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 27, 1:28 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 228 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002 MODELS KEEP MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS AND SURFACE TROUGH VICINITY OF THE FA THROUGH THIS FORECAST CYCLE. FEEL BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS TO BE ALONG/NEAR THIS AXIS. MODELS ALSO SHOW WEAK DISTURBANCES TO MOVE ALONG THIS AXIS WHICH WILL AID DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS WEST WITH LEAST CHANCE EAST. WITH UPPER FLOW WEAK ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO DROP ISOLATED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. ANOTHER FRONT ADVERTISED TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME THINK THE FRONT TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE FA. SHOULD FRONT MAKE IT THIS FAR SOUTH...THEN WILL HAVE TO TRIM BACK TEMPS AND POSSIBLY BUMP UP POPS ON MONDAY. FOR THE EXTENDED...UPPER PATTERN REMAINS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WITH LARGE UPPER HIGH ACROSS THE WEST...AND WEAK IMPULSES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW RESULTING IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. PRELIMINARY: FRIONA 67 93 63 90 / 30 20 20 20 TULIA 68 95 67 93 / 20 20 20 20 CHILDRESS 73 96 73 94 / 20 10 20 20 BROWNFIELD 69 96 69 93 / 20 20 20 20 LUBBOCK 72 95 69 92 / 20 20 20 20 ASPERMONT 75 97 75 95 / 5 5 10 20 .LUB... TX...NONE. XI
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station northeast of town measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
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