Scattered convection again developed over the South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours of the 9th. Some thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail up to the size of golfballs.
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Scattered convection again developed over the South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours of the 9th. Some thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail up to the size of golfballs. No significant 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 Apr 9, 2:36 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 336 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 .SHORT TERM... THE MOST IMMINENT CONCERN REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING/TONIGHT. CURRENTLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY ELEVATED IN THE SHORT TERM AS IT PROPAGATES NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. AIRMASS RECOVERY/ NORTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE WARM FRONT HAS BEEN SLOW THUS FAR THIS AFTERNOON IN THE FACE OF COLD POOL RE-ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWING THIS MORNING/S CONVECTION...YET 4 TO 5MB/3HR PRESSURE FALLS REMAIN CENTERED VICINITY ROSWELL. AS SUCH STRATUS CONTINUES TO ERODE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WHERE WINDS ARE GRADUALLY VEERING. QUESTIONS REMAIN AS TO WHETHER THE WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS/SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING AS STRONGER HEIGHT/PRESSURE FALLS OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND DEEPER FORCING/ASCENT APPROACHES. IF THIS DOES OCCUR...IT WILL PRESENT AN ENHANCED...YET CONDITIONAL...RISK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WITH SURFACE BASED STORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES. ATTM...IT APPEARS THAT OUR AREA MAY BE ON THE NORTHWARD PERIPHERY OF SUCH RISK AS CURRENTLY DEPICTED BY SPC/S PDS TORNADO WATCH ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHEASTERN FA. A MORE LIKELY SCENARIO APPEARS TO BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED NEAR SURFACE BASED CONVECTION WHERE MODEST RECOVERY IS UNDERWAY FROM THE DRYLINE/FRONT MERGER IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...EASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS/ROLLING PLAINS IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE NORTHWARD MOVING BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY. A THREAT OF HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE PRESENT THERE. OTHERWISE...ELEVATED STORMS...SOME SUPERCELLS...ARE LIKELY TO EVOLVE ATOP THE COLD DOME OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS/ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT AS LARGE SCALE FORCING/ASCENT INCREASES AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UA TROUGH. THUS THE DOMINANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE LARGE HAIL NORTHWARD OVER THE DEEPER COLD DOME. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY TRANSLATE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE UA TROUGH/LOW EJECTS EASTWARD OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .LONG TERM... EXTENDED FORECAST APPEARS TO BE RATHER BENIGN...EXCEPT FOR THURSDAY WHEN THE STRONG TROUGH/CLOSED LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES MOVES EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS. PRECIPITATION TO HAVE ENDED WITH PACIFIC COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA/CENTRAL TEXAS BY 12Z. TIGHT MID LEVEL GRADIENT OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH LOCAL STUDY SHOWING WINDS AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH AND MAV GUIDANCE AT 18Z SHOWING 37 KTS (43 MPH) EXPECT AT LEST ADVISORY LEVEL AND POSSIBLY WIND WARNING WINDS FOR THURSDAY. WILL THUS HOLD OFF ON ADVISORY FOR NOW AND ISSUE HIGH WIND WATCH AND LET NEXT SHIFT EVALUATE POTENTIAL. RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FINE SILT TO FLOAT TO THE TOP AND THEN DRY WITH WINDS TOMORROW...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO BE A FACTOR FOR FIRE DANGER... HOWEVER WITH WINDS ABOVE 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING INTO THE TEENS ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW WILL CONTINUE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUING TO MOVE EASTWARD AS RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE ROCKIES. A COOL SURFACE HIGH TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA BEHIND COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY. DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TO CONTINUE. MODELS BEGIN TO DIFFER BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH 12Z GFS MOVING A RIDGE INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THIS IS A DEPARTURE FROM THE 06Z RUN WHICH HAD A SHORTWAVE SLIDING DOWN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES AND DRIVING A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SOLUTION WAS VERY CLOSE TO 00Z ECMWF AND CANADIAN. THUS TRENDED CLOSE TO THE 06Z GFS SOLUTION FOR THIS FORECAST WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SLIGHTLY COOLER NEXT WEDNESDAY AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...ALSO WITH LACK OF MOISTURE EXPECT FRONTAL PASSAGE TO BE DRY. && .FIRE WEATHER... VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES ON THURSDAY TO PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DROP INTO THE TEENS...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS IN THE WAKE OF A PACIFIC COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A MITIGATING FACTOR IS HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION FALL TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME RAINFALL THIS MORNING...MOST OF THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS...WILL THUS CONTINUE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 40 63 34 60 31 / 30 10 10 10 0 TULIA 42 65 37 60 31 / 50 10 10 10 0 PLAINVIEW 44 67 37 61 32 / 50 10 10 10 0 LEVELLAND 47 70 35 65 34 / 40 10 10 10 0 LUBBOCK 49 71 38 65 35 / 50 10 10 10 0 DENVER CITY 47 73 35 69 34 / 20 10 10 0 0 BROWNFIELD 48 73 37 68 35 / 30 10 10 0 0 CHILDRESS 51 72 42 64 39 / 70 10 10 10 0 SPUR 51 72 40 66 37 / 60 10 10 10 0 ASPERMONT 55 77 41 70 41 / 70 10 10 10 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ033>044. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ021>044. && 20/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 612 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 TXZ021>044-102315- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 612 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT CONVECTIVE A WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO HOLD IN PLACE FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEAR TATUM SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MIDLAND THEN NORTHEAST TO ABILENE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH THE EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. ALTHOUGH SURFACE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS REMAIN COOL AND STABLE THERE IS STILL ENOUGH INSTABILITY MOVING OVER THE WARM FRONT AND ABOVE THE COOL SURFACE AIR TO SUPPORT ELEVATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE EVENING WITH COVERAGE INCREASING WITH TIME. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 27 DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN ADDITION...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE DRYLINE AND WARM FRONT INTERSECTION ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN WILL ALSO MOVE NORTH AND COULD IMPACT THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL BUT ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS ON THURSDAY AS STRONG WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MID THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...WIND SPEEDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 40 MPH...WITH BLOWING DUST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS...SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 736 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 TXZ037-038-043-100100- KING TX-DICKENS TX-KENT TX- 736 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS KENT...DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES... AT 732 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIRARD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF JAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 803 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 TXZ035-041-100145- LUBBOCK TX-LYNN TX- 803 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LYNN AND LUBBOCK COUNTIES... AT 801 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TAHOKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:25 UTC.
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size hail fell along a swath from just north of Delwin to north of Paducah along U.S. Highway 62/83.
Law enforcement officials reported quarter to golfball size hail between Childress and Kirkland on U.S. Highway 287. No damage was reported.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms produced large hail that ranged in size from pennies to golfballs over western and central Crosby County. Quarter size hail was initially reported in Crosbyton at 20:25 CST. At 20:45, golfball size hail was reported both in Lorenzo and south of the city. By 20:41 CST, penny to quarter size hail was reported in Ralls. Hail fall persisted in Ralls until 21:03 CST. No damage was reported.
Large hail that ranged in size between quarters and ping pong balls was reported in Slaton. No damage was reported.
Local fire department officials reported golfball size hail just north of Paducah along U.S. Highway 62/83 at 21:00 CST. No damage was reported.
Local officials reported nickel size hail in and around Jayton.
The Matador Fire Department reported hail up to three-quarter inch diameter in Roaring Springs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 92222, 92223, 92225, 92226, 92238, 92240, 92242.