{"id":242956,"date":"2026-04-10T02:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242956\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T02:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:26:08","slug":"breezy-thursday-strong-storms-possible-this-weekend-across-south-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242956\/","title":{"rendered":"Breezy Thursday, strong storms possible this weekend across South Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Thursday will be relatively quiet, with southerly winds gusting around 25 mph pushing warm, moist air into the region. Highs will reach the lower to mid-80s. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TSKJILLANFEYLHOVSVCCR6K4NQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"545\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While an isolated thunderstorm cannot be ruled out near the Texas\/New Mexico state line by late afternoon, most of the area will remain dry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GZSQZSSL35HDFGX42IKMC67ZCQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"557\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The real threat arrives Friday and Saturday afternoon. A disturbance moving across the South Plains will combine with increasing moisture and modest instability to create an environment favorable for strong to severe thunderstorms. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2SLDSZDLDVESXAA6WPCBSZIKII.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"541\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Storms capable of producing quarter-sized hail and locally strong wind gusts up to 60 mph are possible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AJOQPVFMNFC47E4JMPFYLOKHLQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"550\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In addition to the afternoon and evening threat, heavy rainfall is expected overnight Saturday into early Sunday, which could lead to localized flooding concerns in some areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UNOWI4AM3FD2LGZ5PV4WNXBSDQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"558\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The severe weather threat will diminish early next week as conditions dry out. However, another chance for rainfall is expected to return by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"KCBD\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HKTMYSPXQJC6LPVU3DHLYD6OCQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"531\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Thursday will be relatively quiet, with southerly winds gusting around 25 mph pushing warm,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,319,369,370,168,173,170,169,174,373,374,172,371,7147,7146],"class_list":{"0":"post-242956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-forecast","9":"tag-kcbd","10":"tag-kcbd-weather","11":"tag-local-weather","12":"tag-lubbock","13":"tag-lubbock-forecast","14":"tag-lubbock-headlines","15":"tag-lubbock-news","16":"tag-lubbock-weather","17":"tag-rain-chances","18":"tag-south-plains","19":"tag-weather","20":"tag-weather-today","21":"tag-weekend-forecast","22":"tag-weekend-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}