1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 29, 2:23 PM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 323 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 .DAY ONE... FIRST SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EVENT SINCE LATE JUNE APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. A COOL FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT WHILE A SURFACE LOW OVER WEST TEXAS AND SE NEW MEXICO PUMPS ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY DUE TO SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE RAINFALL IN VERY LOCALIZED AREAS MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING...DO NOT FEEL FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN ORDER. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...EXPECT DECREASING RAIN CHANCES AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO PUSH SOUTH INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND 700MB TROUGH AXIS BEGINS TO MOVE EAST. FCSTID = 04 .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AREAS OF RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS THE TROUGH CONTINUES ITS MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WITH DECENT DOWNGLIDE INDICATED WE SHOULD SEE CLOUD COVER GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ALLOWING FOR A PLEASANT SUNDAY. EVEN WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW FOR EARLY IN THE WEEK IT APPEARS THAT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE CWA WITH FAIRLY DRY MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS ANTICIPATED. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. MAY EVEN SEE A FEW LOWS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CWA DIP TO AROUND 50. A FEW 90S MAY BE POSSIBLE BY LATE IN THE WEEK. FCSTID = MM FRIONA 58 77 55 83 / 90 60 00 00 TULIA 61 76 56 82 / 90 60 10 00 PLAINVIEW 63 77 57 83 / 90 60 10 00 LEVELLAND 63 78 58 84 / 90 70 20 00 LUBBOCK 64 77 58 84 / 90 70 20 00 BROWNFIELD 65 78 59 85 / 80 70 20 00 CHILDRESS 65 79 59 82 / 90 70 20 00 SPUR 66 80 61 84 / 80 70 30 00 ASPERMONT 69 82 64 84 / 80 70 30 00 .LUB...NONE.
TXZ021>044-301600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1100 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 THIS IS A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station south of town measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5368515.