14 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Oct 5, 1:47 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 247 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2003 .SHORT TERM... PAIR OF JETS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE CWA AS ONE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS AND THE OTHER SLIDES INTO THE BIG BEND AREA FROM CHIHUAHUA. WE SHOULD SEE SUFFICIENT LIFT AS ALREADY NOTED BY CONVECTION MOVING OFF OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. ALSO SEEING CUMULUS BEGINNING TO LINE UP NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. WE WILL SEE THE CONVECTION CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY AS IT INTERACTS WITH BETTER MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS. CANT RULE OUT A SEVERE STORM OR TWO IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS INCREASED FROM THIS MORNING AS WARM FRONT SLIDES BACK TO THE NORTHEAST INCREASING THE WARM SECTOR. WILL HAVE A SOUNDING FROM THE TEXAS TECH WEST TEXAS MESONET AROUND 4 PM TO FURTHER ASSIST THE ASSESSMENT OF THE SEVERE POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECASTERS THOUGHTS OF SEVERE(ALSO SEE SWOMCD FOR WEST TEXAS) AND PLAN ON SCATTERED POPS. CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE FROM THE MID 50S NORTHWEST TO LOWER 60S SOUTHEAST. FOG MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THE RAINFALL. COULD SEE ANOTHER SHOT AT THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS JET ENERGY CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE SIMILAR TO TODAYS AS LONG AS LOWER CLOUD COVER MIXES OUT AS EXPECTED. .LONG TERM... NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SETUP BETWEEN THE MID/UPPER LOW OFF THE BAJA COAST AND THE SHORTWAVE RIDGE OVER AZ/NM BORDER. ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH NORA - OFF THE MEXICO COAST - AS IT IS EXPECTED TO FLOW INTO THE BAJA LOW. A SHORTWAVE WILL EJECT FROM THIS LOW INTO NEW MEXICO TUESDAY BRINGING MUCH OF THE MOISTURE FROM NORA WITH IT. CURRENT THINKING BRINGS IN PRECIPITATION OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS IN THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY...AND RAIN WILL EXPAND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL FOLLOW ON ITS HEELS WITH MORE MOISTURE AND AFFECT THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING MORE CHANCES FOR RAIN TO THE REGION. THE LATEST LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE THE MID/UPPER LOW OFF THE BAJA COAST WILL BE CUT OFF FROM THE MEAN FLOW...LEAVING IT STRANDED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PACIFIC. THIS SCENARIO SEEMS LIKELY...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH. AFTER FRIDAY...A STRONG SHORTWAVE DIVING INTO THE NORTHWEST WILL DEEPEN A TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN/CENTRAL U.S. A STRONG COLD FRONT...PACIFIC IN NATURE...WILL AFFECT THE SOUTH PLAINS BY SUNDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLY A CHANCE OF RAIN. TOO FAR OUT TO SEE THAT PAN OUT...BUT WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH DEVELOP THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 55 80 54 79 / 20 30 30 30 TULIA 56 79 56 81 / 20 30 30 30 PLAINVIEW 57 81 57 81 / 20 30 30 30 LEVELLAND 57 82 57 81 / 40 30 30 30 LUBBOCK 58 82 58 82 / 30 30 30 30 BROWNFIELD 58 84 58 82 / 50 30 30 30 CHILDRESS 58 79 59 84 / 20 30 30 20 SPUR 60 84 60 84 / 40 30 30 20 ASPERMONT 63 84 61 86 / 50 30 30 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FCSTID = 18/09
TXZ021>044-062000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 300 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2003 THIS IS A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. THIS AREA IS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MULESHOE TO PLAINVIEW TO GUTHRIE LINE. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS TODAY ALLOWING WARM AND MOIST AIR TO BE LOCATED FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS. ADDITIONAL LIFT WILL BE GENERATED BY JET ENERGY MOVING TOWARDS WEST TEXAS FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND ANOTHER MOVING TOWARDS THE BIG BEND AREA FROM NORTHERN MEXICO. AS THIS AREA OF LIFT MOVES EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOVE WITH IT INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
14 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado that was tracked by storm chasers and law enforcement officials snapped several power poles.
Storm spotters affiliated with the Tulia PD reported baseball size hail. Two homes had windows broken as a result of the wind-driven hail. Major roof damage also occurred to a number of homes.
The Brownfield PD reported golfball size hail in town. The hail damaged roofs and automobiles.
A brief tornado touchdown was reported by a storm chaser.
The Terry County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
The Swisher County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.
Storm spotters affiliated with the Floydada FD reported golfball size hail just north of Providence.
Storm spotters affiliated with the Floydada FD reported baseball size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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