A round of early morning thunderstorms impacted portions of the central South Plains on the 8th. A localized severe wind gust was measured at Lubbock's Preston Smith International Airport.
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A round of early morning thunderstorms impacted portions of the central South Plains on the 8th. A localized severe wind gust was measured at Lubbock's Preston Smith International Airport.
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, 2:49 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 349 AM CDT TUE SEP 8 2009 .SHORT TERM... WV IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS A COMPACT VORT MAX MOVING INTO WTX FROM SE NM. LIFT AHEAD OF THIS IS FORCING THE ONGOING LOOSE CLUSTER OF SHRA/TSRA MOVING ACROSS THE NC PERMIAN BASIN/SC SPLNS AT 230 AM THIS MORNING....WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALSO NOTED ACROSS THE FAR SRN PANHANDLE/NRN ROLLING PLAINS. WE EXPECT ALL THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST FOLLOWING THE TRACK OF THIS UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND WE WILL SHOW THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE ROLLING PLAINS WHILE MAINTAINING AN ISOLATED MENTION FARTHER WEST. A GENERAL WEAKNESS IN THE MID-LVL HEIGHT FIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED WEAK DISTURBANCES LIKELY MOVING THROUGH IN WEAK WESTERLY FLOW. WHEN COMBINED WITH A FAIRLY MOIST ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE /PWATS AROUND 1.2 IN WEST/1.6 EAST/ THE DISTURBANCES AND DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD RESULT IN SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH ABOUT 0.5-1K J/KG OF SBCAPE BUT VERY LITTLE SHEAR. WHILE FCST SNDGS SHOW LITTLE CAPPING ANYWHERE...A THETA-E AXIS WILL RUN FROM SW TX NNEWD INTO THE PANHANDLE. THIS COULD BE THE PREFERRED AREA FOR TSTMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTN...THEN SLOWLY PROGRESSING EAST ACROSS THE FA...BUT GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT WE CAN/T RULE OUT A STORM ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO...LIKE YESTERDAY...WEAK SHEAR WILL LIMIT STORM ORGANIZATION...BUT THERE COULD BE A FEW SHORT-LIVED STRONG MICROBURSTS AND AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN GIVEN THE SLOW AND OUTFLOW-DOMINATED STORM MOTION. TONIGHT...THE UPPER RIDGE OVER NRN NM/SRN CO SHOULD EXPAND SLIGHTLY EWD WHILE THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES SE INTO CENTRAL/EAST TX. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT A GENERAL DECREASE IN PRECIP CHCS FROM W-E DURING THE EVENING HRS. TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOULD BE MUCH THE SAME AS YESTERDAY...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 80S IN THE NW ZONES TO LOWER 90S IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING EXTENT OF CLOUD COVER FROM THE MORNING SHOWERS...WHICH COULD PERHAPS DELAY HEATING IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. ANOTHER MILD NIGHT TONIGHT WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 60S. && .LONG TERM... STOUT TROUGH CURRENTLY TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL PROPEL A A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD IN ITS WAKE. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THIS FRONT WILL BREACH THE CWA BEFORE STALLING OUT LATE WED/EARLY THU...WITH THE FINAL SOLUTION LIKELY DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW PUSH IT RECEIVES. IF THIS FRONT DOES MAKE IT INTO THE FA IT WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDED FOCUS FOR SHOWER/STORM DEVELOPMENT. REGARDLESS THOUGH...IT APPEARS A RELATIVELY MOIST AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS WARRANTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. BY LATE FRIDAY A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE IS SUGGESTED BY MOST OF THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE AS A STRONG PIECE OF JET ENERGY CARVES OUT A LOW ACROSS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE THEN IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT IN SUGGESTING THIS CUTOFF CLOSED LOW WILL SAG SOUTH OR SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS /CENTERED ANYWHERE FROM EASTERN CO TO EASTERN KS/NB/ BY SUNDAY. IN RESPONSE...A GOOD FRONTAL PUSH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS SOMETIME LATE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY...WITH A GOOD SHOT AT PRECIPITATION AS IT MOVES THROUGH. BEYOND THAT...NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT COULD REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST THROUGH SUNDAY AND PERHAPS WELL INTO NEXT WEEK DEPENDING ON HOW THE CUTOFF SYSTEM PROGRESSES. FOR NOW...HAVE EXTENDED MENTIONABLE POPS THROUGH SUNDAY AND INCREASED POPS FRI NIGHT AND EARLY SAT WHEN THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH. ALSO...HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWNWARD OVER THE WEEKEND /HIGHS INTO THE 70S AND LOWER 80S/ WITH THE EXPECTED FRONTAL PUSH AND CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE PRECIPITATION...THOUGH IF YOU WERE TO BELIEVE THE RAW GUIDANCE THIS COULD EVEN BE A BIT TOO WARM. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE. BEFORE THEN...THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK SHOULD BRING READINGS SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 85 59 86 60 85 / 20 10 30 30 20 TULIA 87 62 88 61 85 / 20 20 30 30 20 PLAINVIEW 86 63 87 62 86 / 20 20 20 30 20 LEVELLAND 88 62 89 63 86 / 30 20 20 30 20 LUBBOCK 89 66 91 65 89 / 30 20 20 30 20 DENVER CITY 87 62 89 63 87 / 30 10 20 20 20 BROWNFIELD 88 63 89 65 89 / 30 20 20 20 20 CHILDRESS 93 68 94 67 91 / 20 20 20 20 20 SPUR 91 67 93 65 90 / 30 20 20 20 20 ASPERMONT 92 69 94 68 93 / 30 20 20 20 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33/23
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 Lubbock radar (KLBB), 2 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured by the Automated Surface Observing System at Lubbock's Preston Smith International Airport just before 05:30 CST. No damage was reported.
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