Scattered thunderstorms impacted the South Plains and Rolling Plains regions of west Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 14th. Several of these storms produced severe wind gusts and large hail up to the size of ping pong balls.
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Scattered thunderstorms impacted the South Plains and Rolling Plains regions of west Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 14th. Several of these storms produced severe wind gusts and large hail up to the size of ping pong balls. Despite gusts that reached speeds of 72 mph per the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet, reported damages were limited to broken tree limbs.
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 Jun 14, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 .SHORT TERM... AFTERNOON ATMOSPHERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH SFC TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE LWR TO MID 90S WITH DEW POINTS HOLDING FM NEAR 50 WEST TO LWR 60S OFF THE CAP...YIELDING SB CAPES OF 1500-2500 J/KG. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH SFC OBS SUGGEST TWO AREAS OF TSTM INITIATION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE FIRST LOOKS TO BE OVER THE CENTRAL TX PANHANDLE INVOF WEAK SFC BOUNDARY EXTENDING FM JUST NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO SOUTHEAST TO NEAR PADUCAH. THE OTHER IS ALONG/NEAR ANOTHER BNDRY THAT EXTENDS FM NEAR ASPERMONT NORTH AND EAST TWD WICHITA FALLS. INITIALLY...WILL WATCH FOR DISCRETE STORMS OVER THE CENTRAL TX PANHANDLE WITH POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS CONTAINING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS GIVEN HIGH BASES AND STRONG LAPSE RATES. AS THE EVENING WANES...ACTIVITY MAY INCREASE AND EVOLVE INTO CLUSTERS OF STORMS AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVES INTO THE TX PANHANDLE FROM NEW MEXICO AND THE H85 LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TO NR 40 KTS AFTER SUNSET. MOVEMENT WOULD INITIALLY BE EAST SOUTHEAST... THEN MORE SOUTHEAST THRU THE EVENING GIVEN ANTICYCLONIC UPPER FLOW AROUND H50 HIGH CENTERED NR THE NEW MEXICO BOOTHEEL. IF THIS HAPPENS...SEVERE THREAT WOULD TRANSITION TO MORE OF A DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH TIME OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS. FOR SUNDAY...EXPECT ANOTHER HOT DAY AS SLIGHT INCREASES IN THICKNESSES YIELD HIGH TEMPS FM 98-103 DEGREES ACRS THE CWFA. WILL AGAIN HAVE TO WATCH FOR ISOLD STORMS DURG THE LATE AFTN HRS INVOF OF SFC TROUGH AXIS FROM THE EASTERN TX PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST INTO THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. ANY HIGH BASED STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH SOME LARGER HAIL. .LONG TERM... CHC OF TSTMS ACROSS NRN AND EASTERN ZONES SHOULD CONTINUE INTO SUN NIGHT AS 3O KT SE LLJ CREATES FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE. FCST ISSUE FOR MON THROUGH WED CONTINUES TO BE POTENTIAL SWD PUSHES TO THE FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CO/KS/OK THAT COULD BRING IT INTO THE FA HAVING AT LEAST SOME IMPACT ON TEMPS AND PRECIP CHCS. LATEST RUN OF THE NAM STALLS THE FRONT ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH TUE WHILE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS BRING IT INTO THE FA MONDAY AND AGAIN TUES NIGHT. THUS THE TEMP FCST WILL BE A BIT PROBLEMATIC...FOR EXAMPLE FCST HIGH TEMPS ON MONDAY FOR LUBBOCK RANGE FROM 95 /MAV/ TO 103 /NAM/. WILL CONTINUE TO INDICATE COOLER TEMPS ACROSS THE NRN ZONES WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER REGARDING THE BOUNDARY. OTHERWISE...TEMPS EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY IN THE 90-105 RANGE FOR MOST LOCALES THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SLIGHTLY STRONGER DISTURBANCE ROUNDING THE UPPER RIDGE ON MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING GREATER TSTM DEVELOPMENT/COVERAGE FROM EASTERN COLO INTO OKLA MON AFTN INTO THE EVE. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY ORGANIZE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST MAINLY IMPACTING OUR NE COUNTIES MON NIGHT INTO EARLY TUES MORN. THIS SCENARIO MAY BE REPEATED TUES NIGHT. FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...THE UPPER RIDGE IS FCST TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND NE INTO WEST TEXAS...WHICH SHOULD HELP TO SUPPRESS MOST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND ON INTO NEXT WEEKEND. STILL...MINOR DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE NRN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO INITIATE TSTMS ACROSS THE HIER GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE RATON RIDGE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR MAINLY NOCTURNAL TSTM FOR OUR NRN AND EASTERN FA AS THE TSTMS ORGANIZE AND PROPAGATE SERLY OVERNIGHT. INHERITED FCST ALREADY HAD THIS WELL HANDLED AND ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 65 99 62 91 64 / 20 20 20 10 20 TULIA 66 101 64 91 66 / 30 20 20 10 20 PLAINVIEW 67 101 67 92 67 / 30 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 68 102 68 100 68 / 10 20 10 10 10 LUBBOCK 71 101 70 99 70 / 20 20 10 10 10 DENVER CITY 67 101 69 103 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 BROWNFIELD 68 101 69 102 69 / 10 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 72 102 71 96 70 / 30 20 20 10 20 SPUR 70 102 71 100 71 / 20 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 74 101 74 101 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21/33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 537 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 TXZ022-023-142300- CASTRO TX-SWISHER TX- 537 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SWISHER AND CASTRO COUNTIES... AT 535 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF HAPPY...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 541 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 TXZ024-025-142315- BRISCOE TX-HALL TX- 541 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS HALL AND BRISCOE COUNTIES... AT 537 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRICE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF MEMPHIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 31 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A rancher located in rural portions of central Hall County reported severe thunderstorm wind gusts that were intermittently accompanied by large hail around 18:00 CST on the 14th. The winds, estimated to be near 70 mph, broke numerous large tree limbs.
A rancher in rural areas of central Hall County reported large hail accompanied by damaging thunderstorm winds around 18:00 CST on the 14th. The hail, up to the size of ping pong balls, and winds combined to shred trees, with many large tree limbs downed.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph was measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet near Ralls. No damage was reported.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site southwest of Guthrie recorded a severe thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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