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NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 4:38 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 438 PM CST THU MAR 25 2004 .SHORT TERM... AT 2 PM CST...DIFFUSE DRYLINE WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE SPLNS. MIXING HAS BEEN SLOWED SO FAR TODAY BY FAIRLY THICK CANOPY OF MID-LEVEL CLOUDS. A SFC LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TX PANHANDLES WITH A TROF EXTENDING SW THRU THE WESTERN SPLNS. A FEW HIGH-BASED CU WERE SEEN DVLPNG ALONG THE DRYLINE FROM MORTON TO MULESHOE. THE DRYLINE STILL FCST TO MIX EAST OFF THE CAPROCK ACROSS THE NORTH BY MID-AFTN AS LOW-LEVEL FLOW VEERS TO THE W-SW OVER THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA. MOIST AIR TO HOLD ON FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WEAK SHTWV TROF MOVING ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTN PROVIDES STEEP H7-H5 LAPSE RATES OF MINUS 8-9 DEGREES C/KM...MAXIMIZED OVER OUR THE NORTH-CENTRAL COUNTIES. 18Z SOUNDING FROM THE WTX MESONET SHOWS SIGNIFICANT CIN CENTERED AROUND 750MB. WHILE HIGH-BASED TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL COUNTIES THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVE...APPEARS THE ONLY CHANCE FOR DEEP CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS THE SE EAST COUNTIES... WHERE DEEPER BL MOISTURE SHOULD BE MAINTAINED. WEAK MID-LVL FLOW FAVORS PULSE-SVR TYPE WITH LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. REMAINS SOME QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT PARCELS WILL BE ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE LOW-LEVEL INVERSION...SO KEPT POPS LOW...THINKING TSTMS WILL BE ISOLATED. ...330 PM UPDATE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS HAVE DEVOPED FROM YOAKUM CO NE TO WESTERN FLOYD AND HOCKLEY COUNTY. DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE DRYLINE WILL MOVE ANY FARTHER EAST TODAY AS WIND HAS BACKED FROM SLATON TO LAMESA. MUCH OF THE RAIN FROM THESE SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL EVAPORATE IN VERY DRY BL...BUT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY DOWNDRAFT WINDS. TONIGHT...LOOKS LIKE DRYLINE WILL MAKE ANOTHER RETREAT WESTWARD TO EASTERN NM BY EARLY MORNING. WITH THE MOIST AIR IS WILL BE ANOTHER MILD NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPS AROUND 60 DEGREES. SCT LOW CLOUDS SHOULD ALSO MAKE A RETURN APPEARANCE FROM LUBBOCK SOUTH AND EAST. MAY ALSO SEE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING OVER THE SE COUNTIES ON 30-40 KT LLJ. FOR FRIDAY...ETA AND AVN BOTH HINT AT ANOTHER WK SHTWV TROF MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. ETA IS MUCH MORE BULLISH ON PRECIP...BREAKING TSTMS OUT ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES BY AFTN AND PROGRESSING ACROSS THROUGH THE SPLNS. THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS MORE FAVORABLE FOR SVR STORMS TOMORROW AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS ABLE TO MOVE FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. FCST ETA SOUNDINGS SHOW ML-CAPE UP TO 2K IN THE LUBBOCK AREA BY NOON...WITH NOT MUCH CIN. THE WIND PROFILE LOOKS WEAK EARLY ON THE DAY AND THEN IMPROVES THROUGHOUT THE AFTN AND AS THE 500MB 65+ KT WIND SPREADS OVER WTX AND SFC WIND BACKS DURING THE DAY WITH DEEPENING SFC LOW IN SE COLO. ONE CAVEAT IS TIMING OF UPR- LEVEL SPPT. SR HELICITIES DONT APPEAR TO INCREASE UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY... LEAVING SHEAR PROFILES MARGINAL FOR SUPERCELLS CENTRAL AND WEST...BETTER OFF THE CAPROCK. SPC HAS OUTLOOKED MOST OF THE SPLNS FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SVR WX FRI AFTN AND PLEASE SEE SWODY2 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. MC. .LONG TERM... CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AS MID/UPPER LEVEL WAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND ASSOCIATED DRYLINE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS WEST TEXAS. SEVERE WX THREAT WILL RETURN SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINES WITH STRONG LOW TO MID-LEVEL WIND SHEAR. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION SUN AND MON BRINGING ABOUT COOLER/DRIER CONDITIONS. GRADUAL WARM UP WILL BEGIN TUE AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT THU. JH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 52 83 54 80 / 20 20 20 30 TULIA 55 81 57 79 / 20 30 30 30 PLAINVIEW 58 81 58 80 / 20 30 30 30 LEVELLAND 57 83 57 81 / 20 20 30 30 LUBBOCK 59 82 58 80 / 20 30 30 40 BROWNFIELD 58 84 58 81 / 20 30 30 30 CHILDRESS 61 83 60 80 / 20 30 40 40 SPUR 61 82 61 80 / 20 30 30 40 ASPERMONT 62 81 63 80 / 20 20 30 40 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33/02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 600 AM CST THU MAR 25 2004 TXZ021>044-261200- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 600 AM CST THU MAR 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind snapped eight power poles on Highway 207 north of Caprock.
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