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 Sep 16, 1:27 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 227 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2001 LATEST MODEL RUN CONTINUES TO SHOW A WEAK FLOW OVER AREA. SEVERAL BOUNDARYS LEFT OVER FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION. THIS TO BE AREA OF FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THIS EVENING. A COUPLE OF WEAK DISTURBANCES ALSO TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. ONE DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AT THIS TIME. AFTER LOOKING AT LATEST SATELLITE DATA...BELIEVE BULK OF ENERGY TO STAY ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS OF THE FA. ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE IS NOW MOVING EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA...REMNANTS OF THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION. THE DISTURBANCE OVER NEW MEXICO WILL AID DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING AS AIRMASS REMAINS RELATIVELY UNSTABLE. NEXT UP...MODELS INDICATE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO APPROACH REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY. WILL HAVE GOOD WAA AHEAD OF BOUNDARY AND 40KT LOW LEVEL JET OVER FA AS INDICATED BY ETA MONDAY EVENING. THINK BEST CHANCE OF RAIN ALONG EAST-WEST BOUNDARY. WITH DEEP MOISTURE OVER AREA COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS UPPER FLOW TO REMAIN VERY WEAK. SO ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE SLOW MOVERS AND ALSO TO HAVE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS...AS INDICATED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS. WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY APPEAR PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN MODELS SHOW ANOTHER DISTURBANCE TO APPROACH NORTHEAST SECTIONS FRIDAY. WILL MENTION CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHEAST FRIDAY AND STAY DRY ELSEWHERE FOR NOW. INTO THE WEEKEND MODEL DATA INDICATES ANOTHER FRONT TO APPROACH THE REGION LATE IN THE PERIOD. THANKS AMA/MAF FOR COORD. PRELIMINARY: FRI/TUL 61/85/59/77 4343 CDS 67/88/65/84 3243 BNF/LUB 62/88/63/82 3233 ASP 70/90/67/85 2-34 .LUB...NONE. XI
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines, snapped power poles, and produced minor damage to the roofs of buildings.
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