Scattered thunderstorms developed over the eastern South Plains and the Rolling Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 9th. An isolated storm became severe and produced damaging winds in northern Motley County.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over the eastern South Plains and the Rolling Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon and early evening hours of the 9th. An isolated storm became severe and produced damaging winds in northern Motley 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 9, 5:12 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 612 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 .AVIATION... LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH SUBSIDENCE FROM TUTT SHOULD LIMIT THE CONVECTION NEAR KCDS THIS EVENING. WILL CONTINUE -TSRA AT KLBB THRU 02Z EVEN THOUGH STRONGEST CONVECTION HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE TERMINAL. THIS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR REDEVELOPMENT. FOR LATER PORTION OF THE PERIOD...ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THOUGH WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF LARGE SCALE LIFT. THEREFORE...WILL LEAVE ANY MENTION OUT OF THIS PACKAGE. OTHERWISE...LIGHT WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD. MEADOWS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010/ SHORT TERM... FORECAST AREA CONTINUES TO BE STUCK BETWEEN A STRONG MCV OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE TUTT LOW OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. MCV CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTHEASTWARD AND HAS HELPED TO INITIATE SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. TUTT LOW HAS ALSO HELPED INITIATE SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS AS WELL. GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AMOUNTS...WHICH THE NAM HAD ABOUT 2-3 DEG F TOO LOW AND THE GFS 3-5 DEG F TOO HIGH...REMAIN IN PLACE OVER ALL BUT THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THIS SHOULD HELP TO PROVIDE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY THROUGH THE DAY. STORMS ARE MOVING A BIT MORE THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS BUT SHOULD MAINTAIN WEAK MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS RATHER WEAK. CAN STILL EXPECT A FEW REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE WE LOSE MUCH OF THE SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY AFTER SUNSET. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL HIGHLY DEPEND ON CLOUD COVER AND COOL OUTFLOW FROM THE STORMS BUT GENERALLY KEPT TEMPS IN LINE WITH PERSISTENCE. ALSO UNDERCUT MAX TEMPS FOR TOMORROW AS WELL AS THE GFS CONTINUES IT/S WARM BIAS ON THE CAPROCK. MODELS DO CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME CONVECTIVE QPF DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA BUT FEEL THAT WITHOUT THE MCV OR TUTT LOW AROUND TOMORROW...LACK OF BROAD-SCALE ASCENT MAY KEEP SHOWERS AND STORMS MUCH MORE ISOLATED THAN TODAY. MOST FAVORED LOCATION WOULD BE NEAR THE TX/NM STATE LINE WHERE HIGHER TERRAIN AND CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE SURFACE TROF OVER CENTRAL NM MAY HELP STORMS DEVELOP. LONG TERM... THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE PRECIPITATION CHANCES ALONG WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES. AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW/TUTT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA TUESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AMPLIFIES ACROSS NEW MEXICO. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A FEW CONVECTIVE SIGNALS ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE TUTT...JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LUB CWA TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE CANNOT ENTIRELY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM SLIPPING INTO OUR EASTERN ZONES GIVEN SUFFICIENT MID-LEVEL MOISTURE...DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THIS SOLUTION YET TO INCREASE POPS TO MENTIONABLE LEVELS ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS. HOWEVER...THE NAM-12 ALSO SHOWS STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NEW MEXICO...DRIFTING INTO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. GIVEN THE MOISTURE IN PLACE AND A FAVORABLE NORTHWESTERLY STEERING FLOW...CERTAINLY CANNOT DISCOUNT THIS THINKING SO HAVE MAINTAINED MENTIONABLE POPS ACROSS THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT. ATTM...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE...BUT CERTAINLY THINK THAT ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES. MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE INDICATING AROUND 1000 J/KG OF CAPE...PWATS AROUND 1.5 INCHES...0-6 KM SHEAR AROUND 15 TO 20 KTS...AND ARE EXHIBITING AN INVERTED-V PROFILE. THUS...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...THE AFOREMENTIONED RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SLIDE BACK TO THE WEST...RESULTING IN A MORE NORTHERLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW. MODELS ARE ALSO INDICATING THAT INSTABILITY VALUES MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWER. STILL...MODELS /PARTICULARLY THE NAM-12/ CONTINUE TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION TO DRIFT INTO THE NORTHERN ZONES. GIVEN GOOD MODEL CONTINUITY...HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE POPS TO VERY LOW-END MENTIONABLE LEVELS WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE. LATER THIS WEEK...THE RIDGE IS PROGGED TO RETROGRADE BACK TOWARD THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION AS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SWEEPS INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. MODELS INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION ON SATURDAY. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY GIVE THE AREA ANOTHER SHOT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...GIVEN SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TIMING AND MOVEMENT OF THESE SYSTEMS...HAVE OPTED TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE THICKNESS VALUES ARE PROGGED TO INCREASE. HAVE TRENDED A LITTLE BELOW MOS GUIDANCE GIVEN THE LATEST TRENDS...BUT FEEL THAT MID TO UPPER 90S HIGHS ON THE CAPROCK AND LOW 100S HIGHS OFF THE CAPROCK SEEMS LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY. A SLIGHT COOL DOWN MAY OCCUR TOWARD THE WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS BACK TO THE WEST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 64 95 65 96 66 / 30 20 20 10 20 TULIA 66 97 67 97 68 / 20 10 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 66 97 67 97 69 / 20 10 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 65 97 68 96 70 / 30 10 20 10 10 LUBBOCK 69 97 71 97 71 / 30 10 10 10 10 DENVER CITY 66 97 69 97 70 / 30 20 20 10 10 BROWNFIELD 67 98 71 97 71 / 30 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 73 99 73 100 73 / 20 20 20 10 10 SPUR 72 99 74 99 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 74 101 75 101 75 / 30 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 536 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 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- 536 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW...A FEW ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. THE FAVORED AREA FOR GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 27 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY...ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW...A FEW ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. THEREAFTER...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL PROVIDE HOT TEMPERATURES THROUGH MUCH OF THE REST OF THE PERIOD. HEAT INDICES THROUGH THE MIDDLE TO END OF THE WEEK WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES...PARTICULARLY OFF THE CAPROCK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 223 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 TXZ033-091945- COCHRAN- 223 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN COUNTY... AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF COCHRAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JORDAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 321 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 TXZ028-092100- LAMB- 321 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAMB COUNTY... AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLEFIELD... MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JORDAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 434 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 TXZ029-034-035-040-041-092230- HALE-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-LYNN-TERRY- 434 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TERRY...LYNN...HOCKLEY...LUBBOCK AND HALE COUNTIES... AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TERRY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MEADOWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 531 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 TXZ029-030-035-036-042-092300- CROSBY-FLOYD-GARZA-HALE-LUBBOCK- 531 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GARZA...LUBBOCK...CROSBY...HALE AND FLOYD COUNTIES... AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLOYDADA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERNATHY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SLATON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MEADOWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 558 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 TXZ036-042-092330- CROSBY-GARZA- 558 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GARZA AND CROSBY COUNTIES... AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN CROSBY COUNTY TO EAST CENTRAL GARZA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MEADOWS
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Matador Fire Department reported that thunderstorm winds downed several utility lines along Texas Highway 70 north of Matador.
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