
Wednesday that included the amphitheater. The National Weather Service office in Boulder first issued a severe thunderstorm warning around 9:04 p.m. “I managed to hide where they were selling drinks and I used my backpack to protect myself and another girl,” she said, adding that she hurt her head and shoulder during the incident. (Annie Rice/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP) Annie Rice/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal/APĪt least 3 dead in Texas after severe storms bring tornadoes and tennis ball-sized hail to western and central USīella Oliveira said she was almost trampled as she and others ran from the falling hail. Smith was in the cafe during the tornado and "It felt like forever but only lasted 20 seconds." A line of severe storms produced what a meteorologist calls a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail in west Texas, killing at least four people and causing significant damage around the town of Matador, a meteorologist said Thursday.


Pat Smith looks through his restaurant, Matador Diner, after a tornado, Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Matador, Texas.
