Rain

Just the other day Lubbock had a chance of seeing rain. It even smelled like rain for a moment, but instead of rain, we got nothing. Just clouds and wind. We've seen a lot of those days lately in Lubbock and West Texas. Days of sun, followed by wind, and dirt and sometimes even more dirt...

Lubbock needs to just declare a state of emergency every time it rains.

So far, it's been a fairly typical summer in Lubbock. Sure, we had a day in the 80s recently, but we've also seen our fair share of warm, hot and extremely hot days in June. That's normal, of course. This time of year, we start to think less about severe weather and instead wonder just how hot it will be for the 4th on Broadway Parade and Festival...

After all this sunshine, Lubbock is bracing for an onslaught of light rain and drizzle.

This program will reward 20 rain barrels to homeowners and 10 rain barrels to non-profit organizations that qualify.

The eastern South Plains as well as the Rolling Plains were struck by severe thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening.

This just popped up from the US National Weather Service Lubbock Texas Facebook page. Make sure you drive safe. Turn around, don't drown. And any other cute flooding sayings you might know. Check the weather often especially if you're leaving the house...

Check out all of the water flowing from the lake into Ransom Canyon after the recent storms!

According to Discovery, this is the third worst drought on record for Texas.  In fact, Big Spring Texas has had less than 0.1 inches of rain in the last couple of months. In order to keep the town water supply from going dry, Big Spring will be… uh… Recycling their sewage water.

I’m no meteorologist, around here we leave that up to Ron Roberts…But it’s a super nice day!