Isolated thunderstorms impacted the extreme southwestern Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains during the evening hours of the 22nd. At least two of these storms produced large hail and severe wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms impacted the extreme southwestern Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains during the evening hours of the 22nd. At least two of these storms produced large hail and severe wind gusts.
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 22, 2:47 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 347 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 .SHORT TERM... LAPS SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATING 500-1000 J/KG OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WITH A BULLSEYE OF 1000-1500 J/KG CENTERED FROM HALE AND LAMB COUNTIES NORTHWARD THROUGH CASTRO AND SWISHER. CIN VALUES HAVE ERODED THIS AFTERNOON IN SOLID HEATING AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WEAK CONVERGENCE AXIS HAS SETUP FROM THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. HIGH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS IN THIS AREA AS EVIDENT FROM NAM-WRF SOUNDINGS CONDUCIVE TO LOCALIZED DOWNBURST THREAT NEAR THE W-TX/NM BORDER THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTH PLAINS WILL SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. FLOW IN THE 700-500MB LAYER REMAINS VERY WEAK AND COMBINED WITH LITTLE FOCUS MECHANISM FOR SUSTAINED CONVECTION...SHOULD SEE ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE HIGH BASED AND RELATIVELY SHORT LIVED STORMS. WIND AND HAIL THREAT EXPECTED TO DIMINISHWITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY APPROACH LATER TONIGHT AS WAS THE CASE THIS MORNING...A FEW ISOLATED STORMS COULD HOLD TOGETHER OVERNIGHT/EARLY MONDAY. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN PLACE...FAVORING WESTERN SECTIONS. ANOTHER HOT DAY EXPECTED MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS. KW .LONG TERM... THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN...DOMINATED BY A PERSISTENT NORTHWESTERN MEXICO SUBTROPICAL UA RIDGE...WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF LATE DAY/NIGHTTIME CONVECTION THROUGH TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY. SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT AFTERNOON CI WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STORMS OVER THE FAVORED TERRAIN REGIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO/SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HAVE AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE PROBABILITIES OF PROPAGATING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES AS MINOR/LOW AMPLITUDE WAVES TRANSLATE THROUGH THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. BOTH DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND UPSLOPE COMPONENT OF LOW LEVEL WINDS APPEAR RELATIVELY LESS SUPPORTIVE OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE STORMS AS REFERENCED IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. IN FACT...A GRADUAL NORTHWARD BUILDING OF THE RIDGE APPEARS TO PROVIDE ONLY MODEST FLOW ALOFT AND INCREASING CIN BY MIDWEEK. THUS HAVE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT DRYING/WARMING TREND DEPICTED IN THE FORECAST/GRIDS. A NOTABLE/BRIEF FLATTENING OF THE RIDGE ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH MAY INDUCE A SOUTHWARD PUSH OF A CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS FRONTAL ZONE. THIS TREND WILL NEED TO MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE INTRODUCTION OF RAIN/STORM CHANCES BY NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT KLBB. ANY STORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE BY SUNSET. KW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 63 94 62 91 62 / 20 20 30 20 20 TULIA 66 94 64 92 64 / 20 20 20 20 20 PLAINVIEW 65 93 65 91 64 / 20 20 20 10 20 LEVELLAND 66 94 65 94 65 / 20 20 20 10 20 LUBBOCK 66 95 67 94 67 / 20 20 20 10 20 DENVER CITY 68 94 67 96 66 / 20 20 20 10 20 BROWNFIELD 66 92 66 96 66 / 20 20 20 10 20 CHILDRESS 70 98 69 96 70 / 10 10 20 10 20 SPUR 65 97 68 96 68 / 20 10 20 10 10 ASPERMONT 67 97 69 96 70 / 20 10 20 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 17/20/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 227 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 TXZ021>044-231930- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 227 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM INTERSTATE 27 WESTWARD TO THE WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE MONDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 554 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 TXZ030-222330- FLOYD TX- 554 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS FLOYD COUNTY... AT 549 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR HILL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLOYDADA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO 1/2 INCH AND WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 628 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 TXZ024-230000- BRISCOE TX- 628 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS BRISCOE COUNTY... AT 623 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ARMSTRONG AND BRISCOE COUNTY LINE AND DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD SILVERTON. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 730 PM FROM MACKENZIE RESERVOIR TO SILVERTON TO CAPROCK CANYON STATE PARK. STORM INTENSITY HOWEVER IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 650 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 TXZ021-022-027-230030- PARMER TX-CASTRO TX-BAILEY TX- 650 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS APPROACHING BAILEY...CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES... AT 645 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY TO NEAR CLOVIS NEW MEXICO. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND ENTER PARMER COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 715 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL AND ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED STRONG WIND GUSTS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. INDIVIDUAL STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local fire department officials reported quarter size hail in Friona. A nearby Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site also measured gusts up to 56 mph in association with the storm. No damage was reported.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Hart recorded severe thunderstorm wind gusts of 62 mph at 19:25 CST and 60 mph at 19:30 CST. No damage was reported.
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