Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Lubbock, TX

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
320 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO INTO
SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD...CROSSING
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS DURING THE NIGHT. THE DRY LINE LOCATED NEAR
THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER IS EXPECTED TO ALSO MOVE SLOWLY
EASTWARD. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF
THE TROUGH COMBINED WITH THE DRY LINE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEE SWODY1
FOR DETAILS ON SEVERE WEATHER. NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION
BEGINS WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS AND
A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WEST. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...BECOMING QUASI-STATIONARY
OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAINS OF NEW
MEXICO AND COLORADO LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AND WITH
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INSERT SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

ON EXTENDED: UPPER RIDGE MOVES OVER WEST TEXAS ON SATURDAY AND
INTO CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT. UPPER FLOW BECOMES SOUTHWEST
AND LEE SIDE TROF DEVELOPS WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND. EXPECT POPS AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS
DRY LINE REDEVELOPS.

FRIONA     57/82/55/81   323-
TULIA      58/81/56/81   612-
BROWNFIELD 63/86/59/83   312-
LUBBOCK    63/84/58/83   512-
CHIpLDRESS  65/80/60/82   712-
ASPERMONT  68/87/62/82   612-

.LUB...NONE.

JV/08

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
309 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE
THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...

PARMER...HALL...CHILDRESS...SWISHER...CASTRO AND BRISCOE

AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS

HALE...FLOYD...MOTLEY...BAILEY...COTTLE AND LAMB

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF VERY LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 80 MPH...AND TORNADOES.

JJ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
617 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

TORNADO WATCH #319 IS CANCELED FOR PARMER AND BAILEY COUNTIES.

THE TORNADO WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

CASTRO...LAMB...SWISHER...HALE...BRISCOE...FLOYD...HALL...MOTLEY...
CHILDRESS AND COTTLE.

MUCH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR HAS MOVED IN BEHIND THE DRYLINE INTO
THE EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS
PANHANDLE. THE MORE STABLE AIR WILL PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AREA THIS EVENING. FURTHER EAST...
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...
INCLUDING THE fPOSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.