1 lightning, 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 May 31, 1:38 PM CST, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 237 PM CDT SAT 31 MAY 2003 DAY ONE... WEAK WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES CONTINUE TO FLATTEN THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONUS. COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF KABI TO NEAR KMAF AND INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AT 18Z. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND ALONG THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND EASTERN PANHANDLES LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FRONT EXPECTED TO AID IN POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UPSLOPE FLOW NORTH OF THE FRONT IS ALREADY HELPING TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH CU FIELD ALSO BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO FORECAST AREA DURING THE TONIGHT. WILL THUS CONTINUE CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS. WITH FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA WILL ALSO CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SUNDAY. ALSO WITH FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST WILL TREND TOWARD THE HIGHER NUMBERS FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER NOT AS HIGH AS ETA GUIDANCE. 08 DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SFC BOUNDARY TO WAFFLE NORTH-SOUTH ACROSS THE FA DURING MOST OF THE PERIOD OCCASIONALLY BEING ENHANCED BY MCS ACTIVITY ACRS WRN HIGH PLAINS. MEANWHILE NORTHWEST FLOW TO INCREASE WITH TIME. ALSO EXPECT TO SEE FAVORABLE MID LEVEL TEMPS/LAPSE RATES. COMBINATION SHOULD ENHANCE RAIN CHCS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PARTICULARS DIFFICULT TO FCST ATTM AS FORCING WILL BE ON THE MESOSCALE. WILL GENERALLY RUN WITH CHC POPS DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SLIGHT CHC OR NO MENTION DURING THE DAY. POPS THURSDAY QUESTIONABLE WITH SLIGHT SUBTLE TRANSITION TO THE PATTERN. FRIDAY LOOKING MORE LIKE WEAK FLOW ALOFT WITH SMALL CHC OF AFTN N MEXICO CONVECTION MAKING IT INTO WRN ZONES. SHORTER TERM...MODELS CUTTING BACK MODESTLY ON RAIN POTENTIAL FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. STILL APPEARS CONVECTION MAY FIRE OVER NERN N MEXICO/TEXAS PANHANDLE THEN SLIDE ESEWD. EVEN THIS CLOSE TO THE EVENT SCENARIO PRETTY UNCERTAIN...ALTHOUGH IT DOES STILL LOOK LIKE NERN ZONES HAVE BEST SHOT. WILL TRIM POPS SLIGHTLY AS A RESULT. NOT TOO MANY OTHER CHANGES TO EXTENDED GRIDS. TEMPS LOOK TO BE SEASONAL WITH MODERATE HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES AND VARIABLE CLOUD COVER DUE TO CONVECTIVE DEBRIS AND POSSIBLE LATE NIGHT STRATUS. FCSTID = 07 FRIONA 59 88 60 85 / 20 20 20 10 TULIA 60 88 61 85 / 20 20 40 10 LUBBOCK 62 90 62 87 / 30 20 20 10 BROWNFIELD 63 91 63 87 / 20 20 20 10 CHILDRESS 63 85 64 86 / 20 20 40 10 ASPERMONT 67 91 64 88 / 30 20 20 10 .LBB...NONE.
TXZ021>044-010000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1138 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2003 THIS IS A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE MOUNTAINS MAY MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PERSIST THEY MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE SUNDAY. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHEAST INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1002 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0752 PM 8 SE BROWNFIELD TX 0.75 IN HAIL
05/31/03 TERRY
0730 PM 3 S BROWNFIELD TX 0.75 IN HAIL
05/31/03 TERRY
WGHThe Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home and caused a fire that burned it down.
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