AccuWeather forecasters were tracking severe storms throughout the Plains on April 25 as multiple tornadoes were reported.
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00:00We're seeing baseball size hail possible here with some of these storms. So here's the overall
00:03broad view. I'm going to put the radar loop so you can see the overall progression of these storms.
00:08Now one very interesting thing is happening and I want to point this out because one of the
00:12difficult things about forecasting weather, especially across the southern plains,
00:17is just subtle changes in the jet stream and the upper levels of the atmosphere can create
00:23various widespread changes here in the low levels of the atmosphere whenever it comes to storms,
00:29especially storm direction. And the reason why I point that out is because I just want to point
00:32out these two particular storms. I'm going to freeze frame them. I'm going to put the directional tool
00:36on here for you. So from this storm just to the northwest of Lubbock to this storm moving into
00:41southwestern parts of New Mexico, this is about 125-130 miles. And the reason why I want to point
00:48that out is that as you look at the overall movement of these individual storms that are
00:52about 125 miles apart, you have this storm to the north that is now starting to take an almost
00:58directly south to southeast direction. And this storm to the south is moving almost directly to
01:04the north. So this is the kind of setup that we're going to be tracking here for today.
01:08And that storm to the north is that storm, that video you're seeing on the right hand side of
01:13your screen from Sudan, Texas. That's the tornado that was produced earlier here for today. So these
01:18storms are going to be spinning here across the Texas Panhandle. So let's go and take a closer look
01:22at that storm. So the overall rotation signature, at least in the low levels of the atmosphere,
01:26has come down enough to where it's not really looking like it's going to be producing a tornado
01:30in the immediate future. However, that can change because these storms with how fast they can spin
01:36up and produce a tornado, it normally takes about three to five minutes for that to happen. So this
01:40storm is still, even though it's not producing a tornado right now at this very second, it's still
01:45capable of producing one here going forward. So do not let your guard down if you're near the Lubbock
01:50area. Looking at the Lubbock radar and looking at the overall velocity product, you can see that,
01:54yes, you can definitely see that the rotation signature on this particular storm has come
01:59down. But one thing that has not come down is the overall intensity. This storm is definitely
02:03still capable of producing up to baseball size hail. If it can really start to get its act together,
02:08it has lost some significant intensity from its peak about an hour ago, but we're still going to
02:13be watching this storm very closely. And it looks like the overall motion is starting to work its way
02:17a little bit farther to the south and to the southeast. So it does look like it could miss Lubbock proper
02:22here coming up. But we'll continue to track this for you here as we head into this evening.