Severe Weather Hits Lubbock: Tornado Threat And Damage Reports

On the night of June 5th, Lubbock, Texas was hammered by strong winds, torrential rain, damaging hail, and possible tornadoes—and we’ve got the pictures to prove it.

Things could have been worse. In fact, they almost were. I’m writing this before any official tornado designations have been released for Lubbock, but it’s clear the situation was serious. At one point, it looked like a tornado was going to wipe out Shallowater. Another looked ready to carve a deadly path straight up 19th Street.

D. Cornuaud

Whether or not these storms are officially labeled as tornadoes, the result was the same: destruction. Lubbock experienced multiple funnel clouds and rotating storms. Let’s not get caught up in semantics—whatever you want to call it, it left a mark on this town. The damage might not be catastrophic, but Lubbock is waking up bruised. Wind and hail have hit homes, vehicles, and property across the area.

Thanks to some generous friends, I was able to gather a few photos from the storm and the aftermath. This is just a small sampling. As the day goes on, more images and stories will surface—and more damage will be uncovered.

To those of you affected, I’m truly sorry. Whether you're dealing with flooding, broken windows, or fallen trees, we know today is going to be rough. You’re probably on the phone with your insurance company, sweeping up debris, and thanking the stars that it wasn’t worse.

Whatever happened to you, happened to all of us—and we’ll be here to help however we can.

L. Sidner
L. Sidner
1
It Ravaged Trees
We got up to half dollar size hail. Hammered my trees. No broken windows on the house. The Mobile river was flowing real good by my house-L. Sidner
S. Stephenson
S. Stephenson
2
Chicken Chasin'
I threw my chickens (after chasing them while the sirens were going off, of course) into a dog crate, and they were less than pleased-S. Stephenson
K. Graham
K. Graham
3
A Look At The Skies
Rotation came right over us-K. Graham
R. Raven
R. Raven
4
Car Trouble
My car, my poor car!-R. Raven
J. Wright
J. Wright
5
Golf Ball Sized Hail
J. Wright got hail by the handful!
D. Ballard
D. Ballard
6
Lots Of Hail
Just so much hail and wind. No real damage over here-J. Ballard
L. Anciso
L. Anciso
7
Flooding Where It Doesn't Flood
This was the flooding after on our driveway, sidewalk, and street. Our driveway is at a slope and we’d never seen it get that high in the 3 years we’ve rented this house. It was interesting to see!-L. Ansico
P. Mayers
P. Mayers
8
Are These To "Protect" Cars?
What looks to be a carport, just folded.
9
Cars Or Submarines
Flooding on 34th-S. Allwein (Notice how the duck is the only thing that's dry).
Doc Alt Loading
Doc Alt Loading
10
Where Did That Come From?
Doc Alt Loading with some serious damage
Siva Kanagaratnam
Siva Kanagaratnam
11
It Got Scary
S. Kanagaratnam with a still shot of the mayhem
G. Ortiz
G. Ortiz
12
Truck Troubles
Gilbert Ortiz with every truck owners nightmare
M. Griffin
M. Griffin
13
Front Window Damage
This is a still shot of a very creepy video M. Griffin sent us of these shutters flapping in the wind behind a broken window.
M. Griffin
M. Griffin
14
Like Deadly Snow
M. Griffin with a shot of how bad the hail got.
N. Barnard
N. Barnard
15
Tree Meets Car
Hopefully the tree gently laid over on this vehicle.
A. Ward
A. Ward
16
Portable Fencing
My fence blew into my neighbors patio-A. Ward
M. Gilmer
M. Gilmer
17
Still And Scary
M. Gilmer with a shot out of Stephen King movie
D. Cornuaud
D. Cornuaud
18
Single Lady Big Problems
Our friend D. Cornuaud got it bad. Portions of this tree crashed into her roof and a portion of her fence was taken out.
I. Vega
I. Vega
19
Pretty Deadly
Isis Vega sent us this awesome looking picture
20
Windshield Wacked!
Our thoughts are with V. Lynn who got the spiderweb treatment from some hailstones.
G. Gomez
G. Gomez
21
Unexpected Lake
G. Gomez had a panoramic view of a mud lake.
J. Garza
J. Garza
22
What Window?
This was just part of the damage suffered by J. Garza
23
Smyer Smacked
M. Mayhall sent in this picture of damage north of Smyer
J. Hester
J. Hester
24
Tons Of Tree Damage
This is a common sight this morning. From J. Hester
C. Beard
C. Beard
25
Hail, No!
One lonely piece of hail-C. Beard
26
Turtle Power
Evidently it hailed turtles near R. Roberson's house.
27
Mushroom Cloud
Taken off Marsha sharp in between Wolfforth and Lubbock-T. Copeland

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