1 flash flood, 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 Apr 25, 1:47 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 247 PM CDT THU APR 25 2002 RADAR SCREEN PRETTY ACTIVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER VERY COOL AIR MASS BEING ENHANCED BY MID/UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK TRAVERSING THE FA. THINK THAT ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NEWD ACRS THE AREA THIS EVENING BEFORE LIFT WEAKENS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FINAL POP WORDING WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE SCATTERED/NUMEROUS WORDING. SEVERE POTENTIAL LIMITED WITH ELEVATED NATURE OF STORM... BUT AIR BEING LIFTED IS JUICY ENOUGH FOR SOME STORMS TO APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...ESPECIALLY S/SE. TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN TOMORROW EVENING AS DRYLINE TAKES SHAPE TOMORROW AFTN SOMEWHERE NEAR THE NM BORDER WITH SFC FRONT LIFTING NWD ACRS THE FA AS A WARM FRONT. THESE FEATURES WILL LIKELY BE IN OR VERY NEAR THE FA COME INITIATION TIME TOMORROW WITH THEIR POSITIONS BEING CRUCIAL TO POPS AND BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE. ATTM EXPECT INITIATION OVER ERN NM OR WRN ZONES LATE TOMORROW AFTN THEN SPREAD ENEWD AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE. SEVERE COVERAGE WILL BE LIMITED BY ROBUSTNESS OF SFC DEWPOINT RETURN/AMOUNT OF CAPE AVAILABLE. HOWEVER WITH STRONG UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OFF CALIF COAST PROGGED TO EJECT OUT TOMORROW...WIND FIELDS FROM SFC TO MID LEVELS APPEAR QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SUSTAINING CONVECTION AND ENHANCING SEVERE POTENTIAL. WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY FACTORS CAN COME TOGETHER. THIS SAID...PREVIOUS FCST PACKAGE LOOKS VERY GOOD AND WILL MAKE ONLY VERY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW OPENS UP OVER THE CNTL PLAINS BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. EFFECTS HERE SHOULD BE CLEARING BY EARLY DAY WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA WLY WINDS EXPECTED. IF THESE WINDS AND THE PRECEDING WIDESPREAD RAINS VERIFY...LOOK FOR A DECENT AMOUNT OF BLOWING DUST SATURDAY. AS FOR THE EXTENDED...FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF OVER THE WRN GULF OF MEXICO WITH WSWLY UPPER FLOW OVERHEAD. SFC DEWPOINTS RECOVER BY EARLY WEEK WITH DRYLINE LIKELY IN THE AREA... PROBABLY EAST...BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY. CONVECTION A POSSIBILITY ALTHOUGH TOO SLIM TO MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE ATTM. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOLLOW. FRIONA 42/70/49/78 3340 TULIA 41/68/52/80 4360 LUBBOCK 45/73/54/82 5260 BROWNFIELD 44/77/52/81 5340 CHILDRESS 48/65/55/83 7280 ASPERMONT 49/73/59/82 7270 .LUB...NONE
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:26 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Locally heavy rainfall on the order of 3.5 to 4 inches in several hours resulted in flooding of portions of Highway 70, Farm-to-Market Road 836, and Farm-to-Market Road 208 near Spur.
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