Heavy rainfall accompanied a small complex of convection that propagated southwestward over the central South Plains of west Texas during the afternoon hours of the 5th. Portions of south Lubbock experienced minor street flooding, with water covering a few intersections along 82nd Street at University and U Avenues.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall accompanied a small complex of convection that propagated southwestward over the central South Plains of west Texas during the afternoon hours of the 5th. Portions of south Lubbock experienced minor street flooding, with water covering a few intersections along 82nd Street at University and U Avenues. Also, water was reportedly standing at the 3400 block of 70th Street. Traffic was not adversely impacted.
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 Jul 5, 10:35 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1135 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 .UPDATE... A QUICK UPDATE HAS BEEN SENT IN THE GRIDS TO REFLECT THE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. THE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND IS PROPAGATING FURTHER WEST THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...A WEAK BOUNDARY SEEN ON THE SURFACE OBSERVATIONS MAY BE A FOCUS FOR A SOUTHWEST PROPAGATION OF THIS COMPLEX THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. JDV && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 84 61 84 62 89 / 20 10 10 10 10 TULIA 84 62 85 63 88 / 30 10 10 10 10 PLAINVIEW 84 63 85 63 89 / 30 10 10 10 10 LEVELLAND 87 65 86 64 90 / 30 20 10 10 10 LUBBOCK 86 65 86 65 90 / 40 20 10 10 10 BROWNFIELD 88 65 86 64 89 / 40 20 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 86 67 87 67 90 / 40 20 20 20 20 SPUR 85 67 86 66 89 / 40 20 20 20 20 ASPERMONT 86 67 85 69 87 / 40 30 30 30 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 535 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 TXZ021>044-061045- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 535 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1251 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 TXZ035-051830- LUBBOCK TX- 1251 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LUBBOCK COUNTY... AT 1249 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF IDALOU...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERNATHY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES. AVOID NORMAL FLOOD-PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
|Up to one and a half inches of rain fell over portions of south Lubbock in a forty-five minute period, including near the intersection of Indiana and 70th.
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