A small convective complex evolved over the southwestern South Plains during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 20th. These storms produced wind gusts between 60 mph and 70 mph near Brownfield (Terry County).
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
A small convective complex evolved over the southwestern South Plains during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 20th. These storms produced wind gusts between 60 mph and 70 mph near Brownfield (Terry County).
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 Aug 20, 1:58 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 258 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 .SHORT TERM... SFC TROUGH NORTHEAST OF THE PANHANDLES AND ASSOCIATED WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...HAS AIDED IN ISOLATED CONVECTION DEVELOPMENT MAINLY FROM A NEAR EARTH TO MORTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON. FORECAST MODELS AND SOUNDINGS HINT AT ADDITIONAL ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS EVENING/TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...AS THE FRONT SLIDES A BIT FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. WITH PROGGED CAPE VALUES NEARING 1500 J/KG...INVERTED-V ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES AND PWAT VALUES NEARING 1.90 INCHES /ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES/...SUGGEST THE PROSPECT OF BRIEF ISOLATED WIND GUSTS AND A MODERATE RAINFALL THREAT IF STORM MOTION IS SLOW. HOWEVER...WITH WEAK 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR...THE LIKELIHOOD OF ORGANIZED STORMS APPEARS LOW ATTM. PROGGED STEERING FLOW DECREASES TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN ZONES HOWEVER...CAN NOT RULE OUT STORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN PROPAGATING EAST TOWARDS THE SW ZONES. THUS HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS TONIGHT...EXCEPT THE FAR SE ZONES DUE TO THE NORTHERN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE FRONT. BY SATURDAY...THE FLATTENED UA RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONUS WILL AMPLIFY A BIT ACROSS THE REGION. AT THE SFC...THE FRONT APPEARS TO LINGER ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE/NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH MODEL RUNS EXHIBITING GENERALLY LIGHT QPF JUST NEAR/SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. THIS ALSO COINCIDES WITH BEST 700 MB MOISTURE TRAPPED BENEATH THE RIDGE. THUS...WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS DISPLAYING SLIGHT SYNOPTIC LIFT ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN ZONES...HAVE WENT AHEAD AND ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. FURTHERMORE...AN ADDITIONAL PRECIP MENTION ACROSS THE NW ZONES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND POSSIBLE EASTWARD PROPAGATING STORMS FROM NEW MEXICO APPEAR VALID ATTM. PROGGED CAPE VALUES NEARING 2.5 KJ/KG...INVERTED-V ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES AND PWAT VALUES NEARING 1.70 INCHES /ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES NEAREST THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY/...ONCE AGAIN SUGGEST THE PROSPECT OF BRIEF ISOLATED WIND GUSTS AND A MODERATE RAINFALL THREAT IF STORM MOTION IS SLOW. TEMPS TONIGHT MAY ONCE AGAIN BE MILD ACROSS MOST LOCALES...AS THE LLJ RAMPS UP TO NEAR 40 KTS. THUS MID TO UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S TO NEAR TRIPLE DIGITS OFF THE CAPROCK ON SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM... SHORTWAVE TROF WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION LATE SATURDAY... WITH RESIDUAL WEAKENING FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WHICH MAY TRIGGER AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM SATURDAY EVENING. UPPER RIDGE FCST TO STRENGTHEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS S/SE LOW LEVEL FLOW RETURNS. PIECE OF ENERGY FROM AFOREMENTIONED WAVE WILL ROTATE SWD AROUND PERIPHERY OF RIDGE WITH SOME HINT OF CONVECTION FROM NORTH TEXAS EASTWARD TOWARD THE GULF COAST. WRF/NAM DOES SHOW A WEAKNESS IN RIDGE WWD INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS BUT WITH WARM TEMPS ALOFT AND LACK OF STRONG FORCING...WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT TREND OF LOW POPS. NORTHERN STREAM FCST TO BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS NEXT SHORTWAVE PROGRESSES FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES EARLY MONDAY EASTWARD TOWARD THE WESTERN LAKES BY TUESDAY. BUILDING SFC PRESSURES IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP PUSH COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO THE PANHANDLE EARLY TUESDAY. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY STRONG IN TERMS OF WINDS WITH SOME COOLING BEHIND IT...PERHAPS PUSHING HIGHS BACK DOWN INTO THE 80S. ECMWF AND GFS KEEP THE DEEPER MOISTURE BEHIND FRONT ACROSS NERN NM INTO THE PANHANDLE...BUT THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA COULD SEE SCT COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO WEDNESDAY. UPPED POPS SLIGHTLY IN THIS TIME PERIOD GIVEN AGREEMENT AMONG MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND TEMPORAL TRENDS. DRIER THEN TOWARD THEN END OF THE WEEK AS HEIGHTS RISE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 65 93 65 93 66 / 20 20 20 10 10 TULIA 68 94 68 95 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 PLAINVIEW 69 94 68 95 69 / 20 10 10 10 10 LEVELLAND 69 94 68 94 69 / 20 10 10 10 0 LUBBOCK 71 96 70 96 71 / 20 10 10 10 0 DENVER CITY 70 94 68 95 68 / 20 10 10 10 0 BROWNFIELD 71 95 69 95 70 / 20 10 10 10 0 CHILDRESS 73 100 73 100 73 / 20 20 10 0 0 SPUR 74 97 72 98 73 / 20 10 10 0 0 ASPERMONT 75 100 74 101 75 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 29/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 543 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 TXZ021>044-211045- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 543 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH AND A SURFACE TROUGH NEAR THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO STATE LINE WILL PROVIDE FOCI FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 413 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 TXZ034-040-202145- HOCKLEY-TERRY- 413 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST TERRY AND SOUTHWEST HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN HOCKLEY COUNTY...NEAR SUNDOWN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF...HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MCZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 428 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 TXZ033-034-202145- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 428 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN COCHRAN AND WESTERN HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL COCHRAN COUNTY...ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEFACE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MCZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 500 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 TXZ039-202230- YOAKUM- 500 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN YOAKUM COUNTY... AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. MCZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 519 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 TXZ028-202245- LAMB- 519 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMB COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF LITTLEFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 530 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 TXZ039-202300- YOAKUM- 530 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST YOAKUM COUNTY... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLAINS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. MCZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 546 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 TXZ028-202315- LAMB- 546 PM CDT FRI AUG 20 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMB COUNTY... AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF LITTLEFIELD OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMHERST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JH
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Skywarn storm spotter reported thunderstorm winds estimated to exceed 60 mph in Brownfield between 17:14 CST and 17:18 CST. By 17:20 CST, the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site just south of Brownfield measured a peak gust of 70 mph. No damages were reported.
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