Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed along and east of a dryline over the central and eastern South Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 24th. A few of the storms evolved into supercells over the northern Rolling Plains.
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Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed along and east of a dryline over the central and eastern South Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 24th. A few of the storms evolved into supercells over the northern Rolling Plains. Large hail up to the size of golfballs, and at least one funnel cloud was observed. No significant damage was 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 24, 2:33 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 333 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 .SHORT TERM... SCATTERED TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING EAST OF A NEARLY STATIONARY DRYLINE RUNNING ROUGHLY ALONG I-27 TO LUBBOCK...THEN BENDING SW INTO SRN TERRY COUNTY WHERE THE DRYLINE INTERSECTS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING NW FROM STORM ACTIVITY IN THE PERMIAN BASIN...IN THIS SECTOR THE DRYLINE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS SLOWLY RETREATING TO THE NW. CURRENTLY...THE STORMS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AGAINST REMAINING CAP BETWEEN 600-650 MB AS INDICATED ON KAMA 18Z SOUNDING. WE DO THINK THAT BETWEEN NOW AND 8 PM OR SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED CELLS TO BREACH THE CAP AND REALIZE CAPES UP TO ABOUT 3000 J/KG. SHEAR IS ON THE LOW SIDE...BUT BACKED SFC WINDS ARE RESULTING IN MODEST SR-HELICITY AND THIS SHOULD INCREASE THIS EVENING AS LOW-LVL WINDS BACK AND STRENGTHEN SO WILL MAINTAIN MENTION OF SVR IN THE FCST. TONIGHT...THE DRYLINE WILL RETREAT QUICKLY INTO EASTERN NM AND WE EXPECT A RETURN OF LOW STRATUS ACROSS THE AREA. SW FLOW ALOFT AROUND BROAD UPPER TROUGH TO OUR WEST SHOULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF ENHANCED /ALTHOUGH MODEST/ ASCENT THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE A FEW ELEVATED STORMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOW-LEVEL JET...THIS POTENTIAL WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS. TUESDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL SWING NEWD ACROSS NM...BRUSHING WTX. WITH THE DRYLINE NEAR THE TX/NM BORDER...AFTERNOON TSTM CHANCES SHOULD BE HIGHEST ACROSS OUR WESTERN ZONES. AGAIN...PROGS OF DEEP-LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ARE SUFFICIENT FOR A CHANCE OF SVR WX FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE NW WHERE SHEAR WILL BE STRONGEST. DUE TO GREATER STRATUS COVERAGE IN THE MORNING AND DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES...THEY SHOULD NOT WARM UP AS MUCH ON TUE AND WE EXPECT HIGH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE MID-80S AREAWIDE. && .LONG TERM... HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN OF RECENT DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK WITH ONE NOTABLE DIFFERENCE...THE BLOCKING RIDGE ACROSS THE ERN CONUS WILL BEGIN RETROGRADING BEFORE TAKING UP RESIDENCE IN THE GREAT PLAINS BY FRI. UPSHOT OF THIS LOCALLY WILL BE A DIMINISHING MID/UPPER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW WITH THE DRYLINE TAKING REFUGE IN NM. BEST CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS APPEARS TO BE TUE EVENING AS MOST MODELS SUGGEST LATE DAY TERRAIN-INDUCED CONVECTION IN NM POSSIBLY AMPLIFYING INTO AN MCS AS THE LLJ EMERGES. PRESENCE OF RESPECTABLE MID-LEVEL WINDS DURING THIS TIME WOULD FAVOR TRANSPORTING SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY INTO OUR CWA...SO CHANCE POPS CONTINUE TUE NIGHT ON THE CAPROCK. BEYOND THIS TIME PRECIP CHANCES ARE LESS CERTAIN AS THE STEERING FLOW SLACKENS AND HEIGHTS GRADUALLY BUILD. PERSISTENT SELY LL FLOW WOULD FAVOR LATE DAY TSRA ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NM POSSIBLY THREATENING OUR WRN ZONES BY SUNSET EACH NIGHT. BUT WILL KEEP THIS SCENARIO RELEGATED TO WED NIGHT FOR NOW AS UNCERTAINTY BEYOND THIS TIME IS TOO GREAT. ALTHOUGH CAPPING IS WEAK TO NON-EXISTENT ACROSS THE CWA DURING PEAK HEATING WED- THU...LACK OF FOCUSED LIFT MAY PRECLUDE STORMS ESPECIALLY OFF THE CAPROCK. HOWEVER...ANY PRE-EXISTING CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES COULD CERTAINLY COMPENSATE FOR SYNOPTIC LIFT. GFS/ECMWF/GEM ALL INDICATE THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE L/W RIDGE WILL WEAR DOWN MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS A PACIFIC TROF LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. NORTHWARD DISPLACEMENT OF THIS TROF DOES NOT INSPIRE MUCH CONFIDENCE IN ADDING PRECIP MENTION FOR SUCH A HIGH VIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...SO WILL KEEP PRECIP MENTION AT BAY EVEN THOUGH THE DRYLINE WILL LIKELY MAKE A RETURN UNDER A DEEPENING SWLY FLOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 57 83 59 81 59 / 10 30 30 20 20 TULIA 60 83 63 80 61 / 20 20 30 20 10 PLAINVIEW 61 84 64 79 61 / 20 20 30 20 10 LEVELLAND 63 85 62 81 62 / 20 20 30 20 20 LUBBOCK 66 85 63 81 63 / 20 20 30 20 20 DENVER CITY 66 86 62 85 62 / 20 20 30 20 20 BROWNFIELD 68 86 63 83 63 / 20 20 30 20 20 CHILDRESS 68 86 65 85 64 / 20 20 20 10 10 SPUR 66 85 66 78 64 / 20 20 20 10 10 ASPERMONT 68 85 66 82 66 / 20 20 20 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33/93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1112 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 TXZ021>044-251615- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1112 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG AND EAST OF A DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF US HIGHWAY 385. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE DRYLINE WILL RETREAT WEST INTO NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT CONTINUING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WEAKER WIND SHEAR AND DECREASING INSTABILITY WILL BEGIN TO LIMIT THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 346 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 TXZ037-038-043-242115- DICKENS-KENT-KING- 346 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR KENT...DICKENS AND KING COUNTIES... AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KENT COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...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. MEADOWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 355 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 TXZ024-025-242130- BRISCOE-HALL- 355 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HALL AND BRISCOE COUNTIES... AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL BRISCOE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY 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. AMP
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Skywarn storm spotters reported golfball size hail north of Lockney along Farm to Market Road 378. No damage was reported.
The public reported penny size hail in Matador.
The Matador Fire Department reported quarter size hail along U.S. Highway 62/70 in eastern Motley County. Rotation was additionally visible at the cloud's base.
Texas Parks and Wildlife officers reported quarter size hail in the Matador Wildlife Management area west of Paducah. The Paducah Fire Department additionally observed a funnel cloud several miles south of the preserve minutes before.
Skywarn storm spotters reported quarter size hail in Silverton.
Storm spotters reported quarter size hail along Texas Highway 256 southwest of Memphis.
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: 232744, 232748, 232764, 232781, 232791, 232792.