Thunderstorms impacted portions of the South Plains and the Texas Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening of the 8th. An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a 67 mph wind gust near Childress as measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet.
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Thunderstorms impacted portions of the South Plains and the Texas Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening of the 8th. An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a 67 mph wind gust near Childress as measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet. 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 8, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 335 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 .SHORT TERM... SOME CONVECTION HAS CURRENTLY POPPED UP ALONG THE REMNANTS OF THIS MORNINGS MCV. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS SEEM TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. THIS PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF ANOTHER MCV THAT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE TRANS PECOS REGION. BELIEVE THIS WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT MCV THAT ROLLED THROUGH THE CWA...EXCEPT DUE TO THE WEAK UA FLOW BECOMING MORE EASTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY AS THE H5 RIDGE SETS IN. FOR THIS REASON HAVE BACKED POPS OFF DURING THE MORNING TOMORROW. BOTH GFS/NAM HAVE 500 TO 1500 J/KG CAPE THROUGH 6Z...ALTHOUGH THE NAM HAS THE CWA DRYING OUT LATE THIS EVENING WHILE THE GFS HAS IN NEAR 12Z. HAVE GONE MORE LIKE THE GFS...MAINLY DUE TO THE CURRENT TRENDS. ALSO BACKED TEMPS OFF SLIGHTLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...MAINLY DUE TO THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER FROM THE REMNANTS OF THE CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE TO THE PREVIOUS PACKAGES FIRST PERIOD. MEADOWS && .LONG TERM... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH WITH RETROGRADE INTO THE WEEKEND INTO A SUBSTANTIVE RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST WHILE ALLOWING A CLOSED LOW FROM SRN CANADA INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT...PREFER THE ECM SOLUTION WITH THE LOW DROPPING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE EJECTING NEWRD TOWARD THE END OF THE FCST PERIOD. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO PUSH INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH A PROTRACTED WET PERIOD AIDED BY NW FLOW ALOFT AROUND THE PLAINS UPPER LOW. ADDITIONAL COLD FRONTS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND AGAIN PERHAPS JUST PAST THE FCST PERIOD ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THE PATTERN LOOKS TO STAY LARGELY MOIST WITH SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE /AND THUS EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS/ AIDING IN RAIN CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. PATTERN OF CONVECTION EACH DAY WILL INFLUENCE THE NEXT DAY AND THUS SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY OF COVERAGE WITH THIS FORECAST REMAINS HIGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 61 85 59 76 60 / 20 30 50 40 20 TULIA 63 88 61 79 64 / 20 30 40 40 20 PLAINVIEW 64 87 62 81 63 / 30 30 40 40 20 LEVELLAND 63 85 62 79 62 / 30 20 40 30 20 LUBBOCK 65 88 64 80 64 / 30 20 40 40 20 DENVER CITY 64 83 61 82 62 / 30 20 40 30 20 BROWNFIELD 65 84 63 82 63 / 30 20 40 30 20 CHILDRESS 68 92 71 87 69 / 30 20 40 40 20 SPUR 68 90 69 84 69 / 30 20 40 40 20 ASPERMONT 69 95 68 88 68 / 30 20 40 30 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 40/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 513 AM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 TXZ021>044-091015- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 513 AM CDT TUE SEP 8 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Childress recorded a 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust at 17:05 CST. No damage was reported.
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