1 tornado, 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, 8:09 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 909 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001 UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT. STORMS CONTINUE TO SLIDE TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS. QUICK LOOK AT MESOETA SUGGESTS FORCING SHOULD COME TO AN END LATE MORNING. IN MEANTIME ADJUSTED POPS UPWARD FOR ROLLING PLAINS AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS. .LUB...NONE.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:53 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials reported a (landspout) tornado just east of town. The tornado remained nearly stationary over open country.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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