Scattered thunderstorms developed over the western and central South Plains of west Texas and the plains of eastern New Mexico during the afternoon and evening hours of the 14th. A few storms became severe and produced large hail.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed over the western and central South Plains of west Texas and the plains of eastern New Mexico during the afternoon and evening hours of the 14th. A few storms became severe and produced large hail. No significant damages were 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 May 14, 11:50 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1250 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED GRIDS TO REMOVE WW 169. THE THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE PERIOD. IFR/LIFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT BOTH SITES ALONG WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES. HAVE LEFT OUT MENTION OF -TSRA AT BOTH SITES FOR NOW BASED ON UNCERTAINTIES IN TIMING...BUT CERTAINLY THINK THE THREAT WILL EXIST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...PARTICULARLY AT KLBB. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST OBS/TRENDS AND AMEND AS NECESSARY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 932 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010/ UPDATE... WW169 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TX/NM BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH 1PM. GENERAL FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK AND MADE ONLY A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN POPS ACROSS THE FAR EAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE STORMS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY TO CONCHO VALLEY SHOULD SOMEWHAT LIMIT AREAL COVERAGE. ONGOING CONVECTION...SVR AT TIMES...CONTINUES ACROSS THE PLAINS OF ERN NM. THIS ACTIVITY IS BEING ASSISTED BY INCREASING UPPER LEVEL LIFT CROSSING THE SACRAMENTO AND GUADALUPE RANGES. WOULD THEREFORE EXPECT CONVECTION OVER ERN NM TO MAINTAIN STRENGTH AS IT PUSHES NORTHEASTWARD. THE UPPER SUPPORT LOOKS TO BE STARTING TO ENHANCE STORM DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE I-27 CORRIDOR WITH A RECENT UPSWING IN LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED. LAPS ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO PAINT 1000 PLUS J/KG CAPE OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE CWFA WITH LITTLE CINH. DESPITE THE DOWNWARD TREND IN SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT POPS IN THAT REGION WITH THE EXPECTATION AS AS THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT NEARS...AN EXPANSION IN COVERAGE AND/OR INTENSITY WILL ENSUE. FURTHERMORE...IF THE CLOUDS MANAGE TO THIN OR SCATTER OUT...AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREAT. 26 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 446 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010/ SHORT TERM... UPPER TROF PRESENTLY WEST OF THE FOUR CORNERS WILL CONTINUE ITS EASTERLY TREK THIS MORNING BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CO ROCKIES BY SAT MORNING. DESPITE A LACK OF APPRECIABLE HEIGHT FALLS LOCALLY THROUGHOUT THIS TIME...MODEST ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BE SUSTAINED NORTH OF A BAROCLINIC ZONE TO OUR SOUTH. ALREADY SEEING AN UPSWING IN ELEVATED CONVECTION OVER OUR ERN ZONES EARLY THIS MORNING WITHIN A STRONGER CORRIDOR OF UPGLIDE WITH YET ANOTHER AREA OF INTEREST FARTHER WEST IN NM COINCIDENT WITH AN INCREASINGLY DIVERGENT UPPER FLOW. IN SPITE OF THE MOST FAVORED ASCENT FORECAST TO TRACK FROM ERN NM INTO THE WRN PANHANDLE TODAY AHEAD OF THE TROF...WE STILL EXPECT PRECIP CHANCES TO EXPAND AREA WIDE WITHIN THE RELATIVELY WEAKLY FORCED REGIME CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE CWA. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT STRATUS WILL REMAIN STEADFAST OVER THE CWA THIS AFTN WITHIN THE MOIST ELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SO HAVE CONTINUED THE TREND OF UNDERCUTTING MOS MAX TEMPS. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH THESE COOL TEMPS MODEL SOUNDINGS REVEAL SIZABLE ECAPE AS HIGH AS 2K J/KG OVER THE SRN S PLAINS BY 15/00Z. OVERALL CONSENSUS IS FOR THE SRN TERMINUS OF STRATUS TO LIFT INTO THE NRN PERMIAN BASIN LATE IN THE DAY WITH THE RETREATING FRONT. ABSENCE OF AN EML WOULD LEND SUPPORT FOR SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION POSSIBLY BY EARLY AFTN ACROSS SOUTHEAST NM. SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW AROUND 40 KNOTS RAISES CONCERN THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS WOULD IMPACT OUR FAR SWRN ZONES BEFORE TRENDING INCREASINGLY ELEVATED AS THEY SPREAD FARTHER NORTH OF THE FRONT. AMPLE SFC-6KM BULK SHEAR VECTORS FAVOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH LACK OF CIN MAY RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD AND COMPETITIVE STORM MODES WITH TIME. MAINTAINED LIKELY POPS OVERNIGHT AS THE SLY LLJ SLOWLY AMPLIFIES. COULD SEE SOME FOG ARISE OUTSIDE OF ANY PRECIP TONIGHT AS DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE...THOUGH HAVE LEFT THIS MENTION OUT OF THE FORECAST SO LATER SHIFTS CAN DELVE INTO THIS ONCE NEWER DATA ARRIVE. LONG TERM... ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK MAKING FOR A SOMEWHAT MORE DIFFICULT FORECAST. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ALLOWING WEAK SHORTWAVES TO MOVE OVER THE REGION. AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS HELP TO HOLD THE DRYLINE WELL INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT THERE COULD BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH SATURDAY BEING THE MOST FAVORABLE FOR THE FORECAST AREA. 00Z AND NOW THE 06Z NAM INDICATE BETWEEN 1K - 2K J/KG OF CAPE OVER THE AREA BUT MARGINAL WIND SHEAR PROFILES. THERE WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH DIRECTIONAL SHEAR TO ALLOW FOR SOME STORM ORGANIZATION RESULTING IN HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...AMPLE SURFACE BOUNDARIES FOR PREVIOUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE FLOATING AROUND SO WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. STORM MOTIONS DO NOT APPEAR TOO FAST SO POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF THINGS TO KEEP AN EYE ON. SUNDAY DOES NOT LOOK QUITE AS GOOD FOR OUR AREA COMPARED TO OUR SOUTH ACCORDING TO THE MODELS BUT THIS WILL LIKELY DEPEND ON HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE DAY. ALSO...MODELS APPEAR TO TRY AND WARM THE MID LEVELS A BIT REDUCING LAPSE RATES WHICH WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK OF ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVING SOMEWHERE OVER THE AREA. REMNANTS OF A WEAK FRONT ARRIVING BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM SYSTEM SATURDAY WILL ALSO BE SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY...THE NAM/GFS HAVE IT STALLED OVER OUR AREA WHILE THE GEM/ECMWF CARRY IT FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN. THIS FEATURE WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT AND POPS ON SUNDAY MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED AS WELL. MOS MAX TEMPERATURES ALSO MAY HAVE COME IN A BIT WARM AS EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE AREA SHOULD KEEP CLOUD COVER IN PLACE WHICH WILL ALSO HELP TO LIMIT INSTABILITY. OPTED TO GO A BIT COOLER FOR TEMPS AND LEAVE POPS BELOW MOST MODEL OUTPUT FOR AREAS ON THE CAPROCK FOR NOW. IF THERE IS A QUIET DAY WEATHER-WISE IN THE UPCOMING WEEK...IT LOOKS LIKE THAT DAY WILL BE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL TAKE PLACE AND RETURN TO SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW OVER THE AREA WILL PUSH ANY OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO PUSH ONTO THE PACIFIC COAST AND TRANSITION FLOW ALOFT ONCE AGAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST FOR THE MIDDLE PART THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. GFS/GEM BOTH TAKE THE CENTER OF THE LOW ACROSS COLORADO WHILE THE ECMWF DIGS THE LOW FURTHER SOUTH AND HAS IT A BIT SLOWER. REGARDLESS...AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SHOULD HELP DEVELOP THE DRYLINE SOMEWHERE NEAR THE AREA. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND ALSO KEPT MAX TEMPS A BIT COOLER AND MINS ON THE WARMER SIDE OF GUIDANCE DUE TO THE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER OVER THE REGION. IT ALSO LOOKS AS IF ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL ADD IN ANOTHER FEATURE TO ENHANCE PRECIPITATION CHANCES SOMEWHERE...BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT WHICH DAYS WILL BE FAVORED MORE THAN THE OTHERS. JORDAN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 58 54 70 53 76 / 80 60 40 30 20 TULIA 60 56 72 55 77 / 70 60 60 40 30 PLAINVIEW 60 57 74 56 76 / 70 60 50 40 30 LEVELLAND 63 59 72 59 77 / 70 60 50 30 20 LUBBOCK 63 59 73 59 75 / 70 60 50 40 30 DENVER CITY 69 59 73 61 80 / 70 60 40 30 20 BROWNFIELD 66 59 73 61 78 / 70 60 50 30 20 CHILDRESS 65 60 74 62 77 / 70 60 60 50 30 SPUR 64 60 75 61 77 / 70 60 50 50 30 ASPERMONT 67 61 75 64 79 / 70 60 50 50 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 22/26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1138 AM CDT FRI MAY 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- 1138 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR THE TEXAS...NEW MEXICO STATE LINE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS ACTIVITY AS IT SPREADS EASTWARD. IF SUFFICIENT HEATING DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MAY BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AFTER A BREAK FOR THE FIRST OF THE WEEK...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1141 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXZ021-027-141715- BAILEY-PARMER- 1141 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR BAILEY AND PARMER COUNTIES... AT 1134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRIONA...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS 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 1218 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXZ021-141800- PARMER- 1218 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARMER COUNTY... AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRIONA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JDV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1233 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXZ027-141815- BAILEY- 1233 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAILEY COUNTY... AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL BAILEY COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JDV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 101 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXZ021-022-027-141845- BAILEY-CASTRO-PARMER- 101 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAILEY...CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES... AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIMMITT MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JDV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 151 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXZ034-035-040-041-141915- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-LYNN-TERRY- 151 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TERRY...LYNN...HOCKLEY AND LUBBOCK COUNTIES... AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TERRY COUNTY...BETWEEN MEADOW AND ROPESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 153 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXZ021-022-027-141945- BAILEY-CASTRO-PARMER- 153 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BAILEY...CASTRO AND PARMER COUNTIES... AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...THERE WAS ANOTHER STRONG STORM LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DIMMITT MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JDV
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of large hail were received from the Amherst vicinity around 13:00 CST. Initial reports indicated that quarter size hail was falling in the city at 13:00 CST. Additional reports from the broadcast media suggested that hailstones increased to the size of golfballs by 13:03 CST. No damage was reported.
Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet meteorologists reported dime to nickel size hail at Reese Center.
A storm chaser reported quarter size hail over rural portions of eastern Yoakum County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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