An isolated and spatially small complex of thunderstorms moved southeastward over the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains during the evening hours of the 6th. These storms produced localized and brief severe wind gusts, but no significant damage was reported.
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An isolated and spatially small complex of thunderstorms moved southeastward over the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle and the northwestern South Plains during the evening hours of the 6th. These storms produced localized and brief severe wind gusts, but no significant damage was reported.
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 Jul 6, 5:49 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 649 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009 .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF KLBB. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF NEW MEXICO/WESTERN TX PANHANDLE AND GIVEN QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL MAKE IT INTO THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS...HAVE ELECTED TO NOT UPGRADE THE PREVIOUS PROB30 TO A TEMPO GROUP AND JUST MENTION A CB FOR NOW. BEST TIMING OF ANY POTENTIAL ACTIVITY STILL APPEARS TO BE IN THE 02Z TO 06Z TIME- FRAME...ALTHOUGH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUE MORNING. OTHER FORECAST CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW CLOUDS AND/OR LIGHT FOG. THE POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME LOOKS VERY LOW - BUT WILL LIKELY DEPEND ON HOW TSRA ACTIVITY EVOLVES TONIGHT. HAVE MAINTAINED VFR CONDITIONS IN THE TAF BUT HINTED AT SOME CLOUDS IN THE 2K TO 3K FT RANGE AT BOTH TERMINALS...WILL LIKELY NEED LATER ADJUSTMENTS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS LESS THAN 12 KTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH PERIOD EXPECT IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STORMS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009/ SHORT TERM... WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE CAPROCK BEGINNING TO PRODUCE SOME ENHANCED CU/SHRA ACTIVITY NORTH OF LUBBOCK. THIS IN AREA OF ENHANCED CAPE AND ON EDGE OF STRONGEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR. EXPECT A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP FROM THE WESTERN PNHDL INTO THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH MAIN CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW DEVELOPING ALONG HIGHER TERRAIN IN NM ORGANIZING AND MERGING WITH LEAD STORMS AROUND 00Z. THIS COMPLEX THEN SHOULD GRADUALLY PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING. LATEST NAM GUIDANCE DEPICTS EVEN STRONGER DEEP LAYER SHEAR NOW ON THE ORDER OF 40KTS BY 03Z HOWEVER LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS RATHER VEERED FAVORING A MORE SOUTHWARD VERSUS SOUTHEAST STORM MOTION/PROPAGATION. STILL WITH ADEQUATE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY EARLY ON FEEL COMPLEX CAN ORGANIZE AND SUSTAIN ITSELF TO MAKE IT INTO PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING. ADDITIONAL ENERGY IN NW FLOW ALOFT VCNTY FOUR CORNERS ALSO FORECAST TO REDEVELOP CONVECTION ACROSS ERN NM AFTER 06Z WITH STORMS LINGERING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND POSSIBLY SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH DAYBREAK TUE. HAVE THUS MAINTAINED HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH PRIMARILY SLIGHT CHC POPS OFF THE CAPROCK. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS RUNNING ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS AND POTENTIAL FOR STORM REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE SAME AREA SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO BUILD ALOFT ON TUE WITH SOME DRYING IN LOW LEVELS AS WINDS VEER MORE SW ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN COUNTIES. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM A BIT ON TUE WITH GREATER CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AS WELL DEPICTED BY FORECAST SOUNDINGS. AFTER LINGERING SHOWERS DISSIPATE IN THE MORNING...RAIN CHCS EXPECTED TO REPOSITION THEMSELVES ACROSS NW CORNER VCNTY INSTABILITY AXIS WHERE CAP EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER. LONG TERM... RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS WEDNESDAY...EXPANDING ACROSS WEST TEXAS INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN ACROSS THE THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWFA TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVECTION COMING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH DIMINISHING W/NW UPPER FLOW. DRY AND HOT BY MID WEEK AND BEYOND WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING TRIPLE DIGITS ON THE CAPROCK...WITH AFTERNOON MAXES WED AND THUR FROM 102-105 LIKELY FROM THE SE PANHANDLE INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS. IF GFS VERIFIES...RIDGE MAY DOMINATE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. WE COULD SEE SOME ENERGY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH...AS SHORTWAVES MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...WITH THE EVER SO SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ASSOCIATED FRONT MAKING IT THIS FAR SOUTH IF RIDGE WEAKENS SUFFICIENTLY. FLOW PATTERN NEXT FEW DAYS LOOKS FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR MID JULY WITH VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECIPITATION. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1255 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009 TXZ021>044-071800- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1255 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE THEN PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL EXIST FOR SOME STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM ITS SOURCE OF ORIGIN...HOWEVER STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY...AND THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A FEW OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS EVENING AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
852 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009
TXZ021-022-027>029-070230-
PARMER TX-CASTRO TX-HALE TX-BAILEY TX-LAMB TX-
852 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS MOVING
ACROSS PARMER...CASTRO...BAILEY...NORTHERN LAMB AND NORTHWEST HALE
COUNTIES...
AT 846 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH FROM 7 MILES SOUTH
OF HEREFORD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING SOUTHEAST.
THE WIND WAS IN ADVANCE OF A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO PARMER COUNTY. THE 50 MPH WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING
DUST...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3475 10222 3435 10199 3431 10199 3431 10196
3424 10192 3385 10285 3418 10304 3450 10304
3476 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 328DEG 34KT 3471 10237 3437 10302SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
907 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009
TXZ021-027-070245-
PARMER TX-BAILEY TX-
907 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS WESTERN PARMER COUNTY...
AT 904 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BOVINA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FRIONA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THROUGH 10
PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
PARMER COUNTY INTO NORTHERN BAILEY COUNTY.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER
AT THIS TIME...BUT IT COULD BECOME SEVERE IN THE NEXT HOUR.
STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3457 10303 3462 10303 3468 10296 3435 10256
3411 10293 3437 10304 3456 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 317DEG 16KT 3454 10298SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
939 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009
TXZ021>023-027>029-033-034-070315-
PARMER TX-CASTRO TX-SWISHER TX-HALE TX-BAILEY TX-LAMB TX-HOCKLEY TX-
COCHRAN TX-
939 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
BAILEY...CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES...
AT 933 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TULIA TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF DIMMITT TO 7 MILES WEST OF
MULESHOE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO LAMB AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HALE...COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 11
PM.
HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN
ADDITION...A LINE OF GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL MOVE IN
ADVANCE OF THE STORMS...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND LOW
VISIBILITY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3415 10165 3382 10215 3366 10271 3428 10298
3445 10241 3476 10193 3476 10190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 341DEG 36KT 3462 10195 3435 10237
3421 10283The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:43 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Muleshoe recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. No damage was reported.
The public reported that damaging thunderstorm winds downed a number of large tree limbs in and around Earth.
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