Scattered thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds and very heavy rainfall over the west Texas South Plains during the evening hours of the 28th. Most damage occurred over northern Lynn County, where large hail destroyed young cotton crops.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds and very heavy rainfall over the west Texas South Plains during the evening hours of the 28th. Most damage occurred over northern Lynn County, where large hail destroyed young cotton crops. Crops also were damaged in Hockley, Swisher and Terry Counties. Slow storm movements attributed to flash flooding in Lynn and Floyd Counties that stranded motorists and threatened structures.
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 May 28, 2:09 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 309 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 .SHORT TERM... UPPER LOW CONTINUING SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST CROSSING NEAR RUIDOSO NEW MEXICO AT THIS TIME...STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO EARLY THIS EVENING THEN ACROSS NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN EARLY TONIGHT. 50KT UPPER LEVEL JET ROTATING AROUND LOW CREATING MODESTLY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE THOUGH MAY BE LEADING TOWARDS GREATER SUBSIDENCE IN ADVANCE. MOISTURE PULLING FURTHER NORTH ACROSS SOUTH PLAINS WITH SLIGHT CONVERGENCE MAY BE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE MENTION OF CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS MOST AREAS EARLY TONIGHT. WE HAVE ALSO ADDED A LIKELY SECTION OVER SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE OUTFLOWS SEEM MOST LIKELY DESTINED FROM NEW MEXICO BY EARLY EVENING...ALTHOUGH LACK OF A CUMULUS FIELD IN ADVANCE IS A PROBLEM FOR STORM CHANCES. FOR NOW WE WILL CONTINUE NEAR OUR WRF/NAM MODEL OUTPUT IN THIS REGARD. QUICK BURST OF HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO LOCAL STORM RUN-OFF ISSUES STILL SEEMS THE PRIMARY THREAT ALTHOUGH AS STATED EARLIER WE ALSO CANNOT RULE OUT A VERY LOW SEVERE RISK. LOW SHOULD SPIN OUT TO OUR SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ATMOSPHERE WILL GO INTO BRIEF SHORT-WAVE RIDGING EARLY TUESDAY WITH MODEST LEE-SIDE PRESSURE FALLS SUPPORTING A LOW LEVEL JET TONIGHT. STRATUS TRANSPORT NORTHWARD LOOKS A GOOD BET EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. DRY-LINE WILL TIGHTEN BY MIDDAY TUESDAY WITH PERHAPS A TREND TOWARDS BULGING THE DRY-LINE EASTWARD LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WRF/NAM HINTS AT AN ELEVATED CAP ISSUE FOR SOUTHERN ZONES NEAR THE 700 MB LEVEL...ALTHOUGH NOT YET A FATAL CAP. WE HAVE TRIMMED OUR MENTION OF THUNDER TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM MINIMAL SOUTHWEST TO SOLID CHANCE NORTHEAST. ANY STORMS DEVELOPING TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY HAVE SOME POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN GIVEN MORE FAVORABLE MID AND UPPER LEVEL SHEAR PROFILE. WARMED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY WESTERN ZONES BEHIND DRY-LINE...THOUGH IN GENERAL KEPT A NOTCH BELOW MOST GUIDANCE. FIRST 90 DEGREE OF THE YEAR MAY THREATEN KLBB DEPENDING ON HOW STRONG DOWNSLOPE SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY. MCQUEEN .LONG TERM... MODELS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON BRINGING MID/UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER IDAHO SLOWLY EASTWARD TO NEAR SOUTHEAST MONTANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WHERE IT BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY THROUGH FRIDAY THEN IT BEGINS TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE UPPER MID WEST BY SATURDAY MORNING. DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO BIG COUNTRY/SOUTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE IN MODELS WITH HANDLING OF FRONT...HOWEVER THERE A CONSENSUS THAT FRONT WILL BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN/SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS BEFORE WASHING OUT BY SATURDAY MORNING. WITH FRONT OVER OR NEAR THE FORECAST AREA WILL CONTINUE CHANCE OF POPS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. MODELS SHOW NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. CANNOT RULE OUT POSSIBILITY OF SOME POPS AND WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES TO BE BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK THEN CLIMB BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BOTH KLBB AND KCDS THIS EVENING THOUGH CURRENT RADAR DISPLAY IS UNIMPRESSIVE. MAY NEED TO WAIT FOR THE LOW TO STEER OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. LOW LEVEL JET TONIGHT SHOULD LEAD TO STRATUS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MAY CAUSE LLWS ISSUES. RM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 54 87 55 80 53 / 20 20 40 30 40 TULIA 57 84 54 81 56 / 30 30 40 30 40 PLAINVIEW 57 87 58 83 57 / 30 30 40 30 40 LEVELLAND 57 90 59 82 59 / 40 20 30 30 40 LUBBOCK 59 89 61 83 61 / 40 20 40 30 40 BROWNFIELD 57 90 58 87 59 / 60 20 30 30 40 CHILDRESS 63 85 66 85 63 / 40 40 50 40 40 SPUR 61 85 63 85 61 / 50 30 40 30 40 ASPERMONT 63 87 65 86 64 / 50 30 40 30 40 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1143 AM CDT MON MAY 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 MON MAY 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS. STRONG DAYTIME HEATING IN THE PRESENCE OF THIS DISTURBANCE WILL GENERATE MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH WIND FIELDS REMAIN WEAK...SUFFICIENT TURNING WITH HEIGHT MAY ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO ORGANIZE AND BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A CLUSTER AND MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LEVELLAND TO JAYTON WILL MOST LIKELY EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCLUDING LAKE ALAN HENRY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE CAPROCK ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORMS HERE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE ISOLATED BUT SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY COULD RESULT IN HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO REMAIN A CONCERN TODAY DUE TO HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND ANTICIPATED SLOW STORM MOTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA AND A DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTH IN THE VICINITY OF THE CAPROCK. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL ALLOW STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW IN THE MID LEVELS WHICH WILL AID STORM ORGANIZATION. STORMS WILL INITIALLY BE ISOLATED ALONG THE DRYLINE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON BUT BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THEY DEVELOP ALONG THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT DURING THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...HOWEVER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 510 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ031-282245- MOTLEY TX- 510 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS MOTLEY COUNTY... AT 508 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RURAL MOTLEY COUNTY NORTH OF U.S. 70...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MATADOR...THE STORM WAS STATIONARY. HAIL TO NEAR PENNY SIZE AND A BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE HAIL AND WIND THREAT...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 555 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ041-282330- LYNN TX- 555 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LYNN COUNTY... AT 549 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF NEW HOME. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THIS STORM AS IT DRIFTS OR BUILDS SLOWLY NORTH TOWARD SLIDE. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 646 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 TXZ035-041-290015- LUBBOCK TX-LYNN TX- 646 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LYNN AND LUBBOCK COUNTIES... AT 645 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN LUBBOCK AND TAHOKA. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THE DRIFT AND REDEVELOP SLOWLY NORTH TOWARD LUBBOCK AND SLATON. 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 Lubbock radar (KLBB), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:50 UTC.
8 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A slow moving thunderstorm produced a swath of large hail up to the size of golf balls as it drifted southward between Slide and Woodrow. The hail knocked small branches off of trees, but no damages were reported.
Numerous reports of large hail were received as a multi-cell cluster of severe storms slowly propagated southwestward over northern Lynn County. Initial reports were received at 19:34 CST of penny size hail along U.S. Highway 87 just south of the Lubbock and Lynn County line. Hailstones reportedly grew in size as the storm propagated southwestward over northern Lynn County. Newspaper accounts indicated that many acres of young cotton plants were stripped and that farmers will be hard pressed to replant by the insurance dictated deadlines.
|Farmers in extreme north-central Terry County reported damage to young cotton crops along an east-to-west swath that stretched from just northwest of Needmore Gin to just south of Locketville.
The local broadcast media relayed a report of nickel size hail along Interstate 27 on the Hale and Swisher County line south of Kress at 19:42 CST. Large hail continued to fall along a swath that moved south-southeastward into rural Hale County to the northeast of Plainview.
The local broadcast media relayed a report of nickel size hail along Interstate 27 on the Hale and Swisher County line south of Kress. Delayed reports in newspaper clipping from the area suggested that some minor crop damage may have occurred, but no details were included. Therefore a small amount of agricultural damage is reported here.
A lightning strike in Plainview rendered more than 1,500 households without electrical services for several hours.
|A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet meteorologist reported nickel size hail at his residence northwest of Ropesville.
|A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site recorded severe thunderstorm wind gusts up to 59 mph. No damage was reported.
|A second severe storm impacted portions of northwestern Lubbock County with large hail up to the size of nickels.
Local emergency management officials reported that most Farm to Market Roads west of New Home in northwestern Lynn County were covered by fast moving high water. Newspaper accounts suggest that between four and six inches of rainfall was measured by several locals along the storm's path. Reports indicated that a number of people were stranded in flooded vehicles. No injuries were reported.
The public reported penny size hail in Floydada. Delayed reports via local newspapers additionally indicated damages to cotton and wheat crops east of Floydada near the Boot Spur community. One farmer was quoted as saying around 150 acres were wiped out on his property.
A lightning strike in Floydada damaged the electrical grid and caused an outage that affected more than 1,000 customers for several hours.
A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station near Floydada recorded 2.60 inches of rainfall in a thirty minute period just before 22:00 CST. By 22:05 CST, the heavy rainfall began to cause a rapid rise of water in the city. A number of homes and businesses were threatened by the rising water. Water isolated the Dairy Queen, along with a few mobile homes and the ACE Hardware store. Road crews had to repair damage caused by the water on some main city streets.
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