{"id":314621,"date":"2026-05-29T22:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314621\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:37:20","slug":"severe-storms-possible-friday-afternoon-across-south-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314621\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe storms possible Friday afternoon across South Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Light rain showers will continue over western portions of the Caprock through the morning hours Friday, but most areas will see nothing more than cloud cover.<\/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\/MTP6IEKZGNELNHETCIHLARJKYE.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"540\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The main weather story arrives this afternoon when isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop and persist into the evening. Some of these storms will likely become severe.<\/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\/MXUWC6NHKNACLHZ43IHBHKIV4M.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"534\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">When to expect storms<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Near the I-27 corridor, storms are most likely to develop between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., then shift eastward through the rest of 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\/LJBHMNO6YNBEVNEZC4KK5UPWLM.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"582\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">What to prepare for<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The strongest storms Friday afternoon and evening could produce wind gusts up to 70 mph and hail up to quarter size. <\/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\/7XL36NNYI5BGLCXDEASBBAUG7M.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"548\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Weekend outlook<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Conditions improve significantly this weekend with dry skies and hotter temperatures expected. Cooler air moves in next week, bringing daily rain chances back into the forecast.<\/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\/VSL3NJYIVVCW7IS7YPHG3KKKXE.PNG\" width=\"980\" height=\"543\" \/>KCBD(KCBD)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Light rain showers will continue over western portions of the Caprock through the morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2629,171,319,370,168,173,170,169,174,9207,43955,374,172,7147],"class_list":["post-314621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-daybreak-today","tag-forecast","tag-kcbd","tag-local-weather","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-forecast","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-lubbock-weather","tag-severe-thunderstorms","tag-shania-jackson","tag-south-plains","tag-weather","tag-weekend-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314621","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=314621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}