Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Lubbock, TX

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SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1139 AM CDT WED APR 19 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOW ROLLING
PLAINS THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A MATADOR TO CLAIREMONT LINE.

THIS MORNING A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS LOCATED NEAR HOBBS
NEW MEXICO WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM HOBBS TO
ABILENE TEXAS.  AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER
SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE.

BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE LOCATED
OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS WITH THE WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD
TOWARD THE RED RIVER.  A DRYLINE WILL BE LOCATED FROM THE LOW
PRESSURE AREA OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS SOUTHWARD TO THE CONCHO
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.  WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE AND ALONG THE
WARM FRONT AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS SHOULD BE THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.  HOWEVER...TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
DUE TO A FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE SLIGHT
RISK AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1246 PM CDT (1146 AM MDT) WED APR 19 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS...

AT 1243 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SMALL AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS.  THE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG AND NEAR A LINE FROM NEAR MULESHOE IN BAILEY COUNTY
TO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF HOCKLEY COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SUNDOWN.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LITTLEFIELD AND LEVELLAND AREAS
BY 130 PM.

PERSONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF THREATENING WEATHER.  IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NEAR OR
OVERHEAD...PREPARE FOR BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...
AND POSSIBLE HAIL.  REMAIN INDOORS OR FIND SHELTER INDOORS...STAYING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO^ THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

DJF