Severe Storms Leave Lubbock Reeling From Hail And Wind Damage
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.
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.
Read More: Lubbock's June 5th Storm: Confusion Amid Tornado Warnings
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 1It 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 2Chicken 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 3A Look At The Skies
Rotation came right over us-K. Graham
- R. Raven
R. Raven 4Car Trouble
My car, my poor car!-R. Raven
- J. Wright
J. Wright 5Golf Ball Sized Hail
J. Wright got hail by the handful!
- D. Ballard
D. Ballard 6Lots Of Hail
Just so much hail and wind. No real damage over here-J. Ballard
- L. Anciso
L. Anciso 7Flooding 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 8Are 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 10Where Did That Come From?
Doc Alt Loading with some serious damage
- Siva Kanagaratnam
Siva Kanagaratnam 11It Got Scary
S. Kanagaratnam with a still shot of the mayhem
- G. Ortiz
G. Ortiz 12Truck Troubles
Gilbert Ortiz with every truck owners nightmare
- M. Griffin
M. Griffin 13Front 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 14Like Deadly Snow
M. Griffin with a shot of how bad the hail got.
- N. Barnard
N. Barnard 15Tree Meets Car
Hopefully the tree gently laid over on this vehicle.
- A. Ward
A. Ward 16Portable Fencing
My fence blew into my neighbors patio-A. Ward
- M. Gilmer
M. Gilmer 17Still And Scary
M. Gilmer with a shot out of Stephen King movie
- D. Cornuaud
D. Cornuaud 18Single 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 19Pretty 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 21Unexpected Lake
G. Gomez had a panoramic view of a mud lake.
- J. Garza
J. Garza 22What 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 24Tons Of Tree Damage
This is a common sight this morning. From J. Hester
- C. Beard
C. Beard 25Hail, 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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