Severe thunderstorms which originated in the plains of eastern New Mexico propagated eastward into the South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours of the 24th. These storms produced large hail up to the size of quarters and damaging thunderstorm winds.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms which originated in the plains of eastern New Mexico propagated eastward into the South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours of the 24th. These storms produced large hail up to the size of quarters and damaging thunderstorm winds. The most significant impact from the storms occurred in the Brownfield vicinity (Terry County), where a number of utility poles were destroyed by thunderstorm winds accompanied by dime to quarter size hail.
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 24, 2:47 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 347 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 .SHORT TERM... INITIAL AREA OF CONCERN FOR CONVECTION IS THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. NAM-WRF 500-300MB ISOTACHS IN COMBINATION WITH WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOW A 40-50KT JET STREAK NOSING INTO THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. THIS SPEED MAX COMBINED WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES RUNNING IN THE 2000-2500 J/KG RANGE AND INSIGNIFICANT CIN VALUES HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FISHER/STONEWALL COUNTY LINE. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED AS THE JET STREAK MOVES OVER VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. SECOND AREA OF CONCERN WHICH HAS BEEN PERSISTENT THE PAST SEVERAL EVENINGS IS CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THE PAST FEW HOURS AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COUPLED WITH A BIT BETTER 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING THEN SPREADING EASTWARD AS A COMPLEX TONIGHT. MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE ADDED JET STREAK AND BETTER PROGGED SHEAR POSES MORE OF A CONCERN FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GFS 12Z RUN HINTED AT A LARGE COMPLEX DEVELOPING AND AFFECTING MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION TONIGHT WHILE THE NAM-WRF WAS LESS BULLISH. THE LATTER MODEL SOLUTION WITH THE EARLY AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT WAS OVERDONE SO IT MAY BE GENERATING TOO MUCH SUBSIDENCE. WILL TAKE A CONSENSUS AND LEAN TOWARD PERSISTENCE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS. ACTIVITY TO WIND DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. KW .LONG TERM... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THU AND FRI AND PERHAPS RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT THE OVERALL WX PATTERN WILL BE UNDERGOING SOME SUBTLE CHANGES. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN HANGING OUT ACROSS THE DESERT SW...AND PLACING WEST TEXAS IN ACTIVE NW FLOW ALOFT IS FCST TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST BY THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING SLOWER AND LESS WESTERLY MID TO UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. THIS IN TURN SHOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF EVENING CONVECTION PROPAGATING INTO THE AREA FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO. HOWEVER AT THE SAME TIME...GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT PRECIP WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE REGION WITH CONSIDERABLE MID-LVL MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE AND 850-300 MB THETA-E RIDGE AXIS INTENSIFIES FROM SW TEXAS THROUGH THE NE PANHANDLE. THESE FACTORS SHOULD RESULT IN SLOWER AND MORE ERRATIC STORM MOTION...WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION POSSIBLE ALMOST ANYWHERE ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE THETA-E AXIS. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE GENERALLY HIGH-BASED AND DISORGANIZED. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH THE AREA LATE FRI OR EARLY SAT AND POTENTIALLY PROVIDE ANOTHER FOCUS FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT. THE UPPER RIDGE ALSO FCST TO RETROGRADE BACK TO THE WEST FOR THE WEEKEND WITH FCST H7 TEMPS ONLY IN THE 10-12 DEGREE C RANGE. THUS WILL CONTINUE SLGT POPS FOR THE WEEKEND. THE FRONT SHOULD WASH OUT BY SUNDAY WITH A RETURN TO SRLY LOW-LVL FLOW. NO STRONG SIGNALS FOR CONVECTION EARLY NEXT WEEK AS RIDGE BUILDS BACK /ALTHOUGH NOT STRONGLY/ ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS WITH A DEVELOPING THROUGH TO THE WEST. THE 12Z ECMWF DOES BRING A SHTWV THROUGH THE RIDGE BY MIDWEEK...WHICH MAY OFFER SOME BETTER TSTM CHCS. WILL GENERALLY STICK BY MOS TEMPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. WARMEST TEMPS EXPECTED THU/FRI AND THEN A SLIGHT COOL DOWN SHOULD FOLLOW. && .AVIATION... CONVECTIVE PROBABILITIES INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AT KLBB WITH POTENTIAL FOR DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL. THREAT AREA TO SHIFT EAST INTO KCDS LATER TONIGHT WITH ALL ACTIVITY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. KW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 59 93 66 98 66 / 70 10 20 20 20 TULIA 60 92 67 95 68 / 70 10 20 20 20 PLAINVIEW 63 90 67 95 68 / 60 10 20 10 20 LEVELLAND 63 93 68 98 68 / 60 10 20 20 20 LUBBOCK 64 93 69 97 69 / 50 10 20 10 20 DENVER CITY 63 93 68 100 67 / 50 10 20 20 20 BROWNFIELD 64 94 68 98 69 / 50 10 20 10 20 CHILDRESS 68 94 71 98 73 / 40 20 20 10 20 SPUR 64 92 70 97 71 / 40 20 10 10 20 ASPERMONT 68 92 73 97 73 / 20 20 10 10 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 17/33/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1127 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 TXZ021>044-251630- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1127 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. WIND AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY....MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 325 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 TXZ044-242100- STONEWALL TX- 325 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER STONEWALL COUNTY... AT 320 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR THE STONEWALL AND FISHER COUNTY BORDER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND STORM WAS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF PEACOCK. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
442 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SW BOVINA 34.51N 102.90W
06/23/2008 E65 MPH PARMER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ESTIMATED BY BOVINA PD ALONG U.S. HWY 60 SOUTHWEST OF
CITY
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG BOVINA 34.52N 102.89W
06/23/2008 PARMER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF TIN STORAGE SHED IN BOVINA
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG SPADE 33.93N 102.15W
06/23/2008 LAMB TX METEOROLOGIST
TREE LIMBS DOWN IN SPADE. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.
0931 PM TSTM WND GST 6 S SPADE 33.84N 102.15W
06/23/2008 E60 MPH LAMB TX PUBLIC
0931 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NW ANTON 33.83N 102.19W
06/23/2008 E60 MPH HOCKLEY TX PUBLIC
0940 PM TSTM WND DMG ANTON 33.81N 102.16W
06/23/2008 HOCKLEY TX METEOROLOGIST
TX DOT HIGHWAY SIGNS DOWN AROUND ANTON.
0945 PM TSTM WND GST 6 SSW ANTON 33.73N 102.20W
06/23/2008 M74 MPH HOCKLEY TX MESONET
ADDITIONAL SEVERE GUST TO 69MPH AT 950 PM. AVG SPEED
FOR 10 MINUTES 50 MPH.
0952 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NW SHALLOWATER 33.72N 102.03W
06/23/2008 M62 MPH LUBBOCK TX PUBLIC
1015 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W SMYER 33.59N 102.23W
06/23/2008 HOCKLEY TX PUBLIC
ROOF OF A BARN BLOW OFF ALONG HWY 114 WEST OF SMYER.
WIND ESTIMATED AT 60MPH
1200 AM TSTM WND GST 5 SSW GRAHAM 33.08N 101.50W
06/24/2008 M66 MPH GARZA TX MESONET
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LINDLEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 647 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 TXZ021-250015- PARMER TX- 647 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING PARMER COUNTY... AT 646 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...APPROACHING PARMER COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF PARMER COUNTY WELL IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND BLOWING DUST CAN BE EXPECTED. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 701 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 TXZ039-250030- YOAKUM TX- 701 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS YOAKUM COUNTY... AT 656 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DENVER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Bovina Police Department estimated severe thunderstorm gusts in excess of 60 mph and reduced visibilities in blowing dust along U.S. Highway 60 south of the city. No damage was reported.
Yoakum County law enforcement officials reported nickel size hail east of Denver City.
Emergency management officials reported that damaging thunderstorm winds blew down several utility poles along U.S. Highway 380 west of Brownfield.
The Terry County Emergency Manager relayed reports of dime to quarter size hail in Brownfield at 19:29 CST. The parent severe thunderstorm continued to produce large hail along a swath east of Brownfield to near the Terry County Airport, where nickel size hail was reported at 19:45 CST.
The public estimated severe thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 60 mph in Sudan. No damage was reported.
A brief severe thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was recorded by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet just northeast of Floydada as dissipating convection approached the area from the west. No damage was reported.
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