCOE CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 18:30 | CST-6 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| SOUTH PLAINS | FLOYD CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 18:52 | CST-6 | Hail | 2.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| AIKEN | FLOYD CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 18:53 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| EDGIN | FLOYD CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 19:00 | CST-6 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| FLOMOT | MOTLEY CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 19:15 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 150.00K | 0.00K |
| MATADOR | MOTLEY CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 19:15 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 61 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K |
| WHITEFLAT | MOTLEY CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 19:15 | CST-6 | Flood | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K | |
| NARCISSO | COTTLE CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 20:06 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| FINNEY | KING CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 20:10 | CST-6 | Hail | 2.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 30.00K | 0.00K |
| GUTHRIE 6666 ARPT | KING CO. | TX | 04/22/2015 | 21:20 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 65 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 1.990M | 2.500M |
