A second supercell thunderstorm initiated along the dryline over eastern Hale and western Floyd County. This storm produced large hail and a family of tornadoes as it tracked northeastward.
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A second supercell thunderstorm initiated along the dryline over eastern Hale and western Floyd County. This storm produced large hail and a family of tornadoes as it tracked northeastward. The most significant tornado to impact the South Plains region on the 28th developed as this storm tracked over the Caprock Canyons State Park area north of Quitaque (Briscoe County). This tornado damaged at least three structures as it cut a nearly twenty mile path across eastern Briscoe County, northwestern Hall County, and southern Donley County.
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 28, 2:54 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 354 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 .SHORT TERM... SHARP DRYLINE TAKING SHAPE AT THIS TIME NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE AS VERY DRY AIR MIXES DOWN TO THE SURFACE TO THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS. AS THE AFTN WANES...DRYLINE WILL EDGE INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES WITH INITIAL STORM FORMATION EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE WHERE LESS CIN IS IN PLACE AND BEST CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE. INTO THE EARLY EVENING...EXPECT STORMS TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS AS CAP ERODES. DRYLINE WILL LIKELY HALT ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION THIS EVENING AS IT WAITS UNTIL MAIN IMPULSE AROUND POTENT EASTERN UTAH UPPER LOW EMERGES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THUS...EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE FIRING IN THE SOUTH PLAINS AND WORK THEIR WAY TWD THE ROLLING PLAINS. PLENTY OF CAPE...SHEAR AND LIFT WILL RESULT IN SEVERE STORMS. BIG QUESTION IS HOW LONG CELLS WILL REMAIN DISCRETE THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOMING LINEAR. AS MENTIONED IN EARLIER DISCUSSIONS AND SWODY 1...THESE DISCRETE CELLS WILL HAVE THE BEST TORNADIC POTENTIAL AS THEY ENCOUNTER BACKING LOW LEVEL WINDS AND DEEPER MOISTURE. PER THE LATEST DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SPC...A TORNADO WATCH FOR A PDS - POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION - IS BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME FOR OUR ENTIRE AREA VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT - 05Z. FLOODING CONCERNS WILL HEIGHTEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS SLOWLY MOVES EAST. GIVEN MOIST SOILS OF LATE...WILL CLOSELY WATCH RAINFALL RATES LATER ON TONIGHT. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH...BUT VERY WELL MAY HAVE TO CONTEMPLATE THIS LATER. BULK OF RAIN/STORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF CWFA BY 09-12Z WITH CLEARING SKIES FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PACIFIC FRONT EDGING EAST WILL PROVIDE MUCH DRIER AIR WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. .LONG TERM... THE INITIAL CONCERN IS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHTS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THREAT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA...DRIVEN BY THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE DRYLINE. THEREAFTER...FRIDAY MAY BECOME ANOTHER DAY OF CONCERN DUE TO AN INVERTED TROUGH PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA. IF THE DEWPOINT IS HIGH ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MOISTURE TO SUSTAIN THE STORMS...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. IF SO...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG ROADS CAN OCCUR...WHICH CAN FURTHER PROMOTE THE POSSIBILITY OF ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. THIS THINKING WILL SOLIDIFY FURTHER ESPECIALLY IF TRAINING OF STORMS OCCUR. BY SATURDAY...THE SYSTEM SHOULD START TO LIFT OUT OF THE AREA PROVIDING A COUPLE OF DAYS OF DRY WEATHER. HOWEVER BY MONDAY MORNING...GFS HINTS AT THE DRYLINE TRYING TO FORM...BREAKING OUT PRECIP IN THE BIG BEND AND EDWARDS PLATEAU AREAS. THE DRYLINE SOLIDIFIES FURTHER FROM THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN TUESDAY MORNING. THE DRYLINE ALONG WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING COULD PROMOTE PRECIP OUTBREAKS ALONG EASTERN AREAS. && .AVIATION... STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE KLBB AREA LATE THIS AFTN...ROUGHLY FM 23-02Z AND POSSIBLY LONGER. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTS TO 50 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SCT TSTMS WILL EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO A LINEAR STRUCTURE THIS EVENING ANDS SLOWLY PUSH EAST TWD THE KCDS TERMINAL BY 01Z WITH LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY. STORMS WILL PERSIST AT KCDS WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HRS...THEN BEGIN PUSHING EAST FM 09-12Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 39 65 38 61 36 / 20 0 10 10 20 TULIA 46 68 39 63 38 / 50 10 10 20 20 PLAINVIEW 47 69 40 63 40 / 50 10 10 20 20 LEVELLAND 46 68 40 67 41 / 30 10 10 20 10 LUBBOCK 48 70 42 68 41 / 50 10 10 20 10 BROWNFIELD 46 71 41 67 42 / 30 10 10 20 10 CHILDRESS 55 73 51 69 45 / 70 30 20 40 20 SPUR 55 72 45 67 44 / 60 20 20 40 10 ASPERMONT 59 71 49 67 47 / 70 40 30 40 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21/29/21/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1143 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXZ021>044-291645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1143 AM CDT WED MAR 28 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 MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON JUST EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL INITIALLY BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A FEW STRONG TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS THE STORMS ENCOUNTER DEEPER MOISTURE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX THROUGH THE EVENING AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FLOODING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1218 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 TXZ021>044-290000- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIONA...BOVINA...DIMMITT...HART... TULIA...SILVERTON...QUITAQUE...MEMPHIS...TURKEY...CHILDRESS... MULESHOE...LITTLEFIELD...OLTON...PLAINVIEW...FLOYDADA...LOCKNEY... MATADOR...ROARING SPRINGS...PADUCAH...MORTON...LEVELLAND... LUBBOCK...SLATON...WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS...DICKENS... SPUR...GUTHRIE...PLAINS...DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD...TAHOKA... ODONNELL...POST...JAYTON...ASPERMONT 1218 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY ALONG A DRY- LINE OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THEY EDGE SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL STORMS TO DEVELOP. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OF MANY THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE DRY-LINE WILL BE FURTHER WEST THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. THIS HAS FORCED AN UPDATED FORECAST WITH HIGHER CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE. A CAP OF WARM AIR JUST ABOVE THE GROUND WILL INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH FIRST STORMS DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE PANHANDLE AND OVER THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS BETWEEN 200 AND 500 PM. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE DRY-LINE EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS THE TIME TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPDATED FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. MCQUEEN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
526 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0507 PM HAIL 5 NW LOCKNEY 34.17N 101.50W
03/28/2007 E1.25 INCH FLOYD TX STORM CHASER
HAIL 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LOCKNEY.
0520 PM TORNADO SILVERTON 34.47N 101.30W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SILVERTON.
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FBOWSERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
537 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM TORNADO 8 SW SILVERTON 34.39N 101.40W
03/28/2007 BRISCOE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SILVERTON ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES.
&&
FBOWSERThe Lubbock radar (KLBB), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
|A storm chaser following the storm reported that golfball size hail was on the ground in South Plains. Event time is estimated based on radar.
Area residents and an off-duty National Weather Service employee observed a tornado that intermittently touched down just north of South Plains. The tornado caused light roof damage to an abandoned farm house, but otherwise remained over open farm land.
Many storm chasers observed a large multiple vortex tornado that developed north of Quitaque shortly after 17:30 CST. The tornado initially touched down immediately north of Texas Highway 256, and tracked northeastward across the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. The tornado cut a twelve mile long path through the mesquite thickets of eastern Briscoe County, however, it continued across northwestern Hall County and into extreme southern Donley County before ending at 17:09 CST. The total path length was nearly twenty miles in length. |Despite the rural nature of the area, a few structures sustained significant damage. A trailer house was destroyed about five miles south of the river. The trailer was vacant when the tornado struck, but frequently served to house deer hunters. A single-story residence also was impacted by the tornado near Antelope Flat. The roof was totally blown off of the home. A forty by twenty-four foot barn used to store all-terrain vehicles also was destroyed at the homestead. At least two wind mills were additionally destroyed. The destruction of the trailer house, the complete loss of the roof to the home, and the destruction of the large barn all support an EF2 rating. No injuries were reported.
The long-lived tornado that impacted eastern Briscoe County moved through rural areas of northwestern Hall County, just west and northwest of Brice. Although the tornado was large and had a history of causing significant damage, no man-made structures were affected in Hall County. The tornado was roping out when it crossed the Hall and Donley County line west of Texas Highway 70 at 17:05 CST.
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