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 Jul 15, 1:50 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 250 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2001 GENERAL LONG WAVE PATTERN TO REMAIN STATIC THROUGH THE WEEK WITH TROUGHS POSITIONED OVER BOTH COASTS AND HIGH PRESSURE WEDGED IN BETWEEN...CENTERED OVER TX. OTHER THAN A CHANCE FOR TSTMS TONIGHT... PATTERN LOOKS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING. 15/19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED A LEE-SIDE TROUGH ALONG THE BASE OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NM AND CO WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. TSTMS CURRENTLY INITIATING OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE E/NE INTO THE PLAINS OF NM/CO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PROPAGATE INTO THE TX PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH STRONG AFTERNOON INSOLATION SHOULD SUSTAIN TSTM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LATEST MSAS SHOWS SBCAPE SURPASSING 2000 J/KG WITH RAPIDLY DECREASING CIN. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TSTMS TO ORGANIZE INTO A MCS LATER TONIGHT AND AFFECT MAINLY THE TX PANHANDLE WHERE THE 500MB FLOW WILL BE STRONGEST. WILL HAVE TO CAREFULLY WATCH TO SEE IF THE LOW LEVEL JET CAN SUSTAIN THE MCS PAST MIDNIGHT AND/OR PROMOTE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH INTO MORE OF THE FORECAST AREA. FOR NOW PLAN ON KEEPING 30 POPS ACROSS THE NW ZONES TAPERED BY 20 POPS REMAINDER OF ZONES EXCLUDING THE SE. BEST SEVERE THREAT LOOKS TO REMAIN IN THE PANHANDLES IN THE REGION OF BETTER DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR WHICH IS WELL HANDLED IN THE SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK. WILL EXPAND MENTION OF SEVERE WEATHER AND INSERT MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN INTO ALL OF THE NORTHERN ZONES. DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TUE AS HEIGHTS AND TEMPERATURES ALOFT INCREASE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD MONDAY OF 101 (1956) AT KLBB LOOKS TO BE IN JEOPARDY WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO SURPASS THE CENTURY MARK. NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS INFLUENCES OF THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES. FCSTID = 44 FRI 66 96 67 97 / 30 10 0 0 TUL 67 97 68 99 / 30 0 0 0 CDS 74 99 73 100 / 20 0 0 0 BNF 70 101 71 102 / 20 0 0 0 LBB 71 101 71 102 / 20 0 0 0 ASP 74 100 75 101 / 10 0 0 0 .LUB...NONE. ST
TXZ021>044-160300- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 405 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE MULESHOE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO ABERNATHY TO PADUCAH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE AND MOVE EAST INTO THE PORTIONS OF TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY REACHING THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS BY MIDNIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION IS UNSTABLE AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED AREAS OF FLOODING. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS EVENING. A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LUB. ST
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet site northeast of Amherst measured a 65 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, July 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: 5257977.