{"id":293181,"date":"2026-05-14T17:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293181\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:25:45","slug":"unseasonably-hot-thursday-brings-elevated-fire-danger-storm-threat-later-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293181\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseasonably hot Thursday brings elevated fire danger, storm threat later Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Unseasonably hot weather will continue across West Texas on Thursday, with afternoon highs climbing into the upper 90s to near 100\u00b0.<\/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\/05\/GZWROTUGUFG2PD4VGPH5FJB6EQ.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"637\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A record high of 100\u00b0 at Childress, set in 2022, is within reach. The record high at Lubbock is also 100\u00b0, but that mark is less likely to be reached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The heat, combined with ongoing drought conditions, will keep fire danger elevated across the region. A Fire Danger Statement is in effect for the entire area as hot, dry and breezy conditions persist.<\/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\/05\/4THFPELPCREJBOPTDAXGLCHNLM.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"663\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Scattered, high-based thunderstorms are expected to develop Thursday afternoon, with the most likely timing after 4 p.m. Storms may move from eastern New Mexico into portions of the Caprock through the evening.<\/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\/05\/FMWSRZFP5FHXXEDJ7Y3BGWPU2U.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"558\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A few storms could become severe, producing damaging wind gusts near or above 60 mph. Brief downpours are possible, but rainfall is expected to be spotty because storms will be high-based and much of the rain may evaporate before reaching the ground.<\/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\/05\/TQSW6HEJBZAZ7C5YIJXUOIU7MY.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"570\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hot and breezy weather is expected to continue through the weekend. Cooler temperatures and more storm chances are possible early next week.<\/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\/05\/24ABWVA5HNEA5OT2LR252RI7R4.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"540\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Unseasonably hot weather will continue across West Texas on Thursday, with afternoon highs climbing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[171,319,369,370,168,173,170,169,174,43955,374,172,371,7147,7146],"class_list":["post-293181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-forecast","tag-kcbd","tag-kcbd-weather","tag-local-weather","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-forecast","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-lubbock-weather","tag-shania-jackson","tag-south-plains","tag-weather","tag-weather-today","tag-weekend-forecast","tag-weekend-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293181","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=293181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}