1 tornado, 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 Aug 20, 2:52 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 352 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006 .SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE AROUND THE WESTERN SIDE OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS CENTERED OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA. DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS ALSO PRESENT. THESE FACTORS ALONG WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE BEGINNING OF SOME WARM ADVECTION OVER A DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAVE LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE WARM ADVECTION APPEARS THAT IT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH OVERNIGHT TO CONTINUE THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. HAVE GONE WITH LOWS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WITH THE ONLY CONCERN BEING ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS WHERE ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER MAY CAUSE LOWS TO BE A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER. A DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW HIGHS TO BE VERY CLOSE TO SEASONAL LEVELS. THIS AMOUNT OF HEATING SHOULD KEEP AT LEAST SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR MID AFTERNOON WITH THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE STILL CLOSE BY. .LONG TERM... UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD WESTWARD AND REMAIN ESTABLISHED OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXPECTED TO PASS JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH MOST OF THE ENERGY PASSING NORTH OF THE REGION. JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PATTERN SETS UP THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A FEW NON SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MAY ADVANCE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS HOWEVER...MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW PROGGED TO BE VERY WEAK SO WILL LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST ATTM. GFS SHOWING A WEAKNESS ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE AXIS TOWARD LATE SATURDAY/SUNDAY WHICH MAY BE A FOCUS FOR ISOLD/SCT THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEKEND BUT CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS LOOK SLIM. UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD OVER THE REGION LATE NEXT WEEKEND WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS. IF THIS PATTERN DOES VERIFY...A MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY SHOULD CAUSE SOIL MOISTURE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEK. WITH THAT IN MIND...HAVE TRENDED DAYTIME MAXIMA A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE MEX GUIDANCE FOR THE EXTENDED BUT HAVE NOT GONE TOO FAR ABOVE...GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR A WEAKER RIDGE AND APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE. KW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 64 88 64 89 / 50 40 40 30 TULIA 66 89 62 92 / 50 40 40 30 PLAINVIEW 66 91 64 90 / 50 40 30 30 LEVELLAND 65 91 65 92 / 50 40 30 30 LUBBOCK 67 92 67 90 / 50 30 30 30 BROWNFIELD 68 92 67 93 / 50 30 20 30 CHILDRESS 73 93 69 92 / 50 40 40 40 SPUR 71 94 69 96 / 50 30 20 30 ASPERMONT 71 98 69 97 / 40 30 20 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 18/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 508 AM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006 TXZ021>044-211015- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 508 AM CDT SUN AUG 20 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Residents of Happy observed a landspout tornado just southwest of the city around 17:20 CST on the afternoon of the 20th. The tornado was associated with otherwise non-severe convection over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle. No damage occurred as the tornado remained over open farm land.
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