Scattered severe thunderstorms developed over the South Plains of west Texas during the afternoon and evening hours of the 6th. The primary severe weather mode throughout the event was damaging wind gusts, however, no structural or otherwise significant damage was reported.
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Scattered severe thunderstorms developed over the South Plains of west Texas during the afternoon and evening hours of the 6th. The primary severe weather mode throughout the event was damaging wind gusts, however, no structural or otherwise significant damage was reported. Hail up to the size of quarters also accompanied a storm over Floyd 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 Sep 6, 2:10 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 310 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 .SHORT TERM... MOISTURE FROM HENRIETTE FAIRLY SLOW TO ARRIVE WITH SUNNIER SKIES THAN ANTICIPATED BRINGING WARMER AFTN TEMPS. SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NWRN ZONES AND ERN NEW MEXICO WILL ONLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE VERY NEAR TERM. TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING EXPECT TO SEE CONTINUED INCREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE BUT WITH ONLY SUBTLE FORCING ACTING ON IT. THUS WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS NEAR 30 PCT THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY. BY THEN HOWEVER EXPECT TO SEE A COLD FRONT IMPINGING ON OR MOVING INTO THE FCST AREA. PREFER WRF-NAM TIMING IN THIS REGARD. THE FRONT SHOULD ACT AS A BETTER FOCUS FOR PRECIP IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONTINUED WEAK MID LEVEL FORCING. FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL THUS RUN WITH 40 TO 50 PCT POPS ACROSS THE NORTH TAPERING TOWARD 30 FOR THE SOUTH. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRICKY MAINLY GIVEN TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF CLOUD COVER...BUT WILL TREND TOWARD A MILD OVERNIGHT /ALTHOUGH NOT AS MILD AS MET GUIDANCE SUGGESTS/ AND WILL AGAIN TRY THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS FRIDAY. .LONG TERM... BY FRI EVENING...INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE WILL BE A DECENT SHIELD OF PRECIP WORKING ACROSS THE FA. AGAIN...OUR NRN ZONES MAY BE FAVORED DUE TO THEIR VICINITY OF THE WAVERING FRONT...BUT POSSIBILITY REMAINS FOR CONSIDERABLE SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA. THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE AND LIFT FROM THE HENRIETTE REMNANTS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLA BY MIDDAY SAT...BUT PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD CONTINUE AS SHTWV ENERGY MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...BRINGING CONTINUED WEAK LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND POSSIBLY PUSHING THE BOUNDARY BACK INTO THE CWA. IN GENERAL THOUGH RAINFALL INTENSITY SHOULD BE ON THE DECREASE AS GREATEST MOISTURE HEADS EAST. ATTM...IT APPEARS THE BEST TIME FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE FROM FRI EVE THROUGH MIDDAY SAT WITH THE THREAT AREA SLOWLY SHIFTING E-NE INTO THE SE PANHANDLE AND NRN ROLLING PLAINS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH MAY BE COMMON...WITH POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO THREE INCHES...MAINLY OFF THE CAPROCK. THESE TYPE OF AMOUNTS IF SPREAD OVER 24 HRS OR SO SHOULD NOT PRODUCE ANY WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING IN THE HWO. WE SHOULD SEE A BIT OF A BREAK IN THE ACTION SUN INTO EARLY MON ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE DOES NOT COMPLETELY DRY OUT...THUS JUSTIFYING CONTINUED LOW POPS. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A STRONG SHTWV WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON MONDAY...AND CARVE OUT A DEEP TROUGH FROM THE MIDWEST INTO EAST TX BY MIDWEEK. THIS IN TURN WILL SEND A STRONGER FRONT SOUTH THROUGH TEXAS LATE MON OR TUE...WITH THE GFS QUICKER THAN THE ECMWF. WE SHOULD SEE HIGHER POOPS COINCIDING WITH THE FROPA AND THEN QUICKLY ENDING AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. SFC RIDGE BRIDGING FROM CENTRAL PLAINS INTO WTX AND NW FLOW OVERHEAD SHOULD PRODUCE SEVERAL DAYS OF /FALL-LIKE/ WX WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...MILD DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS. AS PREVIOUS FCST MENTIONED SOME 40S MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE SW PANHANDLE/NW SPLNS. SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND FROM THE MIDDLE TO LATE NEXT WEEK AS SFC HIGHS GRADUALLY MOVES EAST AND LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. THANKS AMA AND OUN FOR COORDINATION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 65 85 62 83 62 / 30 40 30 30 20 TULIA 66 85 63 84 64 / 30 40 40 30 30 PLAINVIEW 68 85 65 85 65 / 30 40 40 30 30 LEVELLAND 69 88 65 86 64 / 30 30 30 30 20 LUBBOCK 70 87 68 86 68 / 30 30 30 30 20 BROWNFIELD 70 87 66 86 66 / 30 30 30 30 20 CHILDRESS 72 89 70 85 69 / 30 50 50 40 30 SPUR 71 90 69 86 69 / 40 30 40 30 30 ASPERMONT 72 90 72 87 70 / 40 30 40 30 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 07/33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 552 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 TXZ021>044-071100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 552 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE HENRIETTE TO BRING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ON FRIDAY. THE FRONT MAY LINGER IN THE REGION SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:23 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A farmer reported that thunderstorm winds damaged a cotton trailer shortly before 14:25 CST on the 6th when it was blown over near Claytonville.
A small but intense thunderstorm impacted southeastern Lubbock County on the afternoon of the 6th. This storm produced localized severe wind gusts measured up to 60 mph by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Slaton. No damage was reported.
The storm that produced damaging winds in southeastern Swisher County moved east and impacted portions of Briscoe County. Severe wind gusts up to 58 mph were measured by the KVII-TV Schoolnet station in Silverton. No damage was reported.
Nickel to quarter size hail accompanied a severe thunderstorm near Floydada during the evening hours of the 6th. Initial reports indicated nickel size hail in the city. The Texas Department of Transportation reported that hail up to the size of quarters fell along U.S. Highway 62/70 east of Floydada.
The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph in Turkey. No damage was reported.
Storm spotters reported that severe thunderstorm winds downed tree limbs in Northfield.
A thunderstorm produced damaging winds in the Childress vicinity during the evening hours of the 6th. The Automated Surface Observation System at the Childress Municipal Airport measured an initial severe gust of 59 mph at 19:04 CST. At 19:15 CST, local fire department officials reported that thunderstorm winds had downed power lines and damaged trees in the city. A peak gust of 64 mph was recorded at the airport at 19:19 CST. No structural damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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