Fourth of July thunderstorms leave hundreds in Lubbock, West Texas without power

A line of severe thunderstorms tore through West Texas on Thursday evening, canceling Fourth of July plans and leaving hundreds without power.

For a time, the National Weather Service in Lubbock issued a severe thunderstorm warning early Thursday evening before downgrading it to a flood advisory.

As of 8 p.m. Thursday night, the LP&L outage map reported 19 active outages across Lubbock, affecting 592 customers.

Xcel Energy Outage Map reported seven active outages near Denver City, affecting 107 customers. Xcel also reported outages in Levelland and Lockney, affecting only a handful of customers as well.

This story was originally published here.

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