S. during the afternoon and evening hours of the 23rd.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
An active round of severe thunderstorms, including damaging tornadoes, affected a large portion of the Southern Plains of the U.S. during the afternoon and evening hours of the 23rd. Supercell thunderstorms with a history of producing deadly tornadoes propagated northeastward from the plains of eastern New Mexico into the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle and the western South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours. As these storms moved eastward across the state line, convective modes transitioned from classic supercells toward mini-bow segments and line-echo-waves. Despite the linear nature of the storms, extreme wind shear resulted in at least five tornadoes across the western South Plains region.|Tornadoes were initially observed in the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains around 20:00 CST. The hardest hit area was the Bovina vicinity in Parmer County, where a weak tornado struck the city resulting in minor structural damage. |Severe storms producing widespread wind damage and at least one strong tornado then impacted portions of Cochran, southern Bailey, and Lamb Counties during the late evening hours. Two cotton gins in Cochran County were severely damaged, and power outages were widespread. |No injuries were reported during the severe weather outbreak on the 23rd, but property damage estimates totaled more than $400,000.
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 Mar 23, 2:43 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 343 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 .SHORT TERM... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO SHORT-TERM FCST. TSTMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NM AS THAT AREA FEELS LIFT FROM APPROACHING UPPER-LOW. CLEARING LINE HAS PROGRESSED INTO THE CENTRAL CWA. 15Z SOUNDING FROM WTXM/KREE DID NOT SHOW MUCH CIN IN PLACE AND SUSPECT THAT 2-3000 J/KG OF ENERGY WILL BE ABLE TO BE REALIZED BY TSTM CELLS AS THEY ENTER THE CWA FROM THE WEST/SW. PROGGED DEEP-LAYER SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT FOR STORM ORGANIZATION/ROTATION AND MOST DERIVED INDICES INDICATE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND/OR HIGH WINDS ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE TORNADO THREAT...LCLS ARE COMING UP ACROSS THE WEST AS T/TD SPREADS INCREASE...BUT LCL/LFC VALUES DO NOT APPEAR TO PRECLUDE TORNADOES. WITHOUT AN OBVIOUS PRE-EXISTING BOUNDARY TO WORK WITH WILL WATCH FOR ANY RIGHT-MOVING SUPERCELLS TO TAP INTO THE SR HELICITY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. TONIGHT...EXPECT AT LEAST ONE LARGE MCS TO MOVE NE ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA. GIVEN THE STRONG SE LLJ...THE HIGH PWATS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF REPEATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...FLASH FLOODING IS A THREAT...PLEASE SEE SECTION BELOW. THE COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOULD LOSE INTENSITY AS IT OUTRUNS THE STRONGEST LIFT...AS UPPER-LOW EJECTS NE THROUGH E-NE NM. HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS ACROSS THE SW COUNTIES LATER SAT MORN AS CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE WILL BE A FAIRLY SHARP BACK EDGE TO THE ACTIVITY AS IT SWINGS NE ACROSS THE CWA. THE REMAINDER OF SAT SHOULD BE BREEZY AND A PERIOD OF DRYING OUT AS A PACIFIC FRONT WORKS THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA BEFORE STALLING ACROSS THE SE. .LONG TERM... FIRST LOW EXPECTED TO CLEAR TO OUR NORTH LATE ON SATURDAY WITH DIMINISHING TREND IN THUNDERSTORMS AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. MODELS HAVE TRENDED A BIT SLOWER AND STRONGER...HOWEVER...WITH THE FOLLOWING LOW EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS LATE ON SUNDAY. WE PREFER THE MORE CONSISTENT GFS WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IMPROVING AGAIN DURING THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE THIS SYSTEM...TOO... HEADS EAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. STILL SOME CONCERN FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION THREAT...ALTHOUGH DEWPOINTS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS DO NOT LOOK AS HIGH AS EARLY THIS WEEKEND. DRIER MORE ZONAL FLOW EXPECTED DURING THE COMING WEEK WITH NEXT WAVE FAIRLY SHARP BUT STILL LIKELY TO PASS TO OUR NORTH. THIS MAY SHARPEN UP DRY-LINE THUNDERSTORM THREAT EASTERN ZONES BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS ALREADY INDICATED. MORE ZONAL FLOW TO FOLLOW WITH MODERATING TREND IN TEMPERATURES. MCQUEEN && .AVIATION... AFTER A PERIOD OF CLEARING AT KLBB THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE LUBBOCK AREA AROUND 00Z/7 PM...WITH THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 00Z/7PM CDT AND 06Z/1 AM CDT AT KLBB. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A CLEARING TREND FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 50 67 49 69 48 / 90 30 30 30 10 TULIA 53 69 49 70 49 / 90 50 40 40 20 PLAINVIEW 53 70 51 68 50 / 90 50 30 50 20 LEVELLAND 54 70 53 68 51 / 90 40 20 60 20 LUBBOCK 56 71 54 68 52 / 80 50 30 60 30 BROWNFIELD 55 72 53 67 52 / 80 40 20 60 30 CHILDRESS 57 75 58 71 54 / 80 70 50 50 50 SPUR 58 73 57 68 53 / 80 60 40 60 50 ASPERMONT 59 74 58 67 56 / 70 60 50 60 50 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ021>024-027>029-033>035-039>041. && 33/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 357 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXZ021>044-242100- 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 FRI MAR 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 27 THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITHIN A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHILE THE REMAINING AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK. FLOODING TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. INITIALLY THE THREAT SHOULD BE CHIEFLY ACROSS THE NEW MEXICO BORDER COUNTIES AND THEN SLOWLY SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND WEST-CENTRAL COUNTIES OF THE SRN PANHANDLE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES MAY CAUSE FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 12Z/7 AM CDT/ SAT MORN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...PRIMARILY EAST OF INTERSTATE 27. THESE STORMS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 622 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXZ027-033-039-240000- BAILEY TX-COCHRAN TX-YOAKUM TX- 622 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER YOAKUM... COCHRAN AND BAILEY COUNTIES... AT 620 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR TATUM NEW MEXICO. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND IF IT REMAINS ON THIS TRACK AND INTENSITY...IT WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN COCHRAN AND SOUTHWESTERN BAILEY COUNTIES BY 7 PM CDT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR BLEDSOE SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 656 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXZ027-033-240100- BAILEY TX-COCHRAN TX- 656 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COCHRAN AND BAILEY COUNTIES... AT 652 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROSSROADS NEW MEXICO MOVING NORTH- NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THIS STORM REMAINS ON THIS TRACK AND INTENSITY IT WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST COCHRAN AND SOUTHWEST BAILEY COUNTIES BY 8 PM CDT. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR GRIFFITH...GOODLAND AND BAILEYBORO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THE STORM APPROACHES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 825 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXZ021-240200- PARMER TX- 825 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PARMER COUNTY... AT 824 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARWELL NEAR THE STATE LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TRACK WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORM INTO SOUTHWEST PARMER COUNTY BY 845 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported a tornado south of Farwell. The tornado remained in open fields just east of the Texas/New Mexico border. Local officials found no damage in the area.|
An apparent tornado crossed Farm to Market Road 1760, fifteen miles west of Muleshoe. Several utility lines and poles were damaged. Damage corresponds to an intense low level Doppler circulation.
|Skywarn spotters reported penny size hail in Lariat.|
The Bovina Police Department reported seeing a funnel cloud approach the city from the southwest. A National Weather Service survey team documented damage from a weak tornado that developed in a Bovina city park and moved northeastward through a residential area. Large tree limbs up to five inches in diameter were blown down, storage sheds were destroyed, and several homes sustained roof and window damage. On the north edge of the city, a carport was destroyed with debris wrapped around a large tree. Additionally, windows were blown out of an adjacent mobile home. Power outages were widespread across the city. |The tornado continued to track northward where it destroyed a horse stable at a farm northeast of the city. No injuries were reported. Many residents sought shelter in basements and left trailer houses for more substantial structures. Damage estimates totaled $75,000.
Numerous county roads were reportedly inundated by flowing flood waters from just south of Farwell to the Parmer/Bailey County line. No damage was reported.
Numerous secondary roads were reportedly inundated by flood waters in northwestern Bailey County. By 22:50 CST, law enforcement officials reported that Farm to Market Road 1760 had been closed due to flash flooding west of U.S. Highway 84.
Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in damage to at least three trailer homes and other lightweight structures in Black. This consisted of minor roof damage and the removal of siding. A horse trailer was also destroyed. A National Weather Service survey team found no evidence of a tornado.
A tornado was observed by the Levelland Fire Department southwest of Morton around 22:20 CST. A National Weather Service damage survey revealed that the tornado crossed Farm to Market Road 169 causing damage to the Southwest Gin. The southern end of the gin's main structure collapsed and a secondary metal structure was shifted off of its foundation. The debris was thrown north-northeastward along the tornado's path. No injuries were reported. Property damages totaled $80,000. Event times estimated by radar.
The Levelland Fire Department reported a second tornado west-northwest of Morton shortly before 22:30 CST. A National Weather Service damage survey found evidence of a strong tornado that developed west of Morton and crossed Texas Highway 114 as it tracked north-northwestward through north-central Cochran county. The tornado impacted the Star Route Gin, which sustained severe damage including the partial collapse of the structure. Concrete anchors were pulled out of the ground and portions of the steel roof beams were heavily damaged.|The tornado continued north-northwestward across Farm to Market Road 596 where the tornado destroyed at least three irrigation systems and snapped more than one dozen utility poles. |Damage at the Star Route Gin and the snapped utility poles support an EF-2 rating. No injuries were reported and damage estimates totaled $175,000.
Multiple structures in Enochs sustained damage as a line of severe thunderstorms characterized by a bow-shaped radar signature impacted the community. At least three structures with tin roofs sustained heavy wind damage. Road signs were blown down and a number of utility lines were downed. No injuries were reported. Damage estimates totalled $25,000.
Law enforcement officials reported that thunderstorm winds downed power lines in the Earth and Littlefield vicinities. The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site south of Olton additionally recorded a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph as the storms quickly moved northeastward through northeastern Lamb County. |
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