LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – The KCBD First Alert Weather Team is here to keep you updated and informed throughout severe weather season.
In First Alert Weather Extra, we cover a wide range of topics focused on Lubbock and the South Plains. Watch videos below in Weather Extra, hosted by Lead Forecaster Steve Divine.
If you’d like to watch Weather Extra on your TV, use the free KCBD Streaming App for Roku, Amazon Fire, Android TV and Apple TV. You’ll see the First Alert Weather Extra logo on the front page. This program will also air on KCBD again in the coming weeks, including at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12.
Active 2025 season
John Robison recounts an extraordinarily busy storm season in 2025, including when tornadoes touched down across the South Plains.
John Robison recaps a very busy severe weather season on the South Plains, including tornadoes just west of Lubbock.
Tornado safety
The safest place to be when a tornado warning is issued for your location is the lowest, most-central area.
How the National Weather Service operates
Shania Jackson speaks with Marissa Pazos, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service Lubbock office, to learn about the people who work there. It’s a 24/7 effort to deliver quality warnings.
Shania Jackson shows the people at the National Weather Service who work hard to deliver top-notch warnings.
Storm chasing on the South Plains
We have a team of trained, experienced weather observers who travel across our area to keep you informed. You may call them chasers, though our crew keeps a safe distance from the storm cores.
Dylan Smith visited with Adam Young on his years of tracking storms in the field. They discussed preparation and what it takes to safely deliver timely reports.
Dylan Smith spoke with Adam Young about how he safely observes storms in the field, to relay the latest information to you.
Updates to Storm Prediction Center outlooks
While we keep the Stormcast or Storm Prediction Center oulooks pretty straightforward on TV, we know many enjoy diving into the extra details and data.
The Storm Prediction Center is now highlighting conditional intensity groups. Ali Van Fleet explains the purpose of these new highlights.
Ali Van Fleet shows you how this is designed to highlight the intensity of potential severe weather.
Difference between a watch and a warning
Steve Divine shows you the difference between watches and warnings.
Because conditions can change quickly on the South Plains, check back with us multiple times each day for the newest information.
The free KCBD First Alert Weather App is a great resource, with updated videos from our team, hour-by-hour forecast, interactive radar and custom alerts for your specific location. Just search “KCBD” in your app store to download it.
The free KCBD Streaming App lets you watch our newscasts live for free, watch free live streaming of expanded coverage when we aren’t on TV, along with video on demand. This app is installed on your Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV and Android TV, search “KCBD” in the app store to download.
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