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Local Weather History For June 6th...
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1989: A pair of significant supercells developed late this afternoon on the South Plains. The first supercell moved across
northern Lamb County producing large hail near Olton before intensifying into a cyclic tornadic storm as it entered northern Hale County. At least four tornadoes were documented by the Texas Tech Storm Intercept Team from west of Plainview into the southeast limits of the city; one of which was rated F2 after severely damaging multiple grain elevators and nearby homes and outbuildings. Hail to the size of baseballs pummeled downtown Plainview and areas spanning five miles north of the city center causing significant damage to roofs and vehicles. One police officer was injured in his car from this hail after being showered with broken glass. This prolific supercell continued east into Floyd County producing hail to three inches in diameter 11 miles northwest of Floydada before dissipating shortly thereafter. Unfortunately, another significant tornadic supercell was just beginning farther south in western Crosby County. This latter storm yielded a long-tracked, multi-vortex F3 tornado that moved east-southeast across the entire length of Crosby County in 30 minutes. This tornado began as a tall column of slowly-rotating dust three miles south of Lorenzo and was observed at close range by a Lubbock TV meteorologist (Bob Kleyla) who stated it intensified into a very large multiple vortex tornado within five minutes. This massive tornado moved east-southeast crossing the intersection of Highways 40 and 651. It continued across White River Reservoir before finally dissipating eight miles west of Spur. There may have also been multiple satellite tornadoes rotating about this large tornado given several public reports to that effect. Every farm building, fence, tree, and power pole in this tornados path sustained total damage. A cross-country transmission tower was also disabled by this tornado. Fortunately |
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