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.

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, Texas — Severe weather struck parts of the South Plains on Tuesday evening. Along with thunderstorms across the region, a tornado was reported in Dickens County.

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - A night of severe storms began with a brief tornado touchdown northwest of Shallowater on Friday evening at 5:35 p.m. Strong storms continued, with multiple tornado warnings and ...

"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.

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 tornado warnings came as part of a multi-day severe weather outbreak in Lubbock and the region that brought heavy rainfall, power outages and reports of mostly wind-related storm damage that was ...