1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 21, 1:10 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 210 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2001 LTL CHANGE EXPECTED FOR THIS PKG. 12Z UPR AIR ANAL VERIFIES THE H5 RIDGE AXIS HAS MOVED E OF THE RGN DURING THE PAST 24-HRS. VSBL SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST THE SUBTROP MOISTURE PLUME OVR CNTRL NM HAS RESPONDED BY SHIFTING E DURING THE MRNG AND EARLY AFTN HRS TDA. ANTICIPATE THE DEEPENING SFC TROUGH ACROSS ERN NM WL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR TSTMS LTR THIS AFTN AS THE TAIL END OF THE CO SHORTWAVE BRUSHES THE RGN. THE W/SW MID-LVL FLOW OF 15KT MAY ALLOW TSTMS TO DRIFT SLOWLY INTO THE WRN AND POSSIBLY THE CNTRL ZONES LTR THIS EVENING. ETA/AVN H8 WND FIELDS SHOW AN IMPRESSIVE LLJ OVRNGT WHICH COMBINED WITH OUTFLOW BNDRYS MAY HELP EXPAND AND/OR SUSTAIN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGH ERLY MRNG WED. FOR NOW WL KEEP 30% POPS ACROSS THE WRN ZONES FOR TNGT WITH NO POPS FOR THE FAR ERN ZONES WHERE A WK SUBSIDENCE INVERSION PERSISTS AROUND 13 KFT. FINAL DECISION ON POPS WL BE MADE AT PRESS TIME. SIMILAR CONDS XPCTD ON WED AND THU WITH YET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR WDLY SCT/SCT TSTMS AREA WIDE. RESIDUAL CLOUD CVR WED MRNG MAY KEEP HIGHS DOWN SIMILAR TO TDA. EXTENDED FCST...LATEST HPC/NHC GUIDANCE KEEPS CHANTAL WELL FAR S OVR OLD MX THIS WEEKEND. INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT BOTH THE MRF AND NAVY NOGAPS DVLP A PRONOUNCED H5 WEAKNESS ACROSS ALL OF W TX BY SUN AND FUNNELS RESIDUAL MOISTURE FM CHANTAL NORTHWARD INTO THE SRN PLAINS. A MORE PESSIMISTIC FCST WOULD BE NEEDED IF THIS MATERIALIZES HWVR SIMILAR TO THE PAST SEVERAL FCST CYCLES FCSTR CONFIDENCE CONTS TO BE BLO AVG FOR THIS SCENARIO SO FAR OUT. WL OPT TO CONT WITH A PERSISTENCE FCST FOR NOW. WK FRONT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE IT INTO TX PNHDL AREA MON OR TUE BUT TOO EARLY TO CALL RIGHT NOW. PRELIM NUMBERS BELOW. FCSTID = 44 FRI 64 90 63 92 / 30 20 20 20 TUL 65 92 64 94 / 30 20 20 20 CDS 71 96 70 96 / 10 20 20 20 BNF 67 93 66 94 / 30 20 20 20 LBB 68 94 67 95 / 20 20 20 20 ASP 72 96 71 96 / 10 20 20 20 .LUB...NONE. ST
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet site northeast of Amherst measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
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
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