1 flash flood, 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 3, 10:13 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1113 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004 .SHORT TERM... UPPED POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE LBB CWA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO POOL OVER THE CAPROCK AND POINTS WEST AS INFLOW CONTINUES. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AS AMA AND MAF SOUNDINGS SHOW GOOD LOW LEVEL ADVECTION COUPLED WITH STORM MOTIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 KTS. GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FUELING ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD HOLD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PLACE ROUGHLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF A SUDAN TO LEVELLAND TO BROWNFIELD TO ODONNELL LINE. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL WARRANT CHANCES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH CLOUD COVER SOCKED IN OVER THE REGION...LOWERED MAX TEMPS TO NEAR 80 NORTH AND LOW 80S SOUTH. THIS MAY BE GENEROUS CONSIDERING CURRENT TEMPS IN THE LOW 60S. WILL WAIT AND SEE IF TRENDS CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LOCALIZED THROUGHOUT THE REGION WITH PONDING OF ROADWAYS THE LIKELIHOOD. NEW GRIDS AND ZONES OUT FOR SURROUNDING WFOS. KW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 81 60 91 64 / 50 40 20 20 TULIA 80 62 90 64 / 50 40 20 20 PLAINVIEW 80 63 90 65 / 60 40 20 20 LEVELLAND 81 64 91 68 / 60 30 20 20 LUBBOCK 81 64 91 68 / 70 30 20 20 BROWNFIELD 82 65 92 68 / 60 20 20 20 CHILDRESS 82 66 88 68 / 50 40 20 30 SPUR 82 66 90 68 / 80 30 20 20 ASPERMONT 82 68 89 70 / 80 30 30 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004 TXZ021>044-041630- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 1130 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. EAST TO SOUTHEAST LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WEST-NORTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY LARGE HAIL. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO A COMPLEX OF STORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...PRIMARILY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. DUE TO THE ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND THE SOMETIMES SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...INCREASING THE THREAT FOR BRIEF FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS SEVERAL WEAK BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS STORMS LINGER OVER THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 02
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:40 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Locally heavy rainfall resulted in flooding of several streets in town.
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