Scattered thunderstorms developed and spread northeastward over the western and central South Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon and evening of the 1st. Some of the storms became severe and produced large hail up to the size of golfballs and damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed and spread northeastward over the western and central South Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon and evening of the 1st. Some of the storms became severe and produced large hail up to the size of golfballs and damaging wind gusts. Damage was limited to downed utility poles and lines near Hart (Castro County) and a downed tree that caused minor damage to a home near Brownfield (Terry County). The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet sampled an intense heat burst with wind gusts up to 71 mph as convection decayed over the Rolling Plains during the late evening hours.
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 Jun 1, 2:47 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 347 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .SHORT TERM... SCATTERED TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING ACROSS SE NM AND SW TX THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A WEAK SRN STREAM SHORTWAVE SEEN IN SAT IMAGERY MOVING OUT OF NRN MEXICO. AT THE SFC...A DRYLINE EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN SPLNS INTO THE FAR SW TX PANHANDLE...WHILE THE DEW-POINT TEMP GRADIENT IS MORE DIFFUSE ON IT/S SRN FLANK DUE TO BACKED WINDS IN GAINES/YOAKUM COUNTIES. EXPECT THE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND SLOWLY SPREAD EAST INTO MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SPLNS THIS EVENING. HIGH T-TD SPREADS WILL CREATE A THREAT OF STRONG TSTM OUTFLOW WINDS...WITH A LESSER THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST INTO THE SLIGHTLY MORE MOIST ENVIRONMENT. UNCERTAIN IF ANY CONVECTION WILL SURVIVE AFTER 05-06Z. THE SRLY LLJ DOES RAMP UP TO ABOUT 30 KTS AND WEAK BACKGROUND ASCENT MAY ALLOW ISOLD ACTIVITY TO SURVIVE BUT HAVE KEPT POPS JUST BELOW MENTION FOR NOW. THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLES WITH A SFC LOW DEVELOPING SOMEWHERE ACROSS OUR FA AND A DRYLINE LIKELY ADVANCING FARTHER EASTWARD THAN TODAY. OUR CONFIDENCE IN PRECISE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THESE FEATURES IS LOW BUT THE GENERAL PATTERN FAVORS A HIGHER CHANCE OF TSTMS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE SFC LOW WHERE THE BETTER MOISTURE/ENHANCED LOW-LVL LIFT WILL RESIDE. 09Z SREF CLUSTERS THE PROGGED SFC LOW POSITION ON OUR CENTRAL ZONES...LEADING TO HIGHEST STORM CHANCES ACROSS THE FAR SRN PANHANDLE INTO THE NRN ROLLING PLAINS. CAPE/SHEAR IN THESE AREAS LIKELY WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF SVR WX FROM ANY STORMS. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL EXTEND NEWD FROM SE NM AND THE NRN PERMIAN BASIN INTO AT LEAST THE SW AND SOUTH- CENTRAL SPLNS...POSSIBLY ACROSS MOST OF THE CAPROCK OUTSIDE THE FARTHEST NORTH COUNTIES. && .LONG TERM... PRESENTLY ACTIVE UA PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH WED NIGHT AHEAD OF A SHALLOW SRN STREAM IMPULSE BEFORE HOT AND DRY WEATHER TAKES GRASP OF THE REGION BY WEEKS END. MAIN CHALLENGE THIS PERIOD INVOLVES A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TOMORROW EVENING IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROF. SPEED AND INTENSITY OF THIS FRONT IS AT ODDS AMONG THE MODELS WITH THE NAM LEADING THE PACK. THIS OUTFLOW-ENHANCED SOLUTION IS PLAUSIBLE SHOULD WED EVENING/S CONVECTION GROW UPSCALE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE...BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ALL MODELS DO AGREE ON REDUCED THICKNESSES BY THU UNDER ELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SO MAX TEMPS THIS DAY WERE TRIMMED ACCORDINGLY. STORY THEN TURNS TO NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPS ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS STRONG HEIGHT RISES OVERSPREAD THE REGION EAST OF A SUBTROPICAL HIGH. GRADUAL EWD EXPANSION OF THIS HIGH BY THE WEEKEND IMPLIES EVEN HOTTER TEMPS...THOUGH FOR NOW WILL KEEP MOST HIGHS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE ENSEMBLE MOS VALUES. STRONGEST CORRIDOR OF WESTERLIES MEANWHILE WILL BE DISPLACED NORTH OF I-70 WITH ANY DISTANT COLD FRONTS LIKELY DRYING OUT BEFORE REACHING THE SOUTH PLAINS. ONE SUCH FRONT IS EVIDENT ON SUNDAY WITH THE GFS AND ECMWF DIFFERING ON ITS INTENSITY. THE LATTER MODEL SUGGESTS STALLING THE FRONT ACROSS THE CWA PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...AM MORE INCLINED TO BELIEVE THE DRIER AND LESS ACTIVE GFS CONSIDERING THE PROXIMITY AND STRENGTH OF THE UA HIGH BY SUN AND MON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 60 88 56 90 65 / 20 20 20 10 10 TULIA 63 90 60 88 66 / 20 20 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 64 92 61 90 66 / 20 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 62 94 62 93 64 / 20 10 10 10 10 LUBBOCK 66 94 63 92 66 / 30 20 10 10 10 DENVER CITY 60 97 63 95 66 / 20 10 10 10 10 BROWNFIELD 62 98 64 94 63 / 20 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 69 95 66 92 67 / 20 30 20 10 10 SPUR 68 96 66 92 65 / 20 20 10 20 10 ASPERMONT 69 96 67 94 69 / 20 20 10 20 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33/93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1104 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 TXZ021>044-021615- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1104 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS AN ISOLATED THREAT OF SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE INITIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS...AND SPREADING EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE QUARTER-SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:49 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials reported quarter size hail in Denver City just before 17:00 CST.
Farmers reported that dime to penny size hail destroyed 560 acres of cotton just north of Shallowater shortly after 17:30 CST.
The public reported golf ball size hail in Abernathy.
A complex of thunderstorms produced 50 mph to 60 mph wind gusts over portions of Terry County between 18:05 CST and 18:20 CST on the 1st. The winds downed a large tree which fell onto the roof of a home southwest of Brownfield. Damage to to the structure was minor. A nearby Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site recorded a 51 mph gust at 18:15 CST.
Local newspaper articles reported that thunderstorm winds downed a utility pole and lines along U.S. Highway 70 just southeast of Hart. Several residences were reportedly without power as a result of the damage.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Roaring Springs measured a wind gust of 71 mph just before 23:00 CST. The winds were associated with decaying convective debris in proximity to a mesoscale convective vortex. Observations at the mesonet site indicated that the winds were accompanied by a rapid increase in temperature and decrease in humidity and were indicative of a heat burst. No damage was reported.
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