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 Nov 3, 10:13 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1013 AM CST SAT NOV 3 2001 SENT A ZONE UPDATE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR CLOUDS...WINDS...TEMPS AND CHANCES FOR RAIN. LATEST MESOETA INDICATING CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FA...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT. APPEARS AS THOUGHT THE TAIL END OF COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE CWA WHERE TEXAS TECH MESONET SITES INDICATE NORTHWEST WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. HAVE BUMPED UP HIGHS ELSEWHERE WITH MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE BEFORE TURNING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 88-D VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS LIGHT WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE FIRST THREE GATES. TONIGHT IS WHEN THE CLOUDS APPEAR TO FILL IN ACROSS THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR MAX TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. .LUB...NONE. AC
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A citizen traveling on I-27 reported a stationary, weak tornado over open country east of New Deal. This tornado was confirmed by an off-duty NWS employee.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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