2 thunderstorm 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 Jun 19, 6:20 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 720 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2003 UPDATE: SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO MARCH OFF TO THE EAST ABOUT 25-30 MPH THROUGH UNTAPPED 1200 J/KG AIRMASS. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS MOST LIKELY WITH QPFS SOMEWHERE AROUND 0.25-0.50 INCH MOST AREAS. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF NEAR SEVERE EVENTS WITH 49 KTS IN LUBBOCK AREA AT 355 PM HIGHEST WIND SPEED SO FAR. HAVE INCREASED RAINFALL COVERAGE AND QPFS FOR THIS EVENING FOR OFF OF THE CAPROCK. STILL EYEING CELLS COMING INTO OUR AREA FROM NEW MEXICO. THESE APPEAR TO BE WEAKENING FOR THE MOST PART...ALTHOUGH CLUSTER IN TERRY COUNTY HAS INTENSIFIED ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. OTHER CELLS STILL ALSO BACK WEST OF THE BORDER SO NO CHANGE REMAINDER OF AREA FOR TONIGHT. MCQUEEN/05 ------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND MOVED INTO THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. SINCE THAT TIME THE STORMS HAVE EXPANDED NORTHWARD AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. A BROAD TROUGH WAS LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WITH AN AMPLIFIED RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WEAKNESSES IN THE MID/UPPER UPPER RIDGE OVER WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS THE UPPER TROUGH FROM THE WEST MOVES CLOSER FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST. THUS STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN WOULD MOVE NORTHEAST INTO OUR AREA. HAVE PLACED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR FRIDAY FOR THIS SCENARIO. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOKED REASONABLE WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS MADE FOR THE TONIGHT PERIOD. EXTENT OF CLOUD COVER COULD BRING WARMER OVERNIGHT LOWS. FCSTID = 09 DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ONGOING CONVECTION POSSIBLE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD WILL MOST LIKELY BE EAST OF THE FA OR DISSIPATE PRIOR TO 21/06Z. MID LEVEL TEMPS TO INCREASE TO AROUND +13C SATURDAY WITH PROGGED SOUNDINGS SHOWING A DEEP MIXED LAYER SATURDAY AFTN. DEWPOINTS WILL LIKELY BE TOO LOW FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN ISOLATED CONVECTION...MAINLY EASTERN ZONES. ATTM CHCS LOOK PRETTY SMALL AND WILL NOT INTRODUCE WORDING IN THE ZONES. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS COMING INTO GENERAL CONSENSUS NOW ON OVERALL PATTERN FOR THE BULK OF THE NEXT WEEK. PROGS INDICATE THAT AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO BY EARLY WEEK AS AN UPPER LOW DIGS SEWD INTO THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION OF THE NORTHWEST. MODEST WSW FLOW ALOFT SHOULD RESULT IN SLOSHING DRYLINE PATTERN WITH BACKING WINDS AT NIGHT AND VEERING DURING THE DAY. MEANWHILE MODEST S/SW LOW LEVEL FLOW AND INCREASED HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A QUICK WARMUP SATURDAY WITH NEAR PERSISTENCE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. AFORMENTIONED UPPER LOW PROGGED TO LIFT NEWD ACRS NRN PLAINS MID TO LATE WEEK. WILL BACK POSSIBLE FRONTAL PASSAGE TO BEYOND DAY SEVEN PERIOD. OTHERWISE UPPER PATTERN SHOULD ALLOW INCREASING TAP OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF CIRRUS TO SPREAD NWD BY MIDWEEK. EXPECT LITTLE IMPACT ON TEMPS. FCSTID = 07 FRIONA 62 87 61 94 / 50 20 20 10 TULIA 63 87 65 95 / 50 20 20 10 PLAINVIEW 64 87 66 96 / 50 20 20 10 LEVELLAND 65 88 65 96 / 40 20 20 10 LUBBOCK 66 89 67 97 / 40 20 20 10 BROWNFIELD 66 90 66 97 / 40 20 20 10 CHILDRESS 67 90 68 95 / 50 20 20 10 SPUR 67 90 68 97 / 30 10 20 10 ASPERMONT 69 90 69 97 / 30 10 20 10 .LBB...NONE.
TXZ021>044-191800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 600 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2003 THIS IS A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE SOUTH PLAINS. IF STORMS DO FORM...A FEW MAY BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT MAY BE NECESSARY LATE FRIDAY IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:42 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Texas Mesonet station northeast of town measured a 77 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, downed power lines and power poles, damaged the roofs of homes, and destroyed 15 center pivot irrigation systems.
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