Thunderstorms originated over the higher terrain of northeastern New Mexico and gradually moved southeastward through the evening hours of the 14th. These storms began to impact the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms originated over the higher terrain of northeastern New Mexico and gradually moved southeastward through the evening hours of the 14th. These storms began to impact the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours. A few storms within the evolving convective complex became severe and produced wind gusts up to 60 mph. 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 Jul 14, 5:31 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 631 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 .UPDATE... HAVE PUBLISHED A MINOR UPDATE TO THE FORECAST POP/WX GRIDS. SMALL-SCALE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXPANDED OVER EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. SO FAR...THE ONLY CONVECTION TO CROSS THE STATE LINE HAS DONE SO WITHIN THE CURRENT SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDER AREA...HOWEVER ANY EASTWARD PUSH FROM COLD POOLS WITH ACTIVITY FURTHER SOUTH WILL BRING STORMS INTO BAILEY/COCHRAN COUNTIES. SUCH SCENARIO IS SUPPORTED BY THE NAM WHICH SHOWS A SMALL CONVECTIVE COMPLEX PERSISTING THERE THROUGH 06-09Z. THUS HAVE AMENDED TO INCLUDE LOW ORDER /20 PERCENT/ POPS FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE STATE LINE. && .AVIATION... PREDOMINANTLY VFR THRU 16/00Z WITH STEADY SSE WINDS AOB 15 KNOTS. MODELS ARE NOT KEEN ON REDEVELOPING LOW CIGS EARLY THU MORNING AND INSTEAD DIMINISH DEWPOINTS BY SEVERAL DEGREES...HOWEVER CONSIDERING MINIMAL PATTERN CHANGE TODAY WILL INTRODUCE A ROUND OF MVFR CIGS AT LBB AROUND 09Z BEFORE ADVANCING NORTHEAST TO CDS AFTER SUNRISE. VFR LEVELS SHOULD RETURN BY LATE MORNING AS CLOUDS SCATTER OUT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010/ SHORT TERM... ANOTHER UNUSUALLY MILD NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR THE AREA AS DEWPOINTS HAVE ONCE AGAIN HELD IN THE LOW 70S ACROSS ALL OF THE ROLLING PLAINS AND MOST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. ONLY EXCEPTION IS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE HAS MIXED OUT A BIT MORE HELPING DEWPOINTS TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 60S. A WEAK SURFACE TROF WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND ISOLATED STORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP. ALTHOUGH STEERING FLOW IS RATHER WEAK...A STORM OR TWO COULD TRACK INTO THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS IF ANYTHING DOES MANAGE TO HOLD TOGETHER. POSSIBILITY IS RATHER SLIM SO OPTED TO KEEP BARELY MENTIONABLE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING. FOR THURSDAY...RIDGE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN NEAR/OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION KEEPING OUR AREA IN WEAK NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. HEIGHTS AND THICKNESS VALUES CHANGE VERY LITTLE FROM TODAY SO EXPECT SOMEWHAT SIMILAR MAX TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. BIGGEST UNCERTAINTY WILL BE IF THERE ARE ANY LOW CLOUDS IN THE MORNING HELPING TO REDUCE INSOLATION EARLY IN THE DAY AND KEEP MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN FORECAST. BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST...HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS WILL ONCE AGAIN REMAIN BETWEEN 98 TO 104 DEGREES WHICH IS JUST UNDER ONE OF OUR CRITERIA FOR A HEAT ADVISORY. MIN TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW THAT CRITERIA SO WILL HOLD OFF ISSUING ANY SPECIAL PRODUCTS REGARDING EXCESSIVE HEAT BUT IT WILL STILL FEEL LIKE A TEXAS GULF COAST SUMMER MINUS THE SEA BREEZE TO COOL THINGS DOWN IN THE AFTERNOON. JORDAN LONG TERM... THE FOCUS FOR THE LONG TERM IS THE CHANCE FOR PRECIP THURSDAY EVENING. FROPA ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO STALL NEAR THE LATITUDE OF AMA HAS SHOWN EVIDENCE OF DIVING A BIT FARTHER SOUTH PER LATER MODEL RUNS. NAM AND GFS COMPARISONS ARE RESULTING IN A DISAGREEMENT IN TIME OF PASSAGE BUT FOR THE MOST PART AGREE ON LATITUDE. HAVE OPTED TO TREND MORE TOWARD NAM THINKING AS TRACK RECORD ON HANDLING BOUNDARIES HAS BEEN BETTER RECENTLY. ADVECTION OF DRIER UPPER LEVEL AIR WILL TAKE PLACE OVERNIGHT WHICH SHOULD ENTRAIN INTO STORMS AND EVENTUALLY CAUSE THEIR DEMISE BY FRIDAY MORNING. LATEST MODEL RUNS ALSO AGREE ON FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NE AS WELL THURSDAY EVENING. HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP SLGT CHC POPS IN FOR THE NW ZONES AND ONLY EXTENDING THEM SOUTH A BIT. ADDED SLGT CHC POPS TO NE ZONES AS WELL WITH NEW MODEL AGREEMENT. BEYOND THIS PERIOD...UL RIDGE WILL CENTER ITSELF OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY THE WEEKEND WHICH WILL KEEP MOISTURE AWAY FOR THE FORECASTABLE FUTURE. THEREAFTER...IT SHOULD BEGIN AN EASTWARD TREK MONDAY LIKELY PASSING OVER THE CWA BY WEDNESDAY. HAVE ABANDONED COOLER THAN MOS BIAS BECAUSE SOILS SHOULD DRY SUBSTANTIALLY. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT DEWPOINTS WILL FALL SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE CAPROCK WITH LINGERING MOISTURE OFF THE CAPROCK...AND THUS HAVE DECIDED TO AMEND ACCORDINGLY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 70 94 69 94 67 / 20 20 20 10 10 TULIA 70 92 70 93 68 / 10 20 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 70 94 70 93 68 / 10 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 70 96 70 94 68 / 10 10 20 10 10 LUBBOCK 71 95 71 93 68 / 10 10 10 10 10 DENVER CITY 69 96 71 95 68 / 10 10 10 10 10 BROWNFIELD 71 96 72 94 68 / 10 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 74 96 73 97 72 / 10 20 20 10 10 SPUR 71 98 73 97 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 74 99 74 98 73 / 0 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 20/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1141 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 TXZ021>044-151645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1141 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 914 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 TXZ021-150245- PARMER- 914 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARMER COUNTY... AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRIONA...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF RHEA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...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.
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:50 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site northeast of Friona recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at 20:50 CST. Local law enforcement officials similarly estimated 60 mph winds in Friona at the same time. No damages were reported.
The Castro County Sheriff's Office estimated thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 60 mph in Dimmitt. No damages were reported.
The Parmer County Sheriff's Office reported that thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to exceed 60 mph in Farwell. Visibility was reportedly near zero in wind-driven rain, but no damages were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 244158, 244160, 244161.