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The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center has above normal chances of rain in mid-May.

Nearly a year and a half after its initial arrival to Texas, drought conditions persist across the High Plains and larger U.S. Great Plains into the new year as La Niña patterns linger.

A cold front that blew through the area over the weekend into Monday has brought the coldest temperatures the High Plains has faced this year.

But don't expect that fall front to bring the first freeze of the year for most of the region just yet.

Weekend storms bring tornados and heavy rain, but little damage to South Plains Lubbock and much of the South Plains were spared the brunt of the devastation parts of the Panhandle saw from the weekend's storms, which mostly brought beneficial rainfall to the Lubbock area along with some reports of damage. "We did have a number of confirmed tornadoes over our area, but most were over open country and didn't cause any significant damage," said Robert Barritt, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Lubbock. The weather service database of storm reports online shows about...