rain

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.

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

Texas has been drenched by a steady stream of rainfall, which is not expected to completely subside until Sunday. In over an 18 hour period, the deluge has produced 3-4 inches and flash flooding in some areas, with the encrusted earth lacking the absorbency to sponge-up the moisture fast enough.

Rainfall is still below normal. But somehow we are saving water.

For the first half of this year, Lubbock received 5 ¼ inches of rain.

The bad news is that the .99 inches of rain so far this year is still below where we should be at this point in the year.

A Colorado scientist says farmers and ranchers in Texas and Oklahoma can look forward to a wetter than average summer this year.

We have had some rain in Lubbock during the first quarter of 2012.  However, it’s not enough to brag about. Through Friday, the National Weather Service recorded precipitation totaling 1.29 inches.  In a normal year, we would have received 2...