Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Lubbock, TX

968 
WWUS54 KLUB 100152
SVSLUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
852 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXC079-100215-
/O.CON.KLUB.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120410T0215Z/
COCHRAN TX-
852 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
COCHRAN COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
SOUTH OF BLEDSOE...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINS...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LUBBOCK AT 8067451290.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 10303 3354 10298 3339 10275 3339 10277
      3339 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 330DEG 18KT 3342 10294

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
642 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

.UPDATE...
MODEST CONVECTION CONTINUES THROUGH A SURFACE TROUGH THAT RUNS
CURRENTLY FROM THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WEST OF MAPLE THROUGH
NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MEANWHILE HAVE BEEN
SLOWLY EDGING TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS
WHERE APPEARS THEY WILL EDGE ACROSS OVER THE COMING HOUR OR TWO.
FAIRLY HIGH CHANCE THESE STORMS WILL MORPH INTO A MESO-SCALE
CONVECTIVE SYSTEM THIS EVENING. THE ENTIRE SURFACE TROUGH
EXPECTED TO EDGE SOUTHEAST WITH SOLID CHANCE OF STORMS OVER NEARLY
THE ENTIRE AREA. EARLIER SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE
PECOS VALLEY LATE IN THE DAY REQUIRED ADDING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR THAT PORTION OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...BUTTING UP AGAINST THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS. RMCQUEEN

&&

.AVIATION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX NORTH OF KCDS APPEARS IT TURNING TO
THE SOUTH AND WILL BE A CLOSE CALL FOR KCDS...BUT LIKELY TO MISS
JUST TO THE EAST. OTHER SURFACE TROUGH WITH SCATTERED THUNDER OVER
WESTERN AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS SHOULD EDGE THROUGH KLBB LATER
THIS EVENING. ADJUSTED TEMPO GROUPS FOR THESE FEATURES. ACTIVITY
SHOULD PASS EAST LATER...WITH CHANCE FOR LOW VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS FROM LIGHT FOG AT KCDS. ALSO ADDED PROB30 TSTMS FOR
KLBB TOMORROW AFTERNOON. RMCQUEEN

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012/

SHORT TERM...
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PNDHL.
LINE OF ENHANCED CU BEGINNING TO BUILD ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY
STRETCHING FROM PNHDL SW ACROSS THE NW SOUTH PLAINS. ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY ALSO FORMING ALONG SOUTHERN ROCKIES WEST OF KTCC AND KATS.
DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED OUT QUITE A BIT ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS WITH
SOME 50 DEGREE DEWPOINTS STILL HOLDING OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS.
STEEP LAPSE RATES...MODERATE INSTABILITY AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ALL
ARGUE FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL AREA-WIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. BEST UPSCALE ORGANIZATION EXPECTED WITH ACTIVITY ACROSS
THE PNHDL WHERE BEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND CURVED LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS
EXIST. IN FACT SOUTHEAST MOVING MCS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. FURTHER SOUTHWEST...WEAKER
SHEAR ALONG WITH SHORTER AND LESS CURVED HODOGRAPHS WILL SUPPORT
CLUSTERS OF STORMS DEVELOPING AND LOOSING ORGANIZING AS THEY WORK
E-SE INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ROLLING
PLAINS LIKELY TO BE ONGOING AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ACTIVITY TO THE
WEST DYING QUICKER WITH LOSS OF HEATING.

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES THROUGH TUE BUT FLOW BECOME A BIT
WEAKER AS UPPER RIDGE AXIS EDGES CLOSER. STILL INCREASING SE SFC
WINDS SHOULD RESULT IN SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO HELP
ORGANIZE ANY STORMS THAT FORM ALONG REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.
DRYLINE/LEE TROUGH ALSO SHOULD BE A FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING
THE AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER LINEAR MCS DEVELOPING AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL WILL AGAIN BE THE MAIN CONCERN ON TUE BUT CONTINUED DEEP
MID/HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HELP PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LONG TERM...

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL SEE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER. A SHORT WAVE WITHIN A BROAD TROUGH
ACROSS THE WESTERN US WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON
WEDNESDAY. AS THE RIDGE OVER THE AREA MOVES EAST HEIGHT FALLS WILL
SPREAD OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY...A VERY SUBTLE SHORT WAVE WILL
BE MOVING UP FROM SOUTHWEST TEXAS INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND BIG
COUNTRY. THE DRYLINE WILL BE BACKED UP INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH
A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THERE IS GOOD
UPPER LEVEL LIFT BUT LITTLE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH THE DRYLINE
WEST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERING ACROSS
THE FA MAY BE ABLE TO BOOST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE VALUES. WITH THE
DRYLINE SO FAR WEST...BEST INSTABILITY VALUES WILL BE ON THE
CAPROCK. ADDITIONALLY...SHEAR WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF INITIATION. CONVECTION MAY BE ABLE TO BE
SUSTAINED THROUGH THE EVENING AS A LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES AND VEERS
LATE IN THE EVENING. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
COULD OCCUR TO AREAS THAT NEED RAINFALL THE MOST.

FOR LATER IN THE WEEK...UPPER FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN WHICH WILL SEND
THE DRYLINE OFF THE CAPROCK. LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE NOT ANY CLEARER
ON HOW FAR EAST THE DRYLINE WILL MIX. WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR AN AREA
OFF THE CAPROCK BUT STILL IN THE FA. THIS WILL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN
TO CONVECTION OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. AS THE BROAD TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US MOVES EAST...AN
UPPER LOW WILL CLOSE OFF AND DIVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN US OVER THE
WEEKEND. IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS SYSTEM
AND ITS IMPACTS FOR WEST TEXAS. MOST INDICATIONS AT THE MOMENT ARE
THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE EAST OF THE REGION. JDV

FIRE WEATHER...
THE DRYLINE THAT WILL BE STUCK IN NEW MEXICO
THROUGH MID WEEK WILL MAKE ITS WAY OFF THE CAPROCK LATE IN THE
WEEK. THIS WILL BRING WINDIER AND DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THE SOUTH
PLAINS. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL SEE THESE POSSIBLE ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANTICIPATED RAINFALL EARLY THIS WEEK MAY
MITIGATE SOME FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA        52  77  54  78  53 /  30  40  40  40  30
TULIA         55  76  56  76  55 /  50  50  40  30  30
PLAINVIEW     56  77  57  78  56 /  50  50  40  30  40
LEVELLAND     54  81  58  78  56 /  50  40  40  40  40
LUBBOCK       56  81  59  79  58 /  50  40  40  40  40
DENVER CITY   56  84  57  80  57 /  30  40  30  50  40
BROWNFIELD    56  83  58  79  58 /  50  40  30  40  50
CHILDRESS     60  79  59  77  59 /  70  50  50  20  40
SPUR          58  81  59  79  59 /  60  50  40  30  40
ASPERMONT     60  82  62  81  61 /  60  40  40  20  40

&&

.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

05/99/05

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1144 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXZ021>044-101645-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1144 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO EASTERN
NEW MEXICO. THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN
SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65
MPH AND LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. THERE WILL BE LOW THREAT FOR A TORNADO THROUGH EARLY
EVENING BEFORE THE ACTIVITY ORGANIZES INTO A MESOSCALE COMPLEX.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY.

THE ACTIVITY ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS. WHILE THE
SEVERE THREAT WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE RELATIVELY LESS
WIDESPREAD AND LONG-LIVED THAN THE STORMS TO THE NORTHEAST...A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE CAPROCK WHILE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR LOCATIONS OFF THE CAPROCK.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
527 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXZ022-092245-
CASTRO-
527 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CASTRO  COUNTY...

AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. THIS STORM IS INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE
AND PRESENT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3475 10200 3432 10201 3446 10252 3472 10251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 269DEG 13KT 3456 10242

JDV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
545 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXZ022-092315-
CASTRO-
545 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CASTRO  COUNTY...

AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIMMITT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3475 10200 3438 10200 3443 10223 3451 10245
      3460 10248 3467 10243
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 274DEG 18KT 3457 10234

20/93

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
600 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXZ027-028-092345-
BAILEY-LAMB-
600 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMB AND BAILEY COUNTIES...

AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MULESHOE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE AND PRESENT A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3424 10304 3430 10229 3383 10235 3384 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 276DEG 13KT 3409 10287

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
657 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXZ028-100030-
LAMB-
657 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMB COUNTY...

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUDAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3423 10247 3431 10210 3430 10209 3398 10210
      3405 10256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 291DEG 12KT 3415 10243

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
716 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NNE CHILDRESS        34.56N 100.18W
04/09/2012                   CHILDRESS          TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE POWER POLES DOWN ON HWY 62 1.5MI E OF HWY 83

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1200139

SGE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
739 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXZ033-100115-
COCHRAN-
739 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTYORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN COCHRAN COUNTY...

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL IF IT MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY ON THE CURRENT TRACK.

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3354 10304 3368 10305 3375 10304 3364 10262
      3339 10274 3353 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 303DEG 15KT 3366 10311

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