Scattered thunderstorms impacted the western and central South Plains during the late afternoon hours of the 10th. Although no reports of large hail were received, local newspaper articles indicated that small hail stones lightly damaged cotton crops just southeast of Smyer (Hockley County).
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Scattered thunderstorms impacted the western and central South Plains during the late afternoon hours of the 10th. Although no reports of large hail were received, local newspaper articles indicated that small hail stones lightly damaged cotton crops just southeast of Smyer (Hockley 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 Aug 10, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 333 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 .SHORT TERM... ATMOSPHERE IS FINALLY BECOMING UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO INTO THE WESTERN CWFA WHERE LATEST LAPS INDICATES SB CAPES IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG. ISOLATED STORMS ARE NOW DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF CLOVIS WITH MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY FARTHER NORTHWEST FM SANTA FE TO CLAYTON TO TUCUMCARI. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE STORMS INCREASE IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IN THIS AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING..AND ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE WEAK COLD FRONT FM NEAR HOBBS TO GUTHRIE. GIVEN HIGH CAPES AND INCREASING INSTABILITY...A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND PRODUCE NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BEFORE SUNSET. MAY THEN HAVE TO CONTEND WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT GIVEN PROGGED PW VALUES RANGING FM NEAR 1.5 INCHES NORTHEAST TO 2.3 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...AND WITH A VERY WEAK WEST TO NORTHWEST STEERING FLOW. MAY SEE MOST OF THE PRECIP SHIFT JUST SOUTH OF THE CWFA LATE TONIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONT OOZING SLOWLY INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN AND BIG COUNTRY. FOR MONDAY...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ACRS THE I-20 CORRIDOR WITH POST FRONTAL AIRMASS TO REMAIN VERY MOIST OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. BOTH THE GFS AND WRF/NAM DEPICT PRECIP CHANCES ON THE UPSWING BY 18Z AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES SOUTHEAST THRU THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO SW OKLAHOMA. DO NOT EXPECT ANY SEVERE STORMS ON MONDAY GIVEN QUITE A BIT LESS INSTABILITY WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM... THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED BY INTERMITTENT RAIN/STORM CHANCES AND PERHAPS RELATIVELY COOLER TEMPERATURES. BY MONDAY EVENING...INFLUENCES OF THE WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROPAGATING THROUGH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT /MENTIONED ABOVE IN THE SHORT TERM SECTION/ WILL BE TRANSLATING AWAY FROM THE SOUTH PLAINS...AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO BE POSITIONED SOUTH OF THE FA. THUS WILL DEPICT A DECREASING TREND IN GRIDDED POPS MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY. WE/LL THEN SEE A BIT OF WARMING DRYING TREND THROUGH MID WEEK AS A RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE WEST AND RETURN SURFACE FLOW BEGINS. A SYNOPTIC PATTERN SHIFT WILL COMMENCE BY THURSDAY AS THE PATTERN AMPLIFIES FURTHER...SUFFICIENTLY TO PROMOTE A DEEPENING UA TROUGH/ LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS FEATURE...NOW ADVERTISED WITH AT LEAST SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS...PROMISES TO BRING A CHANCE OF CONVECTION/RAIN TO MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM SWEEPS SOUTHWARD. THE MOST LIKELY TIMEFRAME FOR HIGHER POPS LOCALLY APPEARS TO BE LATE FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY ATTM. AS SUCH...TEMPERATURES LATE WEEK/WEEKEND PROMISE TO BE SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACRS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AT BOTH THE LUBBOCK AND CHILDRESS TAF SITES. THE BEST CHC FOR STORMS SHOULD BE FM 23-06Z. MVFR CIGS MAY THEN DEVELOP AT BOTH SITES AFT 09Z WITH CIGS POSSIBLY LOWERING TO NEAR 1500 FT AGL EARLY MONDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 65 85 63 91 65 / 60 30 20 20 20 TULIA 66 86 66 91 66 / 50 30 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 66 86 66 91 67 / 50 40 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 67 88 65 95 67 / 60 40 20 20 20 LUBBOCK 67 88 68 93 68 / 50 40 20 10 10 DENVER CITY 67 90 66 96 68 / 60 40 20 20 20 BROWNFIELD 68 89 68 95 68 / 60 40 20 10 10 CHILDRESS 70 86 70 93 71 / 50 40 20 10 10 SPUR 70 86 69 94 71 / 60 40 20 10 10 ASPERMONT 73 89 70 93 72 / 60 50 30 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21/20/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 236 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 TXZ021>044-111945- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 236 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY INITIALLY BECOME SEVERE WITH A LOCALIZED DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING. FLOODING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY LATE EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL THEN SHIFT TOWARD HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE LIMITED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 445 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 TXZ033-102245- COCHRAN TX- 445 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHERN COCHRAN COUNTY... AT 441 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL UP TO PEA SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO... STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FINALLY...THE SLOW SPEED OF THE STORM COULD RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AVOID NORMAL FLOOD-PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. JORDAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 458 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 TXZ035-102300- LUBBOCK TX- 458 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN LUBBOCK COUNTY... AT 453 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANSOM CANYON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF SLATON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLFFORTH AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. SMALL HAIL UP TO PEA SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORM NEAR RANSOM CANYON. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FINALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DUE TO THE SLOW STORM MOTION. AVOID NORMAL FLOOD-PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. JORDAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 519 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 TXZ028-029-102315- HALE TX-LAMB TX- 519 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAMB AND HALE COUNTIES... AT 514 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMHERST...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLTON...AND 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERNATHY. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH THESE STORMS. SMALL HAIL UP TO PEA SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ALSO... STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN CORES OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. FINALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DUE TO THE SLOW MOTION OF THESE STORMS. AVOID NORMAL FLOOD-PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. JORDAN
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Local newspapers reported that small hail caused minor damage to cotton crops just southeast of Smyer. Crop damages were reportedly light enough that crops were expected to generally recover by the end of the growing season.
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