Isolated to scattered thunderstorms produced localized heavy rainfall over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle during the afternoon hours of the 28th. Ponding of water over roadways was reported in Swisher County.
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Isolated to scattered thunderstorms produced localized heavy rainfall over the extreme southern Texas Panhandle during the afternoon hours of the 28th. Ponding of water over roadways was reported in Swisher 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 28, 2:13 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 313 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2008 .SHORT TERM... LOCAL AIRMASS THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH AS MUCH INFLUENCE FROM RIDGING TO THE NORTH AS FROM WEAK LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH. SURFACE HEATING NONE-THE-LESS ADEQUATE FOR UPWARDS CONVECTION TO BREAK CAP AND PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. DIFFICULTY SPECIFYING BEST AREAS FOR THUNDER FAVORS BROAD-BRUSH LOW MENTION. SHOWERS SHOULD TAPER OFF ONCE AGAIN OVER NIGHT BEFORE REPEATING FRIDAY. CHANGES FRIDAY OF WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PRESENCE AND SOMEWHAT MORE SOUTHEAST COMPONENT ALOFT MIGHT LEAD TO A BIT MORE COVERAGE...BUT LOW MENTION OF THUNDER STILL PREFERRED. BRIEF SMALL DOWNPOURS SEEM ASSURED BUT NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH FOR HIGHLIGHTING CONCERNS. MCQUEEN && .LONG TERM... NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. THE FLAT 500 MB HIGH OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO MOVE EAST TOWARD MISSOURI BY SATURDAY MORNING WHERE IT WILL BUILD AND MOVE TO NORTHERN OHIO OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. MEANWHILE A COUPLE OF STRONG SHORTWAVES WILL DIVE DOWN FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...DEVELOPING A CUT-OFF LOW NEAR THE GREAT BASIN BY LABOR DAY. THUS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK...THEN BECOMING MORE WEST OR NORTHWEST...DEPENDING OF WHICH MODEL ONE LOOKS AT FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATER PART OF THE WEEK. A LOW OVER NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA TO DRIFT NORTHWARD ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH OVER THE WEEKEND. THUS WITH MONSOONAL MOISTURE AND A FEW DISTURBANCES MOVING IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF POPS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 62 86 61 84 60 / 20 20 20 20 10 TULIA 66 87 61 86 62 / 20 20 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 66 85 61 85 63 / 20 20 20 20 10 LEVELLAND 64 84 62 86 63 / 20 20 20 20 20 LUBBOCK 70 86 64 87 65 / 20 20 20 20 10 DENVER CITY 64 83 61 87 62 / 20 30 20 20 20 BROWNFIELD 65 85 62 88 64 / 20 30 20 20 20 CHILDRESS 71 92 68 91 68 / 20 20 20 10 10 SPUR 68 85 64 90 67 / 20 20 20 20 10 ASPERMONT 71 88 67 91 68 / 20 20 20 20 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 600 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2008 TXZ021>044-291100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 600 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2008 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Local newspapers printed photographs which showed ponding of water that inundated sections of Farm to Market Road 145 east of Kress. The water covered that highway following locally heavy rainfall during the afternoon hours. Event time is estimated.
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