June 12 Severe Thunderstorm Event Summary: Strong to severe thunderstorms affected portions of the west Texas South Plains late on the 12th. A few storms produced damaging wind gusts, and one severe storm resulted in large hail.
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June 12 Severe Thunderstorm Event Summary: Strong to severe thunderstorms affected portions of the west Texas South Plains late on the 12th. A few storms produced damaging wind gusts, and one severe storm resulted in large hail. Reports of damage were limited to light structural damage and downed utility poles.
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 Jun 12, 2:52 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 352 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 .SHORT TERM... LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST WINDS KEPT LID ON THE EXTREME HEAT TODAY... ALTHOUGH CENTURY MARK ECLIPSED OVER MOST OF THE ROLLING PLAINS AND A FEW SPOTS ON THE CAPROCK. MOISTURE HARDLY NOTABLE...OTHER THAN BEING SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN YESTERDAY. HEATING AND SLIGHT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG OLD BOUNDARY LEADING TO ISOLATED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY INDICATING LOW MENTION FROM ABOUT BLEDSOE-LUBBOCK-DICKENS NORTHWARD. INSTABILITY ACTUALLY HIGHER TODAY AND COUNTERS SOMEWHAT LOWER CLOUD BASES RESULTING IN A DOWNBURST WIND THREAT. SPC ALSO SUGGESTS HAIL AT LEAST A SMALL THREAT. STORMS GENERATING ALONG SANGRE DE CRISTO ALSO MAY HAVE TENDENCY TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST AND THEN SOUTH SLOWLY DURING THE NIGHT SO MAINTAINING LOW CHANCE ALL NIGHT. SHOULD SEE CONTINUED GENERALLY SOUTHEAST COMPONENT AGAIN TUESDAY...ANY STORMS LATER TONIGHT MAY ADD A TOUCH MORE EAST OR NORTHEAST OUTFLOW COMPONENT...SO PREVIOUS COOLER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY ONLY IN THE HIGH 90S REASONABLE. MCQUEEN .LONG TERM... DOMINANT UPPER RIDGE WILL HOLD A TIGHT GRIP OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO THURSDAY AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE A GOOD 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS FOR MID JUNE. INSTABILITY FROM DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES FROM LEFTOVER CONVECTION COULD LEAD TO ISOLD-SCT AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN SCARCE SO ONLY CONCERNED WITH STRONG WIND GUST POTENTIAL. MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE GFS STILL SHOWS THE UPPER RIDGE AS JET ENERGY MOVES OUT OF THE WEST COAST AND INTO THE ROCKIES AND FOUR CORNERS REGION. DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE RIDGE BREAKDOWN...A PIECE OF JET ENERGY MAY APPROACH THE SOUTH PLAINS LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD TRY TO ADVECT NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TIER. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE EVENTUAL BREAKDOWN OF THE RIDGE AS MODELS CAN TYPICALLY HAVE TROUBLE RESOLVING THESE ISSUES. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY...HAVE NOT RAISED POPS ABOVE SLIGHT CHANCE ANYWHERE. WILL GO WITH THE PERSISTENT SPRINGTIME 2006 TREND OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND LACK OF AMPLE MOISTURE FOR THIS PACKAGE. ONE ITEM OF PARTICULAR INTEREST COULD BE A SHEAR AXIS/WAVE OVER THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THIS WEEKEND PER GFS SOLUTION. IF THIS FEATURE DOES DEVELOP...IT COULD PLAY A ROLE IN DRAWING SOME MOISTURE NORTHWARD AND WEAKENING THE RIDGE AXIS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS FEATURE LATER IN THE PERIOD. UNFORTUNATELY...IF THE FEATURE STAYS WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION...IT WOULD LEAVE WEST TEXAS ON THE DRY AND SUBSIDENT SIDE. WEEKEND TEMPS COULD BE A NOTCH COOLER BUT STILL FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE CLIMO. LITTLE CHANGES MADE TODAY. KW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 66 97 67 99 / 20 10 10 10 TULIA 68 97 70 98 / 20 10 10 10 PLAINVIEW 68 97 70 99 / 20 10 10 10 LEVELLAND 68 101 69 100 / 20 10 10 10 LUBBOCK 69 99 69 100 / 20 10 10 10 BROWNFIELD 70 102 69 101 / 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 70 100 73 101 / 20 10 10 10 SPUR 72 98 72 100 / 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 74 101 73 103 / 10 10 0 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 357 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 TXZ021>044-132100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 357 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 409 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 TXZ024-122145- BRISCOE TX- 409 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS BRISCOE COUNTY... AT 405 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BRISCOE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SILVERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONALLY...SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS POSSIBLE. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe winds, accompanied by small hail, damaged tents at Caprock Canyon State Park. In addition, an automated weather station operated by a local television station recorded a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 61 MPH in Quitaque. No injuries were reported.
The Crosby County Sheriff's Office reported that damaging thunderstorm winds blew down several power poles and utility wires along Farm to Market Road 651 north of Crosbyton. A chimney was additionally blown down, damaging a nearby residence.
Hail that ranged in size from peas to quarters was reported in Lorenzo.
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