Scattered thunderstorms developed over the South Plains region of west Texas during the afternoon hours of the 9th. Winds associated with a storm over northwest Lubbock (Lubbock County) caused minor roof damage to a structure.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over the South Plains region of west Texas during the afternoon hours of the 9th. Winds associated with a storm over northwest Lubbock (Lubbock County) caused minor roof damage to a structure.
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 9, 2:29 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 329 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009 .SHORT TERM... CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION...ONE IS FROM THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WHICH IS STILL LOCATED JUST TO THE SE OF THE CWA. THE OTHER IS ALONG THE WEAK COLD FRONT THAT HAS JUST BEGUN TO PUSH SOUTH OUT OF THE PANHANDLE. PW/S VALUES AT 12Z RANGED FROM 1.1 AT AMA TO 1.5 AT MAF...THIS ALONG WITH CAPE VALUES FROM 1000 TO 1800 J/KG FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE POST FRONTALLY. ALSO...GIVEN THE RELATIVE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONVECTION RAINFALL AMOUNTS ABOVE AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE CWA IS EXPECTED TO SEE SOME PRECIP DURING EITHER THE EVENING OR OVERNIGHT HOURS. THOUGH BOTH NAM/GFS KEEP THE BULK OF THE CONVECTION TO OUR NW ZONES...MAINLY DUE TO THE EARLY MORNING RETREATING OF THE FRONT. ALSO...MODEL SOUNDING SHOW HINTS OF SOME POST FRONTAL PATCHY FOG/ LOW CLOUDS...THOUGH IF FOG DOES OCCUR IT SHOULD REMAIN IN OUR NW MOST ZONES INTO THE PANHANDLE. BY 12Z THE FRONT WILL ONCE AGAIN PUSH SOUTH CLEARING OUT MOST OF THE LOW CLOUDS AND ADDING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PRECIP TOMORROW. NAM/GFS HAVE PW VALUE OVER 1 INCH TOMORROW FOR MOST OF THE CWA...WITH KCDS SLIGHTLY HIGHER...BUT CAPE SEEMS TO BE LACKING. ONLY LOWER POPS SLIGHTLY AFTER 12Z TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EXPECTED LACK OF COVERAGE. THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE AREA TO WARM UP SLIGHTLY DUE LACK OF DENSE CLOUD COVER. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS PACKAGE. MEADOWS && .LONG TERM... AT THE START OF PERIOD...UL HIGH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NRN CA/NV WITH RIDGE EXTENDING NWRD INTO BC WILL AID IN THE SWD MOVEMENT OF A CLOSED LOW OUT OF SK/MB INTO THE NRN PLAINS. AT THIS POINT...THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW FORECAST BECOMES CONSIDERABLY MORE COMPLEX. FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS...THE GFS HAS BEEN SHOWING A RETROGRADE OF THE LOW FROM THE NRN PLAINS BACK TOWARD THE ID/WY/UT RGN. TODAY/S RUNS BRING THE ECMWF INTO CLOSER AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS AND GEFS WITH THE GEM BEING THE OUTLIER KEEPING THE LOW PUSHING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. THE LOW COUPLES WITH AN UPPER HIGH BEFORE GETTING PULLED NWRD BACK INTO CANADA AND EJECTING EASTWARD. THE QUESTION IS JUST HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE UPPER LOW MOVE. A MORE NORTHERLY TENDENCY WOULD BE CHARACTERIZED BY NW FLOW ALOFT WHILE A SOLUTION FURTHER DOWN THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE ROCKIES COULD GIVE US MORE OF A SWRLY COMPONENT TO THE UL FLOW. BOTH GFS AND ECM PAINT A WEAKNESS OVER TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO A GOOD CHC OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO CONTINUE NOW INTO MONDAY WITH A COMBINATION OF CONVECTION AND ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE...PARTICULARLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA FROM INTO MONDAY BEFORE DRYING OUT AS RIDGING TRIES TO BUILD BACK IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. 26 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 59 79 60 80 57 / 60 30 30 30 30 TULIA 60 80 61 80 58 / 50 30 30 30 30 PLAINVIEW 61 81 62 79 59 / 50 30 30 30 30 LEVELLAND 60 80 63 80 61 / 50 30 30 30 30 LUBBOCK 62 80 65 80 62 / 50 30 30 30 30 DENVER CITY 60 83 63 82 61 / 50 30 30 30 30 BROWNFIELD 62 82 65 81 62 / 50 30 30 30 30 CHILDRESS 66 83 65 84 63 / 40 30 30 30 40 SPUR 64 82 66 84 64 / 40 30 30 30 30 ASPERMONT 68 85 67 85 65 / 40 30 30 30 40 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 40/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 532 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2009 TXZ021>044-101045- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 532 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. SLOW STORM MOTIONS AND A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE TO BRING THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 436 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009 TXZ034-035-092200- LUBBOCK TX-HOCKLEY TX- 436 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS LUBBOCK AND EASTERN HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 435 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF REESE CENTER...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3343 10228 3367 10226 3364 10191 3347 10193 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 095DEG 7KT 3355 10204
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A local construction company reported that thunderstorm winds caused minor roof damage to a structure in northwest Lubbock. The winds were accompanied by small hail. No injuries were reported.
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