Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1258 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1986

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 1255 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN LAMB AND WESTERN HALE COUNTIES
OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ALONG THE LAMB AND
HALE COUNTY LINE..15 MILES WEST OF HALE CENTER. THERE WERE INDICATIONS
THAT HAIL WAS FALLING FROM THESE STORMS AT TIMES.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF
OF THE SOUTH PLAINS..WHILE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
CONTINUING ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. ALL THUNDER-
STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY..THOSE
AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SOAKING RAINS CAN EXPECT PROBLEMS
WITH PONDING OR STREET FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

KEEP LISTENING FOR LATER STATEMENTS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.