A dynamic storm system impacted the west Texas South Plains on the 15th. A round of thunderstorms initially developed over the central South Plains during the morning hours.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
A dynamic storm system impacted the west Texas South Plains on the 15th. A round of thunderstorms initially developed over the central South Plains during the morning hours. These storms produced heavy rainfall and damaging lightning in the Lubbock vicinity (Lubbock County).
Rain transitioned to snow during the afternoon hours, and persistent upslope winds along the Caprock escarpment contributed to localized 1 inch to 2 inch accumulations over a small portion of the central South Plains. Public impacts were minimal. A list of reported snow accumulations follows: 2 inches in Southland (Garza County), 1 inch in Crosbyton (Crosby County), 1 inch in Floydada (Floyd County), 1 inch in Slaton (Lubbock County), and 1 inch in Tahoka (Lynn 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 Mar 15, 5:23 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 623 AM CDT MON MAR 15 2010 .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS. TSRA WAS OCCURRING AT KLBB EARLY THIS MORNING BUT QUICKLY MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST TODAY...PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL EXPAND TOWARDS KCDS. HOWEVER...EXPECTING THE BEST COVERAGE TO BE NEAR KLBB. THUS...IFR CRITERIA WAS OCCURRING AT KLBB...WITH IFR TO POSSIBLY LIFR CLOUD DECKS DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON. EXPECT OVC MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. ADDITIONALLY...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WHICH WAS REPORTED AT WOLFFORTH AND 4 MILES EAST OF REESE CENTER THIS MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 AM CDT MON MAR 15 2010/ SHORT TERM... 0730Z RADAR ANALYSIS DISPLAYED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CWA...WITH A PROPAGATION TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS IS THANKS TO AN UA LOW LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO. DECENT DYNAMICAL LIFT HAS PERSISTED WITH THE SAID SYSTEM AS SOME OF THE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS HAVE PERIODICALLY BECOME SLIGHTLY ENHANCED. MODEL FORECASTS AND SOUNDINGS HINTED AT 700 MB LAPSE RATES NEARING 11 C/KM THIS MORNING /DECREASING TO 9 C/KM BY MON 12Z ACROSS SW ZONES/ WITH GOOD SYNOPTIC LIFT PERSISTING THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY TODAY. THUS...ISOLATED THUNDER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT LATER THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY ACROSS SW ZONES. 850 MB TEMPS DROP CLOSE TO BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE NW CWA LATER THIS MORNING...WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS EXHIBITING CLOSE TO A RA/SN PROFILE ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA...ALBEIT STILL A LIQUID PRECIP TYPE SOUNDING. WITH DYNAMICAL LIFT CONTINUING TO EDGE EASTWARD WITH TIME...CAN NOT RULE OUT THE BRIEF POSSIBILITY OF -SN NW AND WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT MENTION TO THE GRIDS. FORECAST SOLUTIONS TRACK THE UA LOW SOUTHWEST OF EL PASO BY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE MOVING ESE AND EVOLVING INTO A TROUGH LIKE FEATURE NEAR THE THE TEXAS COAST BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE NAM CONTINUES TO BE A BIT SLOWER REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE LOW VERSUS THE GFS...HOWEVER BY THE END OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...THEY APPEAR TO SPATIALLY COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT. THUS...THIS SOUTHERLY PROGGED TRACK WILL AID IN WRAPPING AROUND MOISTURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS TONIGHT...WITH A SHIFT MORE TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN/SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH PLAINS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCE AMONGST THE NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS IS THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST BAND OF PRECIP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE NAM HAS THE HEAVIEST BAND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES BY MONDAY EVENING...VERSUS THE GFS HEAVIEST BAND LOCATED MORE SO ACROSS CENTRAL ZONES MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS DISCREPANCY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISCONTINUITIES OF THE UA LOW DISPLAYED BY BOTH MODELS. OVERCAST SKIES WILL KEEP DAY TIME TEMPS IN THE GENERALLY IN THE 30S AND 40S...WITH A SLIGHTLY COOLER MODERATION OVERNIGHT. LONG TERM... UPPER LOW PROGGED TO BE OVER THE BIG COUNTRY SOUTHEAST OF THE FCST AREA TO START THE DAY TUESDAY. MAY BE SOME LINGERING AREAS OF RAIN ACROSS THE SERN ZONES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE UPPER LOW AND ANY MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND IT. WILL THUS INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHC MENTION IN THAT AREA. COOL AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE LOW WHICH WILL LEAD TO COOL TEMPS IN THE VCNTY OF GUIDANCE VALUES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED ALOFT THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE PATTERN BECOMES MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH AN UPPER RIDGE QUICKLY SHIFTING OVERHEAD THEN EWD. WILL HAVE TO WATCH A LOW MOVING SWD THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WRF-NAM FAVORING A FARTHER WEST POSITION WITH THIS FEATURE A LA THE ECMWF WHILE GFS REMAINS WELL EAST OF THE FCST AREA WITH IT. IF ECMWF/NAM VERIFY ROLLING PLAINS COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW CONFIDENCE REMAINS QUITE LOW AND WILL KEEP POPS THERE NEAR 10 PCT. OTHERWISE FAIR WEATHER AND NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS EXPECTED TO ROUND OUT THE WEEK. CONTINUE TO WATCH AN OPEN TROUGH PROGGED TO CROSS THE PLAINS IN THE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AS WELL. SRN END OF THE TROUGH AND ITS MID/UPPER LIFT PROGGED INTO THE PANHANDLE... ALTHOUGH STILL QUITE UNCERTAIN WHETHER ENOUGH LIFT AND MOISTURE CAN RESULT IN ANY SHOWERS ACROSS THE NRN ZONES. WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS JUST BELOW MENTIONABLE LEVELS ATTM. TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT TO COOL OFF WITH SATURDAY HIGHS WELL BELOW NORMS REBOUNDING SOME ON SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 39 31 56 34 65 / 90 30 10 0 0 TULIA 42 36 54 33 65 / 80 40 10 0 0 PLAINVIEW 42 36 54 34 65 / 80 40 10 0 0 LEVELLAND 40 36 56 35 68 / 90 50 10 0 0 LUBBOCK 41 35 56 35 67 / 80 50 10 0 0 DENVER CITY 41 37 56 36 69 / 80 50 10 0 0 BROWNFIELD 40 37 57 36 68 / 80 50 10 0 0 CHILDRESS 47 39 59 37 67 / 40 40 10 0 10 SPUR 46 40 58 37 68 / 80 50 20 0 10 ASPERMONT 45 41 59 39 70 / 50 80 20 0 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 534 AM CDT MON MAR 15 2010 TXZ021>044-161045- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 534 AM CDT MON MAR 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:59 UTC.
5 winter weather, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Local officials reported that ponding of water from heavy rainfall resulted in the temporary closure of 114th Street near Indiana, and North Flint between Harvard and U.S. Highway 84. No damages were reported.
Lightning sparked a house fire in the Vintage Township subdivision of south Lubbock shortly before 08:00 CST. Local news reports indicate that the home was a total loss. No injuries 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: 212627, 212628, 212629, 212630, 212631, 212632, 212633.