Isolated severe thunderstorms impacted portions of the west Texas South Plains region during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 27th. Severe storms over Childress, Cottle, Floyd, and King Counties produced large hail up to the size of golfballs and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms impacted portions of the west Texas South Plains region during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 27th. Severe storms over Childress, Cottle, Floyd, and King Counties produced large hail up to the size of golfballs and damaging winds.
An isolated storm rapidly developed near an outflow boundary over western Hale County. This storm quickly produced a persistent and highly visible tornado that moved west-northwestward across farm land between Cotton Center (Hale County) and Corry (Lamb County). Only minor agricultural 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 Sep 27, 2:31 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 331 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 .SHORT TERM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INITIATED ALONG A WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. SURFACE BASED CAPES ARE NEAR 1000 J/KG WITH HIGHER VALUES OVER 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...SO STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AS THEY PROPAGATE SE INTO AREA OF HIGHER INSTABILITY. WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...WIND SHEAR IS RELATIVELY WEAK...SO STORMS MAY BE PULSE SEVERE OR SLOW MOVING MULTICELL STRUCTURES WITH SLIGHT RISK OF HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS. FRIDAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH SURFACE HIGH MOVING FARTHER EAST OF THE REGION...AND PRESSURES FALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INCREASES WITH DEEPENING TROUGH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CONUS. WITH STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW AND MOISTURE ADVECTION...WILL LIKELY SEE A FEW STORMS AGAIN TOMORROW ALTHOUGH COVERAGE MAY BE LIMITED. WARM AND HUMID TOMORROW WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID 80S. .LONG TERM... SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH TRANSLATES EAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWFA WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FAVORED AREA FOR STORMS FRI EVENING DUE TO INCREASING ASCENT AND SFC CONVERGENCE ALONG SFC PRESS TROUGH AXIS. FOR SATURDAY...BOTH THE WRF AND GFS INDICATE THE STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS...WITH THE GFS A LITTLE STRONGER AND FARTHER SOUTH WITH AN UPPER LOW POSSIBLY CLOSING OFF. THIS WILL BE THE ACCEPTED TREND FOR THIS FORECAST RESULTING IN A LITTLE SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THE WAVE. SCATTERED STORMS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO SAT AFTERNOON SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLES AND NORTHWEST SO PLAINS SAT EVENING AS STRONGEST LIFT ARRIVES. SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS LOW TO MID LEVEL SHEAR INCREASES AND POSES A THREAT FOR SOME SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. NEGATIVE FACTORS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE POTENTIAL CAP LATE SAT...BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS AS THOUGH TEMPS IN THE MID 80S SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH SPARK FOR INITIATION. PRECIPITATION THREAT WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST BY 12 SUN AS MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS EXITS TO THE EAST AND DRIER AIR ADVECTS INTO WEST TEXAS. HOWEVER...DECIDED TO KEEP A SLIGHT CHC THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY DUE TO WEAK FROPA LURKING ACRS THE SOUTH PLAINS INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS. FOR NEXT WEEK...WEATHER LOOKS TO BE RATHER BENIGN AS ACTIVE STORM TRACK REMAINS FROM THE PAC NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH A RELATIVELY ZONAL FLOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 58 84 58 83 58 / 20 30 30 30 30 TULIA 58 85 60 83 59 / 20 20 30 20 30 PLAINVIEW 59 85 61 83 60 / 20 20 20 20 30 LEVELLAND 61 86 61 84 61 / 20 20 20 20 20 LUBBOCK 62 86 63 84 63 / 30 20 20 20 20 BROWNFIELD 62 86 62 85 63 / 20 20 20 20 20 CHILDRESS 65 87 63 86 64 / 30 20 10 10 30 SPUR 65 87 63 85 65 / 30 20 10 10 20 ASPERMONT 66 87 64 87 66 / 30 20 10 10 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 06/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 252 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 TXZ021>044-282000- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 252 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...THEN SPREADING OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ON SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS MAY FORM A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS THE THREAT OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS LIMITED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 333 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 TXZ033-039-272100- COCHRAN TX-YOAKUM TX- 333 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS YOAKUM AND COCHRAN COUNTIES... AT 327 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF PLAINS...MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 418 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 TXZ033-272200- COCHRAN TX- 418 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS COCHRAN COUNTY... AT 413 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF LEHMAN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF MORTON...DEVELOPING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM MAY IMPACT LEHMAN AND WHITEFACE. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 436 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 TXZ032-038-272200- COTTLE TX-KING TX- 436 PM CDT THU SEP 27 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS KING AND COTTLE COUNTIES... AT 433 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINNEY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF GUTHRIE...WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM 10 MILE NORTHWEST OF PADUCAH. BOTH STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. SMALL HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports indicated that nickel to golf ball size hail fell along U.S. Highway 62/83 near the small community of Dunlap north of Paducah. No damage was reported.
At 16:45 CST the Federal Aviation Administration relayed a pilot report of a tornado just west of Cotton Center. The tornado had formed along an outflow boundary beneath a rapidly developing severe thunderstorm. The highly visible landspout-type tornado was observed by many officials and the general public from portions of at least three counties as it moved west-northwestward over farm land until it dissipated just south of Corry (extreme eastern Lamb County) at 16:55 CST.
An eyewitness reported that the tornado briefly broke-up as it crossed Texas Farm to Market Road 37 near the Hale and Lamb County line, then reformed as it crossed into Lamb County. Although no structural damage occurred, farmers reported that the track of the tornado was visible through cotton and wheat fields.
At 16:45 CST the Federal Aviation Administration relayed a pilot report of a tornado just west of Cotton Center (western Hale County). The tornado had formed along an outflow boundary beneath a rapidly developing severe thunderstorm. The highly visible landspout-type tornado was observed by many officials and the general public from portions of at least three counties as it moved west-northwestward over farm land until it dissipated just south of Corry (extreme eastern Lamb County) at 16:55 CST.
An eyewitness reported that the tornado briefly broke-up as it crossed Texas Farm to Market Road 37 near the Hale and Lamb County line, then reformed as it crossed into Lamb County. Although no structural damage occurred, farmers reported that the track of the tornado was visible through cotton and wheat fields.
Local residents and newspaper articles reported that large hail up to the size of quarters resulted in localized crop damage west of Cotton Center. The hail reportedly accumulated a few inches deep on the ground.
A broadcast media storm chaser photographed rapidly flowing flood waters pouring from cotton fields west of Cotton Center. The flood waters covered portions of Texas Farm to Market Road 37 west of Cotton Center. No damage was reported.
A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported that severe thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 mph damaged tents and other lightweight objects in Guthrie. A National Weather Service survey team found large tree branches up to 5 inches in diameter that were blown down by the winds just west of the city. No structural damage or injuries were reported.
A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported large hail that ranged between pea and golf ball size just west of Kirkland. No damage was reported.
A severe storm embedded within a lingering convective complex produced large hail that destroyed up to 700 acres of cotton north of Dougherty. Farmers reported localized rainfall totals that approached five inches, however, no reports of flash flooding were received.
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