Scattered convection developed over the west Texas South Plains region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 6th. An initial severe storm over northern Lynn County produced large hail that destroyed 2,500 acres of cotton northwest of Tahoka.
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Scattered convection developed over the west Texas South Plains region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 6th. An initial severe storm over northern Lynn County produced large hail that destroyed 2,500 acres of cotton northwest of Tahoka. A few storms evolved into supercells, and produced large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and even a pair of tornadoes. The most significant storm damage was in northeastern Castro County, where thunderstorm winds damaged grain bins. In addition, a weak tornado destroyed two barns east-northeast of Nazareth. The parent supercell thunderstorm that resulted in this damage went on to produce a second tornado in rural Swisher County. Large hail additionally destroyed 2,500 acres of cotton in Lynn 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 7, 10:18 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1118 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 .UPDATE... LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER MAY GET BUSY ACROSS THE FA THIS AFTN AND EVENING. SO FAR THIS MORNING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE...WITH SHOWERS EXTENDING SW INTO THE CENTRAL SPLNS. THIS ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK CIRCULATION LEFT OVER FROM HENRIETTE MOVING NE. BEHIND THIS THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME WEAK SUBSIDENCE PER WV IMAGERY...AND SKIES FROM NM THROUGH THE WESTERN SPLNS AND PERMIAN BASIN ARE MOSTLY SUNNY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW SOME INSTABILITY TO BUILD UP FRO NEXT SEVERAL HRS. WV IMAGERY ALSO SHOWING A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVING EAST FROM THE ROCKIES AND GREAT BASIN INTO THE SRN PLAINS. FINALLY...AT THE SFC A FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI TO THE EASTERN OKLA PANHANDLE. CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED THIS MORNING THAT THE FRONT...REINFORCED BY OUTFLOW...WILL CONTINUE SOUTH AND MOVE INTO THE FA...POTENTIALLY LOCATED FROM SE NEW MEXICO NORTHEAST INTO THE CHILDRESS AREA BY LATE AFTN. WITH VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...AND INCREASING LIFT ALOFT AND ALONG/BEHIND THE FRONT...WE EXPECT ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE WESTERN SPLNS...SPREADING EAST. NOT SURE ON TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT SINCE TEMPS ARE SLOWER TO WARM UP AND STRONG LARGE-SCALE ASCENT MAY NOT ARRIVE UNTIL EVE. CONCERNS ARE FOR SVR AND HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING POTENTIAL. WHILE TEMPS/SFC- BASED INSTABILITY SHOULD BE LESS THAN YSTDY...ADEQUATE SHEAR...H5 WINDS AND 0-6 KM SHEAR OF ABOUT 25-30 KTS...AND CAPES UP TO 3000 J/KG SHOULD SUPPORT SOME STORM ORGANIZATION AND PERHAPS SOME BRIEF ROTATION. FURTHER EAST INTO THE CENTRAL SPLNS/ROLLING PLAINS...SVR THREAT SHOULD BE LESS DUE TO COOLER TEMPS. SVR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE GREATEST THREAT AT THIS TIME...WITH MARGINALLY SVR HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECIP WATER OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WILL LEAD TO SOME HEAVY RAINFALL FALL. THE WTXM STATION NEAR SILVERTON RECORDED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN FROM STORMS YSTDY...AND THIS COULD BE REPEATED IN LOCALIZED AREAS TODAY/TONIGHT. HAVE UPPED POPS ACROSS WESTERN AND NRN AREAS THIS AFTN AND ADDED SVR/HVY RAIN WORDING TO GRIDS AND WILL UPDATE HWO. HAVE HELD OFF ON ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH DUE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL YSTDY AND POTENTIAL FOR GREATER TSTM COVERAGE TO SOUTH AND WEST. WATCH COULD BE ISSUED LATER ONCE CONVECTIVE TRENDS ARE MORE IN FOCUS. UPDATED PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 86 63 86 64 82 / 60 50 40 20 20 TULIA 84 64 85 66 84 / 60 60 40 30 20 PLAINVIEW 86 65 84 66 85 / 60 70 40 30 30 LEVELLAND 87 66 85 64 85 / 50 60 40 30 30 LUBBOCK 88 67 84 68 86 / 50 60 40 30 30 BROWNFIELD 89 66 85 66 86 / 40 50 40 30 30 CHILDRESS 85 69 84 70 85 / 50 70 50 40 30 SPUR 89 69 85 70 86 / 30 50 40 40 30 ASPERMONT 90 70 87 71 87 / 30 40 40 40 40 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 TXZ021>044-081630- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1130 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. STORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE FIRST ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH. ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT. FLOODING DUE TO A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE...SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONALLY...THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY AND MAY BE CONCENTRATED ALONG THE FRONT...AND THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. THIS THREAT SHOULD SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST BY SATURDAY EVENING. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
942 AM CDT FRI SEP 07 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND GST TURKEY 34.39N 100.90W
09/06/2007 E60 MPH HALL TX PUBLIC
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TLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1157 AM CDT FRI SEP 07 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM HAIL 3 E FLOYDADA 33.98N 101.28W
09/06/2007 E1.00 INCH FLOYD TX TX DOT
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TLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 222 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 TXZ035-041-071945- LUBBOCK TX-LYNN TX- 222 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LYNN AND LUBBOCK COUNTIES... AT 221 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF TAHOKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. 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 243 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 TXZ033-034-072015- HOCKLEY TX-COCHRAN TX- 243 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 241 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEFACE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. 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), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that 2,500 acres of cotton were destroyed due to a swath of wind blown hail. The hail swath was located several miles north of Tahoka to the west of U.S. Highway 87. In addition, an estimated wind gust of 60 mph accompanied the hail.
The public reported that 2,500 acres of cotton were destroyed due to a swath of wind blown hail. Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
Local law enforcement officials and the public reported wind gusts to 60 mph across Hockley county. The swath of winds downed several power poles from west of Levelland along Texas Highway 114 to Whitharral. Additionally, a 300 pound diesel fuel tank also was blown over just east of the Hockley and Cochran county line along Texas Highway 114.
Damaging winds accompanied a rapidly intensifying severe storm near Nazareth. Two grain bins were destroyed northwest of the town.
Local officials reported that an apparent tornado severely damaged two barns on a farmstead east-northeast of Nazareth. Doppler radar signatures additionally supported the potential for tornadic activity, as the storm that initially produced damaging winds northwest of Nazareth evolved to display a supercell structure and sharply turned its direction of movement towards the southeast.
Multiple employees at a cattle feed yard in rural southwestern Swisher County observed a tornado that developed over open country southwest of Tulia. No damage was reported. The tornado was spawned by the same storm that resulted in tornadic damage near Nazareth (Castro County) during the previous hour.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site south of Brownfield recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms in Terry County caused flash flooding in Brownfield. The Terry County Emergency Management Agency reported that Old Lamesa Road in Brownfield was completely inundated with flowing flood waters as were several other side streets in Brownfield.
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