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 28, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 115 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001 ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY MOIST BUT NOT AS UNSTABLE AS THIS TIME YESTERDAY. TWO AREAS WOULD APPEAR SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTION LATER TODAY. ONE WOULD BE ALONG EDGE OF DEEPER SUB TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES NEAR UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS. THE OTHER WOULD BE IN THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS NEAR THE WEAK VORT CENTER THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE ACTIVITY YESTERDAY. WILL KEEP AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER MOST AREAS FOR THIS EVENING... SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LAST MINUTE RADAR TRENDS. MODELS HAVE NOT HANDLED THIS BROAD RIDGE THAT WELL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE TREND NEXT FEW DAYS SEEMS TO BE THAT RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT WITH LOWER AND MID ATMOSPHERE DRYING. THIS WILL RESULT IN RISING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES AND MORE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...THUS ONLY ISOLATED POPS AT BEST. ETA HAS HIGH BUILDING NORTHWARD WITH EASTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW OVER MOST OF THE AREA EARLY BY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SOME PRECIP COULD OCCUR WITH EASTERLY MOVING SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THIS FLOW...BUT THAT WOULD LIKELY BE FARTHER SOUTH... GIVEN MODEL SYNOPTIC TRENDS. WITH THAT IN MIND...WILL KEEP EXTENDED DRY WITH NO DISTINCT FEATURES APPARENT IN MEDIUM RANGE PROGS TO FOCUS CONVECTION. UPPER HIGH LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CREEP UPWARD ONCE AGAIN. PRELIM NUMBERS FRIONA 66 93 67 94 22-- TULIA 68 94 68 96 22-- BROWNFIELD 70 96 71 96 21-- LUBBOCK 71 96 72 97 21-- CHILDRESS 73 101 75 100 321- ASPERMONT 75 98 75 98 221- .LUB...NONE. JAMES
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station north of O'Donnell measured a 59 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
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