Scattered thunderstorms developed over the northern South Plains and the extreme southeastern Panhandle during the evening hours of the 12th, and persisted beyond midnight CST. These storms produced large hail up to the size of quarters and damaging wind gusts.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over the northern South Plains and the extreme southeastern Panhandle during the evening hours of the 12th, and persisted beyond midnight CST. These storms produced large hail up to the size of quarters and damaging wind gusts. No significant damage was reported.
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 12, 2:54 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 354 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 .SHORT TERM... SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 19Z DEPICTS DEEPENING SFC LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF ROSWELL WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING FM NEAR PLAINS TO GAIL TO BROWNWOOD. DEVELOPING DRYLINE EXTENDS FM SFC LOW SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TRANS-PECOS. AS AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE CWFA...ROUGHLY NEAR THE HWY 84 CORRIDOR FM NEAR MULESHOE TO LUBBOCK TO SNYDER AROUND 00Z. AS MAX HEATING OCCURS FM 22-23Z...WE EXPECT ISOLD STORMS TO INITIATE ALONG WARM FRONT BACK TO DRYLINE NEAR THE STATE LINE...OR IN AXIS OF BEST SFC BASED INSTABILITY. OF NOTE...WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S...SBCAPE WILL ONLY BE AOA 1000 J/KG. HOWEVER...GOOD SPEED/ DIRECTIONAL SHEAR ALONG WITH STRONG LLJ THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW FOR ROTATING SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. BACK CLOSER TO THE DRYLINE... ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES IN PLACE. WILL HAVE TO CLOSELY WATCH STORMS FOR ISOLATED TORNADIC POTENTIAL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WARM FRONT WITH ENHANCED CONVERGENCE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AFT 00Z AS LIFT FM APPROACHING LEAD SHORTWAVE (CURRENTLY NEARING SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO) PUSHES INTO WEST TEXAS. BY 06Z...BELIEVE MOST STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA WITH SEVERE THREAT ON THE DECLINE. FOR FRIDAY...WILL SEE ANY LEFTOVER -TSRA OUT EAST PUSH INTO NORTH TX AND OKLAHOMA BY MID TO LATE MORNING AS DRYLINE BEGINS TO MIX RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE CWFA. POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE STEADILY ACRS NEW MEXICO INTO THE TX PANHANDLE BY 00Z WITH STRONG SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WILL EXIST ROUGHLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA SOUTHWARD INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN. SIMILAR TO LAST TUESDAY...SHOULD AGAIN SEE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST DEVELOP EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DO NOT FORESEE ANY FIRE WEATHER WATCHES/WARNINGS AT THIS TIME FOR FRIDAY...AS SFC RH VALUES SHOULD BOTTOM OUT ABOUT 20 PERCENT. ALL SAID...WILL HOIST A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO ROWS OF THE CWFA FM 17-23Z. AFTER 00Z...COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN RACING THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS WITH WINDS SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST AND DECREASING INTO THE 20-30 MPH RANGE. MAY SEE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE FAR NORTHERN CWFA FRIDAY EVENING WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE. .LONG TERM... UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST TOWARD THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION ACROSS AREA AS SURFACE HIGH SETTLES SOUTHWARD WITH DIMINISHING NORTH WINDS. SUNDAY... UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING. NEXT UPPER LOW WILL DIG SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING SW FLOW ALOFT AND RETURN LOW LEVEL FLOW. NEXT POTENTIAL DRYLINE DAY LOOKS TO BE MONDAY AS ENERGY FROM NEXT LOW APPROACHES THE AREA. ANOTHER FRONT MAY FOLLOW NEXT TUESDAY WITH THE DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS MID TO LATE WEEK WITH ZONAL FLOW AND LOWS 40S/HIGHS 70S. && .AVIATION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT BOTH KLBB AND KCDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEST TIMING FOR KLBB SHOULD BE 23-04Z...WHILE KCDS MAINLY AFT 01Z. COULD SEE SOME SEVERE TSTMS AT BOTH TERMINALS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 KTS. CIGS WILL BE MVFR DURING STORMS AND THROUGH MOST OF OVERNIGHT HRS. CIGS COULD LOWER TO IFR AT KCDS AFT 09Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 47 55 28 59 36 / 50 20 30 0 0 TULIA 49 62 32 57 36 / 70 20 20 0 0 PLAINVIEW 51 64 32 58 37 / 50 20 10 0 0 LEVELLAND 51 62 32 63 38 / 40 10 0 0 0 LUBBOCK 53 64 33 62 40 / 50 10 10 0 0 BROWNFIELD 52 64 34 64 40 / 40 10 0 0 0 CHILDRESS 53 66 39 57 37 / 70 30 20 10 0 SPUR 56 69 37 61 39 / 60 20 10 10 0 ASPERMONT 56 73 40 61 43 / 60 30 10 10 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ033>044. && 21/06/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1144 AM CDT THU APR 12 2007 TXZ021>044-131645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1144 AM CDT THU APR 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WILL BE LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER STRONG DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR THE DRYLINE. A VERY DYNAMIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH WEST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL DRAW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK INTO WEST TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A SURFACE WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG SHEAR ALONG WITH CONVERGENCE ON THE WARM FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEVATED SUPERCELLS. THE DRYLINE WILL ALSO TAKE SHAPE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BORDER BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CONVERGENCE ON THE DRYLINE...STRONG SHEAR AND AFTERNOON HEATING SHOULD LEAD TO A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SURFACE BASED AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HIGH WIND GUSTS...BLOWING DUST AND ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AS THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EMERGES FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES CONCERNING THE STRONG WINDS AND THE ELEVATED WILDFIRE THREAT ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 523 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 TXZ022-028-122300- CASTRO TX-LAMB TX- 523 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHEAST LAMB AND SOUTHEAST CASTRO COUNTIES... AT 521 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HART...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF DIMMITT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 549 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 TXZ028-034-122315- LAMB TX-HOCKLEY TX- 549 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHEAST HOCKLEY AND SOUTHEAST LAMB COUNTIES... AT 547 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ANTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANTON...LITTLEFIELD AND SPADE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 611 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 TXZ023-122345- SWISHER TX- 611 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SWISHER COUNTY... AT 607 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TULIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TULIA IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm produced large hail along a swath through central and northeastern Swisher County. Law enforcement and storm chasers reported hail up to the size of quarters from Tulia northeastward toward Vigo Park.
A second severe storm produced penny size hail in southeastern Swisher County near the intersection of Texas Highway 86 and Farm to Market Road 2301.
Local officials reported that severe thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs just east of Quitaque.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet recorded a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph near Turkey. No damage was reported by local officials.
The Floydada Fire Department reported penny size hail in Floydada.
The Childress County Sheriff's Office reported hail up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter that fell just southwest of Childress.
Local officials reported large hail up the size of nickels from just east of Plainview to Seth Ward.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 28940, 28941, 28949, 28942, 28943, 28954, 28944.