In total, Lubbock County — since 1950 — had 71 confirmed tornadoes, with 29 causing damage. Of the 73-year time frame, Lubbock County had only one EF5 category — May 11, 1970.

"We typically think of tornado season out here in West Texas anytime from April 15 to June 15 or so," said Justin Weaver, meteorologist-in-charge for the National Weather Service in Lubbock.

"At approximately 6:55 p.m., the National Weather Service included Lubbock, Texas in a Tornado Warning. This warning activated the Outdoor Warning System (OWS)," reads the statement.

Tornado watch for the eastern half of the area until 10 p.m. Wednesday. (KCBD) A tornado watch means severe weather is possible in the watch area. Warnings are issued when severe weather is happening.

Lubbock is one of 33 Texas counties under the watch could see severe weather today, including tornadoes and grapefruit-sized hail. As the storms roll in, here's what we know: UPDATED 5:40 p.m.

The tornado was captured in a 38-second clip by Hedien but was in the area for about 20 minutes, one of the storm chasers said. It didn't take long for the National Weather Service in Lubbock to ...

During the height of the activity, nearly 5 million residents were underneath Tornado Watches, which included the city of Lubbock, Texas, which was hit hard by tornadic supercells on Thursday.

A crew from Lubbock Power & Light works to raise the city's newest tornado siren on Tuesday morning at 30th Street and Elgin Avenue. This is the 16th of 45 sirens the City of Lubbock plans to install.

Lubbock's relatively new Outdoor Warning System got its first true test in a non-simulated situation Thursday when a line of tornado-warned storms moved through the county. The sirens came through ...

Lubbock's relatively new Outdoor Warning System got its first true test in a non-simulated situation Thursday when a line of tornado-warned storms moved through the county.