1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 12, 1:27 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 227 PM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006 .SHORT TERM... FAIRLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE REMAINS INTACT OVER WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS SUBTROPICAL PLUME EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST MEXICO INTO THE GREAT PLAINS. CUMULUS FIELD HAS BEEN RATHER SLOW IN DEVELOPING THROUGH 19Z ACROSS THE CWA DUE TO CONSIDERABLE MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. HOWEVER...LATEST PEEK OUTSIDE DOES INDICATE THAT WHAT CU IS OUT THERE DOES HAVE A HEALTHY APPEARANCE. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...SHOULD SEE SCT STORMS DEVELOP AREAWIDE AS INSTABILITY INCREASES. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE ALSO INDICATES AT LEAST 3 SEPARATE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTICES IN WEST TEXAS...ONE WEST OF AMARILLO...THE SECOND SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK AND THE THIRD NEAR FORT STOCKTON. THE NORTHERN TWO ARE SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST NORTHEAST AND SHOULD AIDE IN PRODUCING ENOUGH ADDED LIFT FOR POSSIBLY NUMEROUS STORMS DURG THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS. AT THIS TIME...WILL RAISE POPS INTO THE 40-45 PERCENT RANGE IN THESE TWO AREAS WITH 30 POPS ELSEWHERE. IF ORGANIZED CONVECTION DOES GET GOING...EVENING SHIFT MAY VERY WELL NEED TO INCREASE POPS IN THESE FAVORED VICINITIES. WEAK UPPER FLOW COMBINED WITH PWATS NEAR 1.5 INCHES WILL FAVOR LOCALIZED POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MID EVENING. FOR SUNDAY...RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL AGAIN LEAD TO SCT TSTMS MAINLY AFTER 19-20Z. BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA UNDERNEATH SUBTROPICAL PLUME AND INVOF DEEPENING SFC TROUGH AXIS. .LONG TERM... THE MAIN ITEM OF INTEREST IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY AND POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD RAIN ON MONDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS FAR FROM CERTAIN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS IN PROGGING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE FRONT IS MOVING IN...THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH WHICH IS PARKED OVER US IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE EAST ALLOWING A CONTINUED DEEP FLOW OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TO OVERRUN THE FRONT...THUS PROVIDING AT LEAST THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA. AS ALWAYS WHEN LOOKING AT THIS SORT OF SYSTEM...WE REMAIN CAUTIOUS ABOUT RAIN CHANCES AS CONVECTION INDUCED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD DRIVE THE FRONT AND CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH...OR IF THE FRONT WAS SLIGHTLY WEAKER...MOST COULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTH. LOOKING ON OUT INTO THE WEEK...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PULL BACK TO THE NORTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE UPPER HIGH BEGINNING TO MOVE BACK OVERHEAD. AS THE HIGH MOVES BACK TO THE WEST...THE MONSOONAL PLUME OF MOISTURE SHOULD BE SHIFTING TO OUR WEST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AS SUCH RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BEGIN DROPPING ONCE AGAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 90 65 90 64 / 30 40 40 50 TULIA 94 67 93 67 / 30 50 40 40 PLAINVIEW 94 68 92 68 / 30 40 30 40 LEVELLAND 92 68 92 68 / 30 40 30 40 LUBBOCK 94 70 93 69 / 30 40 30 40 BROWNFIELD 94 70 92 70 / 30 40 30 40 CHILDRESS 96 74 95 72 / 30 30 20 30 SPUR 97 71 94 71 / 30 30 20 30 ASPERMONT 98 73 97 73 / 30 30 20 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21/04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 601 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006 TXZ021>044-131115- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 601 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorms developed over parts of the west Texas South Plains and Rolling Plains during the afternoon and evening hours of the 12th. An isolated storm became severe, and resulted in a 59 mph wind gust as recorded by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Graham.
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