Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Lubbock, TX

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
315 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001

THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXPANDING IN COVERAGE OVER THE PANHANDLE...
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH
SOUTHEASTWARD AND INTERACT WITH A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN
SOUTH PLAINS. A COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE WILL BE
ENHANCED BY THE CONVECTION AND PUSH SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. WEAK UPPER
LEVEL FLOW AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
WARRANT THE MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TONIGHT. RAIN
CHANCES WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY BUT WILL CONTINUE THE
CHANCE POPS. EXPECT COOLER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
CLOUD COVER AND RAIN LINGERING THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING.

RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH MID WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM PUSHES ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO WEST TEXAS BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
               FRIONA 61 82 59 86 9432     TULIA 62 83 60 87 9432
           BROWNFIELD 64 83 62 88 8532   LUBBOCK 65 83 63 88 8532
            CHILDRESS 67 84 66 88 9432 ASPERMONT 69 87 68 89 7532

.LUB...NONE.
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AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1206 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2001

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PADUCAH TO
FLOYDADA TO LITTLEFIELD TO MORTON.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL INTERACT WITH UNSTABLE AIR AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVING INTO
THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.