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 20, 2:33 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 333 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006 .SHORT TERM... COMPLEX PATTERN AS NEARLY CLOUD-FREE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY EDGING THROUGH EASTERN ARIZONA IS FORECAST TO CYCLE ACROSS THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. STATIONARY SLOPED FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR RE-DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALL NIGHT. AND WHILE THE RESULTING COOL OUTFLOW HAS HELPED RE-ENFORCE THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE AREA... THE KLBB WSR-88D RADAR INDICATES THAT SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW HAS BEEN INCREASING AND DEEPENING ABOVE THE SURFACE. INFRA-RED SATELLITE ALSO INDICATES THIS WARM ADVECTION IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THE FOCI OF THUNDERSTORMS AND IS SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOWING STEEPENING LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND ISENTROPIC LIFT ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE SURFACE DEWPOINTS HAVE YET TO RESPOND...AND ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A BIT DRIER THAN EVEN THE NAM SO FAR. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WILL INCREASE FURTHER LATER THIS MORNING AS UPPER LOW APPROACHES AND REGION ENTERS INCREASING DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT. IT MAY TAKE MUCH OF THE MORNING TO ELEVATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LEVELS...BUT BY MIDDAY WE BELIEVE AIRMASS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE AREA. WE HAVE THUS USED A BLEND OF THE LATEST NAM AND GFS WITH THE PREVIOUS GRIDDED FORECAST TO INDICATE HIGH SCATTERED TO LOW LIKELY MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDDAY. ELEVATED CAPES SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SUGGEST A THREAT OF SEVERE HAIL BEFORE COOLER OUTFLOWS SHOVE THE DEEPEST UNSTABLE LAYER FURTHER SOUTH ONCE AGAIN LATER TODAY. THIS SHOULD LEAVE GENERAL THUNDER OR SHOWERS OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING AS UPPER FORCING TRANSLATES EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. MAINTAINED MUCH OF THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...IN PARTICULAR THE SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES FROM THE LAST FORECAST. EXPANDED SLIGHTLY HIGHER QPF TOTALS A BIT FURTHER TO THE WEST AND NORTH LATER TODAY. SYSTEM SHOULD CLEAR TO THE EAST LATER TONIGHT WITH DECREASING MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS AND CLOUDS MUCH AS IN PREVIOUS FORECAST. MCQUEEN .LONG TERM... NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. OMEGA BLOCK OVER WESTERN HALF OF THE NATION WITH STRONG SHORTWAVES MOVING OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING OUT OF WESTERN MEXICO INTO THE ROCKIES EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE EAST ...INTO THE PLAINS BY SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF LOWS SLIDE DOWN OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA...CARVING OUT AT TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST. MODELS DIFFER SOME WITH NEXT CUT-OFF LOW DEVELOPING OVER CALIFORNIA BY SUNDAY...HOWEVER THEY ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR ON MOVING IT TOWARD THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. SHORTWAVE RIDGE THEN MOVES ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER CUT-OFF LOW DEVELOPS NEAR THE GREAT BASIN/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WITH A FEW IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...AHEAD OF APPROACHING SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM...DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO PRECIPITATION GRIDS LATER PART OF THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 66 45 76 49 / 40 40 0 0 TULIA 64 46 79 51 / 50 50 10 0 PLAINVIEW 65 47 78 51 / 60 60 10 0 LEVELLAND 67 48 80 52 / 60 60 10 0 LUBBOCK 66 49 79 55 / 60 60 10 0 BROWNFIELD 69 49 81 53 / 60 60 10 0 CHILDRESS 66 51 79 55 / 60 60 10 0 SPUR 65 50 79 55 / 60 60 10 0 ASPERMONT 67 52 79 57 / 60 60 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 558 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006 TXZ021>044-211100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 558 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS... MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PADUCAH TO PLAINVIEW TO MULESHOE. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE/SOUTH PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:48 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorms moved over parts of the west Texas South Plains during the morning hours of the 20th. A West Texas Mesonet meteorologist reported three-quarter inch diameter hail near Ropesville.
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