April 28 Severe Thunderstorm Event Summary: Scattered thunderstorms developed over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle and the rolling plains during the afternoon hours of the 28th. These storms produced damaging hail up to the size of half dollars and a brief tornado.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
April 28 Severe Thunderstorm Event Summary: Scattered thunderstorms developed over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle and the rolling plains during the afternoon hours of the 28th. These storms produced damaging hail up to the size of half dollars and a brief tornado. Several organized multicell and supercell storms were observed. A weak and short-lived tornado formed under an explosively developing and severe updraft in Stonewall County. The only damage to be reported as a result of the severe weather event occured in Cottle County. There heavy rainfall and large hail damaged the interior of a home that was exposed due to ongoing roof repairs.
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 Apr 28, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1201 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 .UPDATE... HAVE MADE MINOR UPDATES IN GRIDS/FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LATEST TRENDS. OVERALL...FCST APPEARS IN GOOD SHAPE. DRYLINE HAS FORMED AND MOVED TO AN APPROXIMATELY HART TO LUBBOCK TO POST LINE AT 1130 AM. A OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF CLOVIS TO FRIONA...WITH A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST NORTH OF FRIONA. WEST TEXAS MESONET SOUNDING AT REESE AT 15Z SHOWED A WEAK TO MODERATE CAPPING INVERSION WITH PLENTY OF WIND UPSTAIRS. LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY ERODING THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...ELEVATED CONVECTION IS TRYING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS WHICH MAY HINDER THE BUILDUP OF SFC-BASED CAPE. STILL UNCERTAIN JUST HOW FAR DRYLINE AND OUTFLOW WILL ADVANCE THIS AFTN...BUT SCATTERED SVR TSTMS STILL EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THESE FEATURES...WITH ALSO SOME HAIL POTENTIAL WITH ANY ELEVATED STORMS NORTH OF THE OUTFLOW ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IF WINDS CAN REMAIN STRONGLY BACKED/EASTERLY AND SUFFICIENT SFC-BASED INSTABILITY CAN BE TAPPED...THIS APPEARS TO BE POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM BRISCOE COUNTY SOUTHEAST TO NEAR ASPERMONT. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1133 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ021>044-291645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1133 AM CDT FRI APR 28 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 ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM TULIA TO POST. A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. ATMOSPHERIC LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. A DEVELOPING DRYLINE ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TO AN APPROXIMATELY TULIA TO POST LINE BY AROUND 3 PM. ADDITIONALLY...A COLD FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. FORECAST INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR EAST OF THE DRYLINE AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN ROLLING PLAINS...WHERE THE WIND WILL REMAIN BACKED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND DEEPER MOISTURE WILL RESIDE...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DEPENDANT ON SUFFICIENT CLEARING AND HEATING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1232 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ037-043-281845- DICKENS-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKENS...SPUR...JAYTON 1232 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHEN NEAR SPUR AND GIRARD... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN KENT AND SOUTHERN DICKENS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS LIKELY HAVE HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN FURTHER AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SPUR AND GIRARD AREAS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR HERE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 117 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXZ022-023-281930- CASTRO-SWISHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIMMITT...HART...TULIA 117 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHEAST CASTRO COUNTY... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST CASTRO COUNTY...NORTH OF NAZARETH NEAR ARNEY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST TOWARDS THE HAPPY AREA IN NORTHERN SWISHER COUNTY. THESE STORMS MAY HAVE HAIL NEAR ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN FURTHER AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN SWISHER COUNTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR HERE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:21 UTC.
5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of large hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters were received as a severe storm moved from rural portions of southwestern King County to Guthrie.
Half dollar size hail was reported in rural areas east of Happy.
Local law enforcement officials reported that a tornado developed beneath a rapidly intensifying severe thunderstorm over west-central Stonewall County. A deputy observed a high-based but well-developed funnel cloud. Dust was observed beneath the funnel, and the debris cloud was seen briefly connecting to the cloud base. The tornado quickly dissipated while remaining in open rangeland, and no damage resulted.
A local rancher reported that hail up to the size of pennies covered the ground near Antelope Flat in northeastern Briscoe County.
Dime to nickel size hail was reported along Texas Farm to Market Road 86 west of Estelline.
Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported in Swearingen. The hail, accompanied by very heavy rainfall, damaged the interior of an exposed ranch home that was undergoing roof repair.
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