2 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 Jun 1, 1:57 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 255 PM CDT SUN 01 JUN 2003 DAY ONE... WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER WEST TEXAS WITH SEVERAL FACTORS COMING TOGETHER FOR RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER. WARM FRONT NOTED OVER PERMIAN BASIN IS BEGINNING TO LIFT NWD TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAINS. DRY LINE HAS PUSHED EWD INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE WITH STRONG CONVERGENCE GENERATING THUNDERSTORMS ATTM. ALSO CIRCULATION NOTED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE SE NM MOVG INTO WEST TEXAS...AND VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EWD ACROSS COLORADO TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TODAY WITH LATE AFTERNOON ESTIMATES OF CAPE NEAR 3000 J/KG CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS. WIND SHEAR NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE BUT WITH AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...AND THE FACT THAT MID LEVEL WINDS SHOULD INCREASE LATE IN DAY AS SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NW...SHOULD SEE A FEW SUPERCELLS THIS AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL. THIS BEFORE ACTIVITY DEVELOPS INTO ONE OR MORE MCSS LATE AND MOVES SE ACROSS THE REGION WITH MORE OF A WIND THREAT. CHANCE FOR RAIN LOOKS TO BE LIKELY OVER ALL BUT SW ZONES...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. COULD SEE ONGOING ACTIVITY EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SEVERE POTENTIAL DIMINISHING. FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH PLAINS EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH QUIET DAY EXPECTED WITH DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER AND NW FLOW RESUMING IN WAKE OF SEWD MOVING SHORTWAVE. MAY BE A LITTLE COOLER TOMORROW...BUT MOST AREAS SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE 80S. FCSTID = 06 DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ALONG THE WEST COAST. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES DROP DOWN THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH NEAR ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE REGION FROM FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE PERMIAN SOUTHERN BASIN LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO BEGGING RETURN TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY TUESDAY WITH AN INVERTED SURFACE TROF EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE PANHANDLES AND NORTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THE SHORTWAVES DROPPING SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL DRIVE A FEW WEAK COLD FRONTS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXPECT CONVECTION TO FIRE UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY WITH STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO FORECAST AREA DURING THE NIGHT. FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL ACT AS FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT AND WILL THUS CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF POPS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. FCSTID = 08 FRIONA 60 85 59 85 / 60 10 30 20 TULIA 61 85 61 84 / 70 10 30 30 LUBBOCK 62 87 63 88 / 60 10 30 30 BROWNFIELD 63 87 63 88 / 50 10 30 30 CHILDRESS 64 86 64 85 / 70 10 30 30 ASPERMONT 66 88 66 87 / 60 10 30 30 .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.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station northeast of town measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
The West Texas Mesonet station southwest of town measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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