Following a day of record high triple digit temperatures, scattered thunderstorms erupted along a dryline over the western South Plains of west Texas. These storms produced damaging winds and hail up to the size of quarters as they progressed eastward over the South Plains through the evening hours.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Following a day of record high triple digit temperatures, scattered thunderstorms erupted along a dryline over the western South Plains of west Texas. These storms produced damaging winds and hail up to the size of quarters as they progressed eastward over the South Plains through the evening hours. Wind gusts were measured as high as 63 mph with widespread blowing dust near storms. The winds damaged young cotton crops and caused power outages.
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 10, 2:31 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 331 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 .SHORT TERM... MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS WHILE MOISTURE ON THE CAPROCK HAS MIXED OUT AS TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED NEAR THE CENTURY MARK. ALREADY STARTING TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY DEVELOP ALONG A WEAK DRYLINE ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS NEAR THE STATE LINE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE FCST. NAM IS THE ONLY MODEL WHICH HAS SO FAR HINTED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF STORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON WHILE THE GFS/RUC/HRRR ALL HAVE LITTLE OR NO QPF DEVELOPING. THIS IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS WHERE THE NAM HAS BEEN OVERDOING POPS AND THE OTHER MODELS WERE CORRECT. GOING WITH THE 12 AND 18Z NAM FORECASTS...MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL REMAIN NORTHWEST OF A DENVER CITY...BROWNFIELD... LUBBOCK...TO MEMPHIS LINE AND HAVE ADJUSTED THE POP GRIDS ACCORDINGLY. LOW-END CHANCE POPS NOW COVER THE COUNTIES ALONG THE STATE LINE AND THEN TAPER DOWN TO LOW END SLIGHT CHANCE AT THE AFOREMENTIONED LINE. PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGING WINDS AS CLOUD BASES SHOULD BE FAIRLY HIGH AND MODEL POINT SOUNDINGS INDICATE A GOOD INVERTED-V PROFILE OUT WEST...BUT QUARTER-SIZE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. MLCAPE HAS INCREASED TO BETWEEN 2000-3000 J/KG WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR STRONG INITIAL UPDRAFTS WHICH WILL SUPPORT HAIL. SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAIRLY WEAK WITH DEEP LAYER/0-6KM SHEAR ONLY AROUND 25 M/S ACCORDING TO THE MODELS AND IS UNIDIRECTIONAL... BUT INITIAL UPDRAFTS APPEAR TO HAVE A DECENT FORWARD MOTION TO THE NORTHEAST WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF STORM ORGANIZATION. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE HOW OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AFFECT FUTURE STORM DEVELOPMENT...BUT FEEL THAT FOR THE MOST PART POPS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES AND INSTABILITY STARTS TO DECREASE. MIN TEMPS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN MILD AGAIN AS DRYLINE MIXES BACK WEST KEEPING HIGHER LEVELS OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR AND AS THE LOW-LEVEL JET KICKS IN ALSO KEEPING THE BOUNDARY LAYER MIXED. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER WARM DAY AS THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MOST OF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS SIMILAR TO TODAY. WIND FLOW ALOFT WILL BE A BIT STRONGER SO THE DRYLINE COULD MIX A BIT FURTHER EAST IN THE DAY THUS ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY COULD INITIATE FURTHER WEST. UNFORTUNATELY...MODELS ARE STILL PLAGUED WITH THE SAME ISSUES WHERE THE NAM DEVELOPS A LINE OF STORMS WHILE THE GFS IS LESS OPTIMISTIC. WILL HOLD POPS BELOW MENTION FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND LET THE MID-SHIFT REEVALUATE THE 00Z AND 06Z DATA TO SEE HOW THE MODELS PLAY OUT THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. JORDAN && .LONG TERM... SW FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FIRST-HALF OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST...AS A DEEPENING UA TROUGH ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW DIVES SE TOWARDS THE FOUR-CORNERS REGION THIS WEEKEND. AT THE SFC...THE EVER PRESENT DRYLINE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY...WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION INITIATION. HOWEVER...SEVERAL CAVEATS COMES INTO PLAY REGARDING STORM DEVELOPMENT. FIRST IS THE EXISTENCE OF A CAPPING INVERSION ON FRIDAY WHICH MAY AID IN MITIGATING STORM INITIATION. HOWEVER...THE NAM SOLUTION AND SOUNDINGS EXHIBITED THE CAP BREAKING DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH QPF VALUES EXISTING MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS. IF STORMS WERE TO DEVELOP...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT MAY EXIST AS CAPE VALUES NEAR 3000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES APPROACH -11 C. HOWEVER DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS RELATIVELY WEAK LESS THAN 20 KTS/. NOT YET CONFIDENT TO ADD A SEVERE MENTION FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE...HOWEVER LOW-END MENTIONABLE POPS ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA IS VALID LATE FRIDAY EVENING. SECOND...MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE REGARDING AN EXPECTED FROPA AS THE NAM BRINGS IT ACROSS THE NORTHERN/NORTHWESTERN ZONES EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE STALLING OUT...VERSUS THE GFS MONDAY MORNING INCEPTION. THE ECMWF IS THE OUTLIER MAINTAINING THE FROPA WELL NORTH OF THE AREA THEN STALLING IT ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TUESDAY MORNING. THUS...THE DRYLINE MAY NOT TAKE A PROGGED WESTWARD PROPAGATION TOWARDS NEW MEXICO IF THE FRONT IS LATER/NON- EXISTENT. THUS...MAY SEE CONVECTION FIRE UP ALONG THE DRYLINE BEFORE THE FRONTAL SOUTHWARD SURGE. WILL HINT AT DRYLINE CONVECTION IN ADDITION TO LEANING TOWARDS A BLEND OF THE MORE AGGRESSIVE/PROGRESSIVE NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS AND THUS HAVE MENTIONABLE POPS ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FROPA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT MAY EXIST ON SATURDAY ALONG/EAST OF THE DRYLINE /LOCATED ACROSS THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER PER THE NAM AND AT THE EDGE OF THE CAPROCK PER THE GFS/ AS THE AFOREMENTIONED UA TROUGH PROPAGATES TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COMBINED WITH CAPE VALUES NEARING 3500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES APPROACHING -10 C. THE CAPPING INVERSION APPEARS TO BE WEAKER VERSUS FRIDAY...BUT DEEP LAYER SHEAR EXHIBITED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS IS ONCE AGAIN THE LIMITING FACTOR /LESS THAN 30 KTS/. MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE SOLUTIONS DEPICT STORMS ALONG THE FRONT/BOUNDARY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AND NORTHERN ZONES ON MONDAY...HOWEVER THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRECIP WILL HIGHLY DEPEND ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT WILL SURGE. BY TUESDAY...UPPER RIDGING WILL ONCE AGAIN PREVAIL WHERE IF FOLLOWING THE GFS SOLUTION...PRECIP CHANCES WILL THEREAFTER BE ON THE DECLINE. HAVE THEREFORE KEPT BELOW MENTIONABLE POPS POST TUESDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 65 97 62 93 62 / 30 10 10 20 30 TULIA 68 96 67 95 65 / 20 10 20 20 30 PLAINVIEW 71 95 67 95 66 / 20 10 20 20 30 LEVELLAND 67 99 68 96 68 / 20 10 20 20 30 LUBBOCK 72 97 72 95 70 / 20 10 20 20 30 DENVER CITY 68 98 70 96 69 / 20 10 20 20 30 BROWNFIELD 70 99 69 96 69 / 20 10 20 20 30 CHILDRESS 75 97 72 97 73 / 0 10 20 20 20 SPUR 71 99 73 95 70 / 0 10 20 20 20 ASPERMONT 74 98 73 96 75 / 0 10 20 20 20 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 14/29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1150 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 TXZ021>044-111700- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1150 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEVELLAND TO DICKENS TO MEMPHIS. WARM AIR ALOFT MAY LIMIT OR EVEN COMPLETELY PREVENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...STRONG INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH PREDICTABILITY FOR LOCATION AND TIMING OF THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 322 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 TXZ027-102045- BAILEY- 322 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAILEY COUNTY... AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEEDMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NEEDMORE. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 344 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 TXZ027-102130- BAILEY- 344 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAILEY COUNTY... AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF MAPLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE MULESHOE AND NEEDMORE. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 354 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 TXZ022-102145- CASTRO- 354 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CASTRO COUNTY... AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIMMITT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...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.
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The KVII-TV Schoolnet site at Lazbuddie measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph just before 15:00 CST. No damage was reported.
The public reported that quarter size hail fell in the community of Easter.
The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts estimated in excess of 60 mph along U.S. Highway 84 southeast of Littlefield. No damage was reported, but visibility was reported to be near zero in blowing dust.
The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 60 mph and blowing dust which restricted visibility. No damages were reported.
Farmers reported that thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 60 mph accompanied by blowing dust damaged young cotton crops in southwestern Floyd County.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Tahoka measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph. No damage was reported.
The public reported thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be in excess of 60 mph in Lockney at 20:20 CST, where the winds contributed to power outages. A street light was blown down onto power lines along U.S. Highway 70 in Muncey. At 20:25 CST a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Floydada measured a 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
Law enforcement officials estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to be in excess of 60 mph. No damage was reported.
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