On the morning of May 11, 1970, skies darkened over Lubbock and winds began to rise, setting the stage for the kind of storm many in Tornado Alley pray never comes their way. By late that Monday ...

We've discussed May's deserved reputation for both violent tornadoes and large outbreaks. In Texas, two of its worst tornadoes of all time happened in the middle of May, each in one of the state's ...

Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, TTU Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article is by Juan H. Molina, a graduate student at ...

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — The Lubbock County Historical Commission invited the public to attend the dedication of two Texas Historical Markers at the Tornado Memorial located at Lubbock National Bank Park on ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - All these years later, we continue to hear new perspectives on the 1970 Lubbock tornado. Larry Aguallo was a junior at Lubbock High. He remembers that May 11 night like it was ...