During the late afternoon hours on the 2nd, thunderstorms developed over the southern South Plains. A small and weak non-mesocyclonic tornado formed in open fields in extreme northern Lynn County just before 15:00 CST.
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During the late afternoon hours on the 2nd, thunderstorms developed over the southern South Plains. A small and weak non-mesocyclonic tornado formed in open fields in extreme northern Lynn County just before 15:00 CST. The tornado developed beneath initial updrafts occurring atop a stationary southwest to northeast oriented surface boundary. Other storms along the boundary quickly intensified and produced large hail over portions of Terry County.
Later in the evening, a large complex of severe thunderstorms evolved east of the Caprock escarpment. These storms also produced large hail.
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 2, 2:37 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 337 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 .SHORT TERM... THE CFWA IS ROUGHLY LOCATED IN-BETWEEN TWO WX FEATURES OF INTEREST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST IS A VERY SLOW MOVING MCV FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION THAT IS COINCIDENT WITH A MID-LVL TROUGH ACROSS NORTH TX. THE SECOND IS A MID/UPR-LVL SHORTWAVE MOVING SE THROUGH CO/NM AND WILL BE EMERGING INTO THE SRN PLAINS THIS EVENING. FINALLY...AT THE SFC...A WEAK FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH NRLY WINDS ON THE CAPROCK. THE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE SRN SPLNS/SRN ROLLING PLAINS HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES UP TO APPROX 3K J/KG. TSTM DEVELOP LIKELY ACROSS THE SRN ROLLING PLAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MCV BUT FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST...SUBSIDENCE AND LINGERING CAP MAY LIMIT DEVELOPMENT SOMEWHAT. MEANWHILE...STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND FASTER MID-LVL FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH INCOMING WAVE IS JUST BEGINNING TO ARRIVE IN EASTERN NM. EXPECTING TSTM DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN THE VICINITY OF RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA WHICH SHOULD THEN PROPAGATE SEWD THIS EVENING THROUGH THE WESTERN PANHANDLES. CANNOT RULE OUT TSTM DEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE CWFA THIS EVENING BUT IT APPEARS THE HIGHEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE SRN PORTIONS OF THE SPLNS/ROLLING PLAINS...AND ALSO ACROSS THE NORTH/NORTHEASTERN AREAS LATER TONIGHT WITH ACTIVITY FORECAST TO MOVE OUT OF THE WRN TX PANHANDLE. SOME TSTM ACTIVITY MAY CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES OVERNIGHT...FORCED BY THE SHORTWAVE...WITH A SLGT CHANCE OF STORMS IN OUR NE ZONES. FOR THURSDAY...ANOTHER FRONTAL SURGE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BEFORE LOSING DEFINITION. THIS WILL LEAD TO LIGHT SFC WINDS AND ADEQUATE MOISTURE...HOWEVER...UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST IS LIKELY TO SUPPRESS ANY TSTM DEVELOPMENT ON THE CAPROCK...AND LIMIT CHANCES TO THE FAR SE PANHANDLE/NRN ROLLING PLAINS. DESPITE PRESENCE OF THE FRONT...HIGH TEMPS STILL EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMS FOR EARLY JUNE...GENERALLY UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S NORTH AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S SOUTH. && .LONG TERM... CHALLENGES IN THE LONG TERM BOIL DOWN TO THE POTENTIAL FOR RECORD HIGHS FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...LONGEVITY OF COLD FRONTS PRESSING SOUTH THOUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN THE DEVELOPING UL HIGH RELEASES ITS GRIP FROM WEST TX. HEIGHT RISES WILL BE WELL UNDERWAY FRIDAY EAST OF A BROAD UL HIGH NEAR THE DESERT SW AND THIS WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE HIGH MIGRATES CLOSER TO THE SOUTH PLAINS. MODELS DO INDICATE THE LOWER/MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BACK FROM WLY ON SAT TO SLY BY SUN AS A H7 LOW CLOSES OFF JUST TO OUR EAST AND THIS WOULD FAVOR THE HOTTEST TEMPS OCCURRING SAT...HOWEVER THIS PROCESS MAY ONLY RESULT IN SUNDAY/S HIGHS BEING A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN SAT. OF GREATER CONCERN WILL BE A COLD FRONT IN THE PANHANDLE ON SAT THAT MAY DRIFT INTO OUR NRN ZONES SAT NIGHT OR SUN. MODELS HAVE STRUGGLED ON THE LATITUDE OF THIS FRONT IN RECENT DAYS SO FOR NOW WILL UPHOLD THE IDEA OF LITTLE/NO IMPACTS LOCALLY. AFTER RETREATING NORTH LATE IN THE WEEKEND...THIS SAME FRONT MAY ATTEMPT TO REVISIT THE AREA BY DAY SIX SHOULD THE UL HIGH PUSH WEST. MUCH OF THIS POTENTIAL HINGES ON THE STRENGTH OF A TROF ACROSS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES EARLY NEXT WEEK THAT MAY DIVE INTO THE MID- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS ADVERTISED BY THE GFS AND A FEW OF ITS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. ECMWF MEANWHILE PREFERS TO WEAKEN THE ZONAL RIDGE AXIS WHILE KEEPING A FAST ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE CONUS. WITH THESE DIFFERENCES...I AM HESITANT TO FORECAST ANY SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF FROM THE IMPENDING HEAT WAVE AS THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER HIGH ALONE FAVORS NEGLIGIBLE CHANGES THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 58 91 64 98 66 / 20 10 10 0 0 TULIA 60 89 66 97 68 / 30 10 10 0 0 PLAINVIEW 62 91 67 98 69 / 30 10 10 0 0 LEVELLAND 62 93 68 101 68 / 20 10 10 0 0 LUBBOCK 64 92 68 100 70 / 20 10 10 0 0 DENVER CITY 61 94 68 102 68 / 20 10 10 0 0 BROWNFIELD 63 93 69 101 68 / 20 10 10 0 0 CHILDRESS 67 94 68 100 71 / 30 20 10 0 0 SPUR 64 93 69 100 70 / 20 10 10 0 0 ASPERMONT 66 95 70 100 71 / 20 20 10 0 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33/93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1137 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 TXZ021>044-031645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1137 AM CDT WED JUN 2 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 ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH PLAINS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CHANCE FOR A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 238 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 TXZ038-044-022000- KING-STONEWALL- 238 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STONEWALL AND KING COUNTIES... AT 237 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUTHRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 258 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 TXZ038-044-022030- KING-STONEWALL- 258 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STONEWALL AND KING COUNTIES... AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUTHRIE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service meteorologist observed a short-lived landspout tornado over an open field north of New Home. The landspout tornado formed during the initiation stage of a thunderstorm which eventually showed Doppler radar-based evidence of large hail. No damage was reported.
The public initially reported ping pong ball size hail in Meadow at 15:30 CST. A National Weather Service employee additionally observed quarter size hail southwest of Meadow at 15:41 CST.
A Skywarn spotter reported quarter size hail along U.S. Highway 82 in eastern Dickens County.
Law enforcement officials reported golf ball size hail northeast of Clairemont shortly before 18:00 CST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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