Rains replenish Caprock Country

LAKE RISING Caprock Canyons State Park’s Lake Theo rose two feet last week from rains from Tuesday and Wednesday. | COURTESY PHOTO
LAKE RISING Caprock Canyons State Park’s Lake Theo rose two feet last week from rains from Tuesday and Wednesday. | COURTESY PHOTO

Much-needed rains came last week to Caprock Country, but in some cases they came really fast and hard and brought hail as well.

Golfball-sized hail in thunderstorms in nearby Tulia last Tuesday kicked off a series of rainstorms across Caprock Country last week.

Reports from Turkey indicated that by week’s end, that town had received six inches in 48 hours. In fact, so much rain came that the Hotel T…