4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 Apr 28, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 315 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003 DAY ONE... THE WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WAS SITUATED OVER CHILDRESS EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS WASHED NORTH. LOW CLOUDS DISSIPATED OVER THAT REGION JUST AFTER 16Z. AT 19Z ENHANCED HIGH BASED CU DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA WITH A FEW ECHOS SHOWING UP. THIS IS IN A REGION OF MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...HIGH CAPE AND A WEAKER CAP. LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE BACKED TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH MARGINAL DEW POINTS AROUND 50 DEGREES. TONIGHT THE LOW LEVEL JET WITH SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERLY 30 KT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ADVECT/HOLD IN JUICIER AIR OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LOOKING AT FORECAST SOUNDINGS...STORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED. UPPER FLOW IS WEAK AND STORMS COULD PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. TUESDAY THE BROAD TROUGH OUT WEST WILL TRANSLATE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW COMING OUT OF MEXICO AS WELL AS THE DRYLINE BECOMING ACTIVE LATE IN THE DAY NEAR THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT...WILL CAUSE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEE SWODY2 FOR DETAILS FOR SLIGHT RISK AREA. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... DRY LINE WILL SLOSH AROUND THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH DRY LINE EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH PLAINS/LOW ROLLING PLAINS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A 5H SHORTWAVE TROF OVER THE GREAT BASIN IS EXPECTED TO EJECT EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DRIVING DRY LINE FURTHER EAST. THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO INTENSIFY THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY WITH THE DRY LINE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. A FLAT RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A NEAR ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST BY SATURDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE OREGON COAST THURSDAY MOVES SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA BY SATURDAY MORNING. WITH UPPER RIDGE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION AND GULF MOISTURE BEING CUT OFF WILL GO WITH DRY FORECAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LEE SIDE TROF BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY WITH A DRY LINE DEVELOPING EARLY SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTH. WITH DRY LINE IN THE AREA AND UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING AS UPPER LOW OPENS UP AND MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH TROF AXIS OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS BY EARLY MORNING MORNING. BY MONDAY MORNING DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WITH A PACIFIC COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ZONES. FCSTID = 08 FRIONA 54 85 50 81 / 40 00 10 00 TULIA 57 84 52 82 / 40 00 20 00 LUBBOCK 60 86 57 86 / 40 00 20 00 BROWNFIELD 59 86 58 86 / 40 00 10 00 CHILDRESS 62 86 60 85 / 30 20 30 00 ASPERMONT 63 84 63 87 / 30 20 30 00 .LUB...NONE.
TXZ021>044-290000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 AM CDT MON APR 28 2003 THIS IS A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE THE DRYLINE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...A DISSIPATING FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS ...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND AFTERNOON HEATING. RELATIVELY WEAK STEERING WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD CAUSE ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP TO MOVE EAST OR NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE CONVECTION MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR AND EAST OF THE CAPROCK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. JWL
TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>042-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 337 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 176 FOR A PORTION OF THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... PARMER... CASTRO... SWISHER... BRISCOE... BAILEY... LAMB... HALE... FLOYD... COCHRAN... HOCKLEY... LUBBOCK... CROSBY... YOAKUM... TERRY... LYNN... AND GARZA. INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING CITIES... FRIONA... DIMMITT... TULIA... SILVERTON... MULESHOE... LITTLEFIELD... PLAINVIEW... FLOYDADA... MORTON... LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK... CROSBYTON... PLAINS... BROWNFIELD... TAHOKA AND POST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JW
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind snapped a power pole on Highway 62/82.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
Nickel size hail was reported at 19th Street and University Avenue.
A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at KJTV on the south side of town.
The West Texas Mesonet station 3 NE Tahoka measured a 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5349182, 5348847, 5348848, 5348850, 5349180, 5349181, 5348849.