Scattered thunderstorms impacted portions of the southern Texas Panhandle and the northern South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours of the 25th. An isolated storm resulted in a severe wind gust near Tulia (Swisher County).
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Scattered thunderstorms impacted portions of the southern Texas Panhandle and the northern South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours of the 25th. An isolated storm resulted in a severe wind gust near Tulia (Swisher County). No 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 Sep 25, 2:04 PM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 304 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 2009 .SHORT TERM... EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THE PESKY CUTOFF LOW TO OUR NORTH WAS FINALLY BEGINNING TO ELONGATE TO THE NORTHEAST AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN AND EJECT EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS AS STRONG JET ENERGY ADVANCES INTO THE NW U.S. AND WESTERN CANADA. EARLY ON...ONE FINAL VORT MAX ROTATING AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW AND A SURFACE TROUGH/WEAK FRONT/ SINKING SOUTHWARD FROM THE PANHANDLE WILL SUPPORT LOW SHOWER/STORM CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...DRY NORTHWEST FLOW AND INCREASING THICKNESSES WILL SUPPORT A WARM DAY SATURDAY /HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S/ AFTER NEAR AVERAGE COOL READINGS TONIGHT. && .LONG TERM... MODELS SHOWING GOOD CONSISTENCY WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN IN THE 12Z CYCLE...THUS NO SIGNFICANT CHANGES WITH THE FCST. GIVEN THE STAGNANT NATURE OF THE UPPER FLOW OVER THE PLAINS THIS WEEK...PATTERN WILL BECOME RELATIVELY PROGRESSIVE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MIGRATING OVERHEAD BY MONDAY FOLLOWED BY A TROUGH MIDWEEK AND FAIRLY ZONAL FLOW TO END THE WEEK. LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGING EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH TEMPS CLIMBING WELL ABOVE NORMAL...ALTHOUGH THE WARMEST MAV NUMBERS LOOK A BIT TOO WARM ATTM. FROPA MONDAY WILL COOL TEMPS BACK TOWARD SEASONAL NORMS FOR MONDAY AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. PRECIP CHANCES LOOK SLIM THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXCEPTION MAY YET END UP BEING WED/WED NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH PASSES OVER THE PLAINS. MAIN QUESTION REVOLVES AROUND QUALITY OF MOISTURE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AND WHETHER STRONGER DYNAMICS STAY NORTH OF THE FCST AREA. THINK BETTER CHANCES WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA WITH A POSSIBILITY OF A SWD EXTENSION INTO THE NRN FCST AREA. FOR NOW QUESTIONS STILL PRESENTING MORE THAN ENOUGH TO TIP THE SCALES TO KEEPING POPS JUST BELOW 15 PCT THRESHOLD TO MENTION IN ZONE FCST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 46 85 55 89 51 / 20 0 0 0 10 TULIA 48 85 56 92 52 / 20 0 0 0 10 PLAINVIEW 51 87 55 93 55 / 20 0 0 0 10 LEVELLAND 53 88 56 94 55 / 10 0 0 0 10 LUBBOCK 54 88 56 94 57 / 10 0 0 0 10 DENVER CITY 53 89 58 94 55 / 10 0 0 0 10 BROWNFIELD 53 89 59 95 57 / 10 0 0 0 10 CHILDRESS 55 88 61 96 61 / 20 0 0 0 10 SPUR 55 90 60 96 60 / 10 0 0 0 10 ASPERMONT 57 91 63 97 63 / 10 0 0 0 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 23/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 319 AM CDT FRI SEP 25 2009 TXZ021>044-260830- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 319 AM CDT FRI SEP 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
646 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 2009
TXZ022-023-260015-
CASTRO TX-SWISHER TX-
646 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN ACROSS SWISHER AND
NORTHEASTERN CASTRO COUNTIES...
AT 644 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF HAPPY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TULIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AND LOCALLY DENSE BLOWING DUST MAY
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3475 10147 3467 10147 3453 10162 3457 10209
3471 10214 3476 10210 3476 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 307DEG 31KT 3472 10198The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Tulia recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph shortly after 18:00 CST. These winds occurred as outflow spread well south of the parent thunderstorm, which was located nearly ten miles to the northeast. No damage was reported.
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