The system prompted the National Weather Service to issue the tornado watch, as well as a severe thunderstorm warning for the county.
The thunderstorm warning was to expire at 1 p.m., but weather bureau officials said additional warnings should be expected.
Pea size hail was reported at Dunn around 10:45 a.m., and at the same time, parts of Snyder also was receiving similar size hail. The heavy cloud cover made 10 o’clock this morning seem more like 10 p.m.
The 7 a.m. official rainfall measurement at the city’s water treatment plant was only .16 of an inch, but the total had swelled to 1.36 inches shortly before noon.
At 7 a.m., Texas Tech’s remote weather station at the industrial park recorded .40 of an inch, a figure that had increased to 1.32 inches at 11:30 a.m. Remote weather stations at Fluvanna reported 1.93 inches of rain, while 1.15 was recorded at Gail.
City crews were called out early today to place barricades at several low-lying intersections, with the latest at 25th and Avenue V shortly after 11 a.m. Police officers also reported high water at the entrance of Towle Park at Denison Avenue around the same time and called for barricades.
Early rainfall reports included four inches at Lake Thomas, and two inches north of the Snyder Country Club.
There were no reported interruptions of electrical service due to the lightning.
Several reports of accidents were reported to DPS troopers that could be attributed to the weather conditions.