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 Aug 28, 9:35 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1035 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002 ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE SYSTEM KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS JUST NOW ENTERING PARMER COUNTY. LINE IS SHOWING A TREND OF DEVELOPING SOUTHWESTWARD BEHIND THE OUTFLOW WHILE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE APPEARS TO NOW HAVE MORE OF A SEWD MOVEMENT THAN EARLIER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWER DEVELOPMENT ALSO OCCURRING ACRS SERN NM AND EVEN SOME MID LEVEL RETURNS SHOWING UP ON RADAR FROM LEVELLAND TOWARD PLAINS. THUS UPPED POPS ACRS THE BOARD FOR TONIGHT. A SMALL THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY NW...AND INSERTED THAT MENTION IN THOSE ZONES. EVEN IF NO RAIN FALLS...THERE SHOULD BE A TREMENDOUS LIGHTNING SHOW AS THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLY ELECTRIFIED. .LUB...NONE.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station southwest of Graham reported 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
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