1 high 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 Jun 1, 6:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 745 PM CDT SUN 1 JUN 2003 UPDATED 1ST PERIOD FOR TO EXTEND WATCH NORTHEAST AND REMOVE WATCH REST OF THE CWFA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PLAINS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE CWFA OVERNIGHT AND HAVE RETAINED LIKELY POPS MOST AREAS. XI .LBB...NONE.
TXZ021>044-020000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1123 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 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 ALL OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING...AFTERNOON HEATING WILL PROVIDE MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY BY LATE AFTERNOON. WITH THESE CONDITIONS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AS A WARM FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND AS THE DRYLINE BECOMES BETTER DEFINED ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 27 CORRIDOR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE EAST DURING THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WINDS GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS NEW MEXICO DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A DRYLINE MOVES INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TXZ021>044-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 345 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 456 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 456 UNTIL 900 PM CDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. MOTLEY...COTTLE...FLOYD...HALE...BAILEY...LAMB...KING...DICKENS ...CROSBY...LUBBOCK...HOCKLEY...COCHRAN...KENT...STONEWALL... GARZA...LYNN...TERRY...YOAKUM...PARMER...CASTRO...SWISHER...BRISCOE ...CHILDRESS AND HALL REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
TXZ025-026-031-032-037-038-020700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 746 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 458 IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT... ...THIS WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 456... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 458 UNTIL 200 AM CDT. THIS WATCH REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: COTTLE... DICKENS... KING... AND MOTLEY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT REMAINS MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS EARLY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN TOWARDS THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS COUNTIES COULD REINTENSIFY AS WELL LATER THIS EVENING AND MAY REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THAT TIME. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
TXZ025-026-031-032-037-038-020700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 746 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 CORRECTED COUNTIES IN THE WATCH ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 458 IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT... ...THIS WATCH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 456... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 458 UNTIL 200 AM CDT. THIS WATCH REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: COTTLE... DICKENS... KING... MOTLEY... CHILDRESS... AND HALL A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT REMAINS MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS EARLY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN TOWARDS THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS COUNTIES COULD REINTENSIFY AS WELL LATER THIS EVENING AND MAY REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THAT TIME. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>044-020600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 840 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 459 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 459 UNTIL 100 AM CDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: FLOYD... HALE... BAILEY... LAMB... KING... CROSBY... LUBBOCK... HOCKLEY... COCHRAN... KENT... STONEWALL... GARZA... LYNN... TERRY... YOAKUM...PARMER... CASTRO... SWISHER... AND BRISCOE REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Outflow from strong thunderstorms over Bailey, Lamb, and Swisher Counties moved southward into Cochran County and produced a 58 mph wind gust at the West Texas Mesonet station located 1 mile northeast of Morton.
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, June 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: 5367142.