Scattered thunderstorms over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle and the South Plains produced large hail up to the size of quarters and severe winds. No serious damage was reported.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle and the South Plains produced large hail up to the size of quarters and severe winds. No serious 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 Jul 9, 2:19 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 319 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 .SHORT TERM... MIDDLE LEVEL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WEAK COLD FRONT/OUTFLOW IS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CWA AND MAY BECOME A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE A CLUSTER OF STORMS ATTEMPTS TO ORGANIZE AND MOVE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTWARD. QUESTION IS WHETHER IT DEVELOPS OVER NEW MEXICO OR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS? FOR NOW WILL NOT GO ANY HIGHER THAN SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE AREA. ANY CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. HAVE GONE ON THE SLIGHTLY COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR THIS FORECAST AND LET LATER SHIFTS TWEAK AS NEEDED. .LONG TERM... SMALL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGES WILL BE THE FOCUS IN THE LONG TERM. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WHICH WILL TRANSITION TO MORE ZONAL FLOW BY THE END OF THE FCST PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN U.S. ANY UPPER LEVEL JET MAXES WILL STAY WELL TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE TROUGH. TUESDAY NIGHT LOOKS BEST FOR RAIN CHANCES WITH THE FIRST OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLE. MODELS CONTINUE TO DIFFER ON THE TIMING OF CONVECTIVE INITIATION BUT LOCATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG THE BOUNDARY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY. THE NAM CONTINUES TO MOVE THE FRONT SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE GFS...SO THE CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL DIFFER IN THE MODELS AS WELL. THE NEXT BOUNDARY TO AFFECT THE AREA IS PROGGED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. DEVELOPMENT OFF THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE PANHANDLES/WESTERN OKLAHOMA MAY PROVIDE FOR SOME CONVECTION FRIDAY EVENING. TOO MANY UNCERTAINTIES HAVE YIELDED ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE IN POPS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK PAST TOMORROW NIGHT. JDV && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 64 94 65 90 65 / 50 20 40 20 20 TULIA 66 94 66 92 66 / 30 20 40 20 20 PLAINVIEW 66 95 65 92 67 / 30 20 40 20 20 LEVELLAND 66 96 65 91 68 / 20 20 40 20 20 LUBBOCK 70 95 69 91 70 / 30 20 40 20 20 BROWNFIELD 69 97 68 92 70 / 20 20 30 20 20 CHILDRESS 73 95 71 92 72 / 30 20 40 20 30 SPUR 70 96 68 92 72 / 20 20 40 20 20 ASPERMONT 74 96 72 94 73 / 20 20 40 30 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 18/01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 551 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ021>044-101100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 551 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOODING A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT. SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 346 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ023-092115- SWISHER TX- 346 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SWISHER COUNTY... AT 344 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF TULIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 406 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ034-035-092130- LUBBOCK TX-HOCKLEY TX- 406 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHEAST HOCKLEY AND SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK COUNTIES... AT 400 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF WOLFFORTH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE 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 445 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ023-024-092215- SWISHER TX-BRISCOE TX- 445 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS BRISCOE AND SWISHER COUNTIES... AT 436 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACKENZIE RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF SILVERTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 518 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ024-025-092245- BRISCOE TX-HALL TX- 518 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS HALL AND BRISCOE COUNTIES... AT 515 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKEVIEW...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUITAQUE...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 544 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ021-092315- PARMER TX- 544 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHERN PARMER COUNTY... AT 543 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF FRIONA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. FRIONA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE 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 608 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 TXZ027-092345- BAILEY TX- 608 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST BAILEY COUNTY... AT 604 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF WEST CAMP. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE COMMUNITY OF WEST CAMP IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE 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 Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Muleshoe recorded a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. No damage was reported.
The public reported large hail up to the size of pennies in Happy. The hail was particularly hard, and reports indicated that some minor damage to vehicles did occur.
A severe thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph was measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet northeast of Abernathy. No damage was reported.
Motorists traveling along Interstate 27 encountered quarter size hail just south of Happy.
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