1942: A significant tornado struck the city of Crowell (Foard County) killing 11 people and injurying 250. Damage was estimated at $1.5M.

1981: Two separate hailstorms struck portions of the far southern South Plains this afternoon and evening. Hail as large as golf balls first occurred in Garza County five miles southeast of Post where a Texas Tech University chase team reported a cracked windshield and winds of 60 mph that violently rocked their car. Later on, a storm with hail slightly larger than golf balls and intense rains pummeled Denver City. Water flooded many fields up to one foot deep including some that were producing wheat. Many cars and windshields were damaged from the hail.

1999: Lightning struck a house in the Lakeridge subdivision of Lubbock this afternoon causing a fire that produced extensive damage. Total losses were estimated around $470,000.

2003: Based on barometric pressure readings from a West Texas Mesonet station five miles southwest of Graham, a mesolow developed well behind a line of severe storms this evening as they exited the southern South Plains. The Graham mesonet recorded a pressure fall of 0.18 inches in 55 minutes resulting in a tight pressure gradient. This gradient produced sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph for nearly 80 minutes in duration with gusts as high as 68 mph. No damage was reported.

2006: Scattered thunderstorms developed over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle and the Rolling Plains this afternoon. These storms produced damaging hail up to the size of half dollars and a brief tornado in Stonewall County. Several organized multicell and supercell storms were observed. A short-lived F0 tornado formed under an explosive updraft in Stonewall County. The only damage to be reported as a result of the severe weather event occurred in Cottle County where heavy rainfall and large hail damaged the interior of a home that was exposed due to ongoing roof repairs.

2011: Critical fire weather supported the growth of a significant wildfire near the intersection of Farm-to-Market Roads 303 and 597 near Pep during the evening hours of the 28th. The wildfire sparked when heavy machinery malfunctioned, and more than 1,500 acres were consumed. The fire destroyed a well house before it was contained. No injuries were reported, but around $50,000 worth of property damage occurred.

2012: Early this evening, a stationary front extending from the western Permian Basin northeast to the southern Rolling Plains combined with moderate instability to create a single thunderstorm southwest of Lake Alan Henry. This slow-moving storm quickly became supercellular and over the next two hours moved easterly across southeast Garza, southern Kent and southwest Stonewall Counties. Although this supercell produced a brief EF0 tornado over open land in southwest Stonewall County near sunset, hail was the greatest threat with this storm. Copious amounts of mostly small hail were observed on the north end of Lake Alan Henry in addition to one instance of very large hail up to three inches in diameter in southwest Stonewall County. Late this night, elevated storms developed in the far southeast Texas Panhandle and produced large hail to 1.5 inches in northeast Hall County.