1 hail, 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 Apr 23, 11:34 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1234 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 .UPDATE... MONITORING DEVELOPING STRONG SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT DRYLINE VICINITY SOUTHEAST ZONES. ACTIVITY BEING INFLUENCED BY NARROW 300MB JET COMING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND THE SPC HAS JUST ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 600 PM/23 UTC TODAY FOR OUR SOUTHEASTERN TWO COUNTIES OF KENT AND STONEWALL. APPEARS FAVORED REGION WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST AND OUT OF OUR AREA BY MID AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW SHIFTS EAST...SO ONLY A NARROW WINDOW OF POTENTIAL SURFACE BASED SEVERE THREAT WILL EXIST. MEANWHILE...CONVECTION IS ALSO DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN PANHANDLE INTO EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD UPPER LOW LIFTING SLOWLY EAST OUT THE FOUR-CORNERS AREA. STRONG DIFFLUENT UPPER LEVEL PATTERN ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS FAVORS MORE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN AND EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON WHERE BEST H850 MB CONVERGENCE EXISTS AND NEAR ELEVATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE RISK OF UP TO ABOUT ONE INCH HAIL FROM A FEW OF THESE STORMS...BUT DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT MENTION OF SLIGHT RISK IN THE GRIDS. UPDATED GRIDS AND FORECASTS BEING ISSUED. MCQUEEN && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 TXZ024>026-030>032-037-038-043-044-241630- BRISCOE-CHILDRESS-COTTLE-DICKENS-FLOYD-HALL-KENT-KING-MOTLEY- STONEWALL- 1130 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF THE ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM SILVERTON TO FLOYDADA TO JAYTON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 82. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END BY 6 PM AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ021>023-027>029-033>036-039>042-241630- BAILEY-CASTRO-COCHRAN-CROSBY-GARZA-HALE-HOCKLEY-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN- PARMER-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 1130 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1220 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 TXZ038-044-232300- KING-STONEWALL- 1220 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 109 FOR A PORTION OF THE ROLLING PLAINS. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... KING AND STONEWALL. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... GUTHRIE AND ASPERMONT TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A supercell thunderstorm developed west of town and moved slowly east producing a swath of hail up to and slightly larger than golfball size in and west of Old Glory.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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