1 high 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 Dec 9, 3:51 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 346 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2003 .SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL LOW EXITING REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER WRN OKLAHOMA. SHORTWAVE RIDGING OVER INTERMOUNTAIN STATES TO SHIFT EWD OVER THE FA BY THIS TIME TOMORROW GIVEN CONTINUED PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE UPPER FLOW. HOWEVER...A SMALL BUT VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE WILL BE HOT ON THE HEELS AS IT MOVES ONTO THE PACIFIC COAST EARLY TOMORROW. THIS SHOULD DAMPEN THE AMPLITUDE OF THE RIDGING AS IT COMES OVER THE SRN PLAINS. EFFECT HERE WILL BE CLOSER TO ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LEE SFC TROUGH ACRS ERN NEW MEXICO. THUS AFTER PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...MUCH LIGHTER WINDS LATER TONIGHT BACKING TO S/SW TOMORROW AFTN. WITH LIGHTER WINDS TONIGHT AND COLD AND DRY ADVECTION TODAY AND THIS EVENING...A COLD NIGHT IS IN STORE. MODEST WARMING TOMORROW WITH FULL INSOLATION. WAA TO BEGIN LATE TOMORROW WILL HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT. GUIDANCE NUMBERS LOOK FINE. .LONG TERM... MILD WESTERLY FLOW EARLY WITH VIGOROUS LOW KICKING QUICKLY OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WHILE ANOTHER ENERGETIC LOW WILL BE DIGGING DOWN THE WEST COAST. HIGH CLOUDS GRADUALLY INCREASING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS FLOW BACKS TO SOUTHWESTERLY ALOFT. NO BIG SURPRISE...BUT LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE TRENDED STRONGER AND FURTHER SOUTH WITH THE NEXT WEST COAST LOW AS IT DIGS INTO THE SOUTHWEST EARLY FRIDAY...MORE SIMILAR TO RUNS 2/3 DAYS AGO. FLOW IS SPLIT BUT PROGRESSIVE WITH SOUTHERN TRACK DOMINANT AND BASED ON CURRENT STRENGTH AND DECENT MODEL INITIALIZATION OF THIS SYSTEM VICINITY OF 45N/150W IN THE GULF OF ALASKA...WE ARE ACCEPTING THE STRENGTHENING TRENDS. TRACK IS ALSO NOTICEABLY SOUTH OF THE MOST RECENT STORM AND SHOULD HAVE A BETTER MOISTURE TAP...ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE PROGRESSIVE. LATEST SHORT RANGE ETA AND GFS INDICATE MORE MOISTURE SPREADING INTO WEST TEXAS IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW EARLY FRIDAY WHILE BREAKING OUT PRECIPITATION BY LATE FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...FOLLOWING THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE LATE THURSDAY THROUGH CENTRAL PLAINS...APPEARS NOW THAT THE COLD AIR LYING WAITING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL NOW BE GIVEN A STRONGER AND QUICKER DELIVERY INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AS EARLY AS LATE THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. WE HAVE DROPPED TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY AND INCREASED CLOUDS. ALSO ADDED LOW PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH 18Z RUN SUGGESTS WE MAY NEED CHANCES EVEN EARLIER FRIDAY AS A LEAD SHORTWAVE KICKS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE TRICKY IN THIS OVERRUNNING PATTERN ALTHOUGH CURRENT FORECAST PROFILES INDICATE LIQUID EARLY CHANGING CLEANLY OVER TO FROZEN. BELIEVE PHASE DEPICTION WILL BE MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT...BUT WILL INDICATE THE SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR NOW ON THE GRIDS. CURRENT PLAN IS FOR ANOTHER BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEMS LATE IN THE WEEKEND BEFORE ANOTHER POTENTIALLY ENERGETIC SYSTEM APPROACHES EARLY NEXT WEEK. PREVIOUS FORECAST AT LEAST INDICATED THIS TO SOME EXTENT AND WAS FAVORED...SINCE THERE WILL LIKELY BE QUITE A BIT OF MODEL ERROR MARGIN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MCQUEEN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 16 51 23 59 / 0 0 0 0 TULIA 20 49 24 57 / 0 0 0 0 PLAINVIEW 21 50 25 58 / 0 0 0 0 LEVELLAND 21 52 27 60 / 0 0 0 0 LUBBOCK 22 52 28 59 / 0 0 0 0 BROWNFIELD 23 52 29 60 / 0 0 0 0 CHILDRESS 24 50 26 53 / 0 0 0 0 SPUR 25 51 28 59 / 0 0 0 0 ASPERMONT 27 51 31 58 / 0 0 0 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 07/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 600 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2003 TXZ021>044-101200- BAILEY TX-BRISCOE TX-CASTRO TX-CHILDRESS TX-COCHRAN TX-COTTLE TX- CROSBY TX-DICKENS TX-FLOYD TX-GARZA TX-HALE TX-HALL TX-HOCKLEY TX- KENT TX-KING TX-LAMB TX-LUBBOCK TX-LYNN TX-MOTLEY TX-PARMER TX- STONEWALL TX-SWISHER TX-TERRY TX-YOAKUM TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERNATHY...BROWNFIELD...CHILDRESS... CROSBYTON...DENVER CITY...DICKENS...DIMMITT...FLOYDADA...FRIONA... GUTHRIE...HALE CENTER...JAYTON...LEVELLAND...LITTLEFIELD...MATADOR... MEMPHIS...MORTON...MULESHOE...PADUCAH...PLAINS...PLAINVIEW...POST... QUITAQUE...SILVERTON...SLATON...TAHOKA AND TULIA 600 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... SURFACE WIND SPEEDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EXTREMES SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STRONGER WINDS REDUCING THE VISIBLITY TO LESS THAN 5 MILES AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station located six miles northwest of White River Lake measured a 60 mph non-convective 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: 5328486.