1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 10:15 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1115 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 .UPDATE... MCS CONTINUES ITS TREK ACROSS THE CWA WITH A QUICK 3/4 TO 1 INCH OF RAINFALL ALONG THE LEADING EDGE. AS LONG AS THIS KEEPS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MPH FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING/POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES. WILL WATCH FOR ANY REDEVELOPMENT AND/OR TRAINING ECHOES OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR JUST THE WEST TODAY LOOKS GOOD. THIS THREAT OF FLOODING WILL EXPAND EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. HAVE INCREASED RAIN CHANCES MOST LOCATIONS IN THE GRIDS. RAIN COOLED AIR WITH THE MCS HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S OUT WEST. WITH AT LEAST LIGHT RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IT IS UNLIKELY TO REACH EARLIER ANTICIPATED HIGH TEMPERATURES. HAVE DECREASE HIGHS AT MOST LOCATIONS. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON SWRN PANHANDLE/WRN SOUTH PLAINS FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY TXZ021>TXZ044 && 18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 555 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 TXZ021>044-061100- BAILEY-BRISCOE-CASTRO-CHILDRESS-COCHRAN-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-FLOYD- GARZA-HALE-HALL-HOCKLEY-KENT-KING-LAMB-LUBBOCK-LYNN-MOTLEY-PARMER- STONEWALL-SWISHER-TERRY-YOAKUM- 555 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... FLOODING A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS TODAY IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT. RECENT RAINS HAVE RESULTED IN NEARLY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE REGION AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RUNOFF AND FLOODING. FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING...WMO ID WGUS64 KLUB...ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE AT 400 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND ROLLING PLAINS AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DUE TO THE SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SYSTEM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY ENOUGH RAINFALL RATES FOR FLOODING MAY LINGER OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS OR AROUND POLICE BARRICADES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 847 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 TXZ027-033-051415- BAILEY-COCHRAN- 847 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN PORTALES AND DORA...IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WILL MOVE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THERE WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING ACROSS BAILEY AND COCHRAN COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF BAILEY AND COCHRAN COUNTIES AFTER 9 AM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 939 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 TXZ028-034-051515- HOCKLEY-LAMB- 939 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS LAMB AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER WESTERN BAILEY AND COCHRAN COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THERE WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING ACROSS LAMB AND NORTHERN HOCKLEY COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAMB AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES AFTER BAILEY AND COCHRAN COUNTIES AFTER 10 AM.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:23 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Tulia Police Department reported to the National Weather Service that a person was struck and injured by a lightning strike at the Tulia feed lot and was later hospitalized but recovered.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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