Scattered thunderstorms developed over the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle and the northern Rolling Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon hours of the 6th. A few storms became severe and produced large hail up to the size of nickels and damaging thunderstorm winds.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle and the northern Rolling Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon hours of the 6th. A few storms became severe and produced large hail up to the size of nickels and damaging thunderstorm winds. Thunderstorm winds in Childress County caused extensive damage to the local utility network and resulted in widespread power outages.
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 6, 4:00 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 500 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009 .UPDATE... HAVE ADDED MENTION OF SVR TSRA AND UPDATED ZONES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWFA AFFECTED BY NEW SVR TS WATCH 337 VALID UNTIL 04Z. 26 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009/ SHORT TERM... THERE IS LITTLE CHANGE IN PREVIOUS THINKING ON SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SIGNIFICANT DRYING AT THE SURFACE HAS BEEN REALIZED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE 30S AND 40S ON THE CAPROCK CONTINUING TO FALL. SURFACE DEW POINTS OFF THE CAPROCK REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE 50S. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES OFF THE CAPROCK. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN LOW OFF THE CAPROCK AS WELL LEADING TO VERY HIGH CLOUD BASES ABOVE 10KFT. ADDITIONALLY...THE BEST SURFACE INSTABILITY REMAINS TO THE EAST OF THE AREA WITH ONLY A WEAK CAP STILL IN PLACE. MINIMAL CU FIELD HAS DEVELOPED SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT FURTHER CU DEVELOPMENT AND VERY ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT. THEREFORE BELIEVE HIGH WINDS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WITH ANY ISOLATED STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THE DRYLINE WILL MAKE ITS WAY BACK TO THE WEST TONIGHT AND PUSH FURTHER TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN LEADING TO GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AGAIN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. JDV LONG TERM... FOCUS FOR THE LONG TERM CONTINUES TO BE THE POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY...WITH CONTINUED WEAK FRONTAL INTRUSIONS PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE REST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. PRETTY MUCH EVERY FCST FIELD WILL BE AFFECTED BY HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONTS WILL BE ABLE TO PUSH. OPTED AGAIN TO NOT MAKE MAJOR CHANGES AS MODELS ARE STILL HAVING A HARD TIME WITH FIGURING OUT WHAT THE FRONTS WILL DO. FOR MONDAY...12Z NAM HAD THE FRONT PUSHING INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS WHILE THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE HELD THE FRONT UP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE. NOW THE 18Z NAM HAS COME IN WITH SIMILAR LOCATION OF THE FRONT COMPARED TO THE 12Z GLOBAL MODELS. PRETTY MUCH THIS PATTERN WILL MEAN HOT TEMPERATURES /UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100/ ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS WITH A BIT COOLER TEMPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. STILL CANNOT RULE OUT AT LEAST ISOLATED STORMS NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS MODELS SHOW AMPLE MOISTURE POOLING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT AS WELL AS ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS...BUT CAP STRENGTH WILL LIKELY LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION. DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOSH BACK AND FORTH EACH DAY WITH CONTINUED SWLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER... STARTING TO SEE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES FOR THE END OF THE FORECAST. BY THURSDAY...THE ECMWF HAS A STRONG S/W KICKING OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHILE THE GFS IS NOT AS STRONG WITH THE S/W. AN ECMWF SOLUTION MEANS THE RIDGE COULD STRENGTHEN FOR THE END OF THE FCST MEANING WARMER TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS WHILE THE GFS HINTS AT CONTINUED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WITH DRYLINE SLOSHING BACK AND FORTH. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD...BUT WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE CONDITIONS DAY TO DAY TO SEE HOW THINGS WILL PLAY OUT. JORDAN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 61 90 53 88 57 / 10 10 10 10 20 TULIA 62 92 58 89 59 / 10 10 10 20 20 PLAINVIEW 64 93 58 92 61 / 10 10 10 10 20 LEVELLAND 65 94 60 93 61 / 10 0 0 10 20 LUBBOCK 66 97 63 94 63 / 10 10 10 10 20 DENVER CITY 66 96 60 94 65 / 10 0 0 10 10 BROWNFIELD 67 96 61 94 66 / 10 0 0 10 10 CHILDRESS 69 97 64 89 65 / 20 10 10 20 20 SPUR 69 98 67 97 70 / 20 10 10 20 20 ASPERMONT 73 99 71 99 72 / 20 20 20 20 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 20/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1147 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009 TXZ021>044-071700- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1147 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MEMPHIS TO MATADOR TO POST. THE DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE COMBINATION OF MARGINAL MOISTURE LEVELS AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND SECONDARILY LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE DRYLINE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN ROLLING PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
412 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009
TXZ035-036-042-062145-
CROSBY TX-LUBBOCK TX-GARZA TX-
412 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CROSBY COUNTY...
AT 408 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF SOUTHLAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
EAST OF SLATON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RALLS...5 MILES EAST OF CROSBYTON...AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCADOO
IN EXTREME NORTHEAST CROSBY COUNTY...ALL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3333 10157 3339 10156 3339 10163 3345 10169
3374 10120 3359 10104 3331 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 230DEG 15KT 3345 10153SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
419 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009
TXZ038-044-062145-
KING TX-STONEWALL TX-
419 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS STONEWALL AND KING COUNTIES...
AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER STONEWALL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ASPERMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3317 10011 3331 10025 3351 9999 3347 9998
3324 9998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 209DEG 12KT 3330 10009
JAMESThe Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny to nickel size hail accompanied a severe thunderstorm that moved north-northeastward across eastern Cottle County. The public initially reported nickel size hail at Chalk at 16:20 CST. Penny size hail was later reported at Swearingen just before 17:00 CST.
Local law enforcement officials reported that thunderstorm winds damaged utility poles and lines just southeast of Childress shortly after 17:30 CST. The damages resulted in widespread power outages between Childress and Kirkland.
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