1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 5:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 650 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS. WILL UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS. .LUB...NONE. JV/08
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house and ignited a fire that consumed the entire structure.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5261973.