Thunderstorms which originated over the Texas Panhandle propagated southward over the extreme southeastern Panhandle and the northern Rolling Plains of west Texas during the very early morning hours of the 19th. At least one storm within the convective complex became severe and produced quarter size hail in Childress County.
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Thunderstorms which originated over the Texas Panhandle propagated southward over the extreme southeastern Panhandle and the northern Rolling Plains of west Texas during the very early morning hours of the 19th. At least one storm within the convective complex became severe and produced quarter size hail in Childress 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 Jun 19, 12:00 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 100 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO GRIDS TO ADD SVR TSTM WATCH 575. TOOK OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS NE ZONES. TSTM COMPLEX MAINLY OVER COLLINGSWORTH SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING RECENTLY BUT STILL MAY POSE A SVR THREAT TO MAINLY CHILDRESS AND COTTLE COUNTIES. OTHER COMPLEX FARTHER WEST LESS OF A SVR THREAT AT THIS TIME...BUT COULD GAIN INTENSITY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 91 64 90 64 92 / 20 40 30 30 30 TULIA 89 65 87 65 92 / 20 30 30 30 20 PLAINVIEW 88 66 88 66 92 / 20 30 30 30 20 LEVELLAND 93 67 91 66 94 / 20 40 20 30 20 LUBBOCK 91 68 89 68 94 / 20 30 30 30 20 DENVER CITY 96 67 93 67 94 / 20 40 20 30 20 BROWNFIELD 94 67 92 67 94 / 20 40 20 30 20 CHILDRESS 93 69 89 68 93 / 20 30 20 30 20 SPUR 91 70 89 70 94 / 20 30 30 30 20 ASPERMONT 95 72 91 71 96 / 20 30 30 30 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 949 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 TXZ021>044-200300- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 949 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...NORTHERN AND EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA EXTENDS ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE FROM TULIA...TO FLOYDADA...TO POST. A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING...AND SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER 11 PM. THE COMPLEX WILL LIKELY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH THE WESTWARD EXTENT OF THE STORMS UNCERTAIN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AS THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED WELL AFTER DARK...ONLY LOCAL ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS WILL BE REQUESTED.
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:58 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported quarter size hail northwest of Childress at 01:00 CST. No damage was reported.
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