Several isolated thunderstorms developed during the evening hours across the South Plains and Rolling Plains. A few of the storms across the central South Plains developed small and quarter size hail.
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Several isolated thunderstorms developed during the evening hours across the South Plains and Rolling Plains. A few of the storms across the central South Plains developed small and quarter size 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 May 26, 2:41 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 341 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 .SHORT TERM... CONVECTIVE SHOWER AND THUNDER CHANCES THIS EVENING CONTINUE TO HINGE ON PROXIMITY TO FAVORABLE CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY NEAR THIS MORNINGS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. THIS BOUNDARY HAS WASHED OUT AND LIFTED NORTH BACK TO THE WEST FOR AREAS ON THE CAP-ROCK AS WELL...WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS RECOVERED SOMEWHAT THOUGH NOT NEARLY TO LEVELS OF TODAYS RUC OUTPUT. THE LATEST WRF/NAM SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER INITIALIZATION OF DEWPOINTS THAT CONTINUE IN THE UPPER 40S OR LOW 50S FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ZONES. MINIMAL THUNDER CHANCES WILL BE JUSTIFIED OVER SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING...WHILE A SOLID CHANCE WILL CONTINUE AS COMPLEX EDGES SOUTH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. ACTIVITY SHOULD CLEAR MOSTLY SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...WHILE ONE OR TWO STORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO MAY BE ABLE TO DRIFT CLOSE TO WESTERN BORDER AREAS BUT SEEMS DOUBTFUL THIS EVENING GIVEN WEAKENING STEERING COMPONENTS. UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INITIALLY BE GOOD...BUT WITH AFTERNOON MIXING WILL NATURALLY DIMINISH. CONSIDERED ADDING ISOLATED THUNDER COVERAGE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THE WEAKENING FLOW WILL FURTHER LIMIT COVERAGE AND WE ARE UNCERTAIN IF OR WHERE HELPFUL BOUNDARIES MAY RESIDE. SO WILL PASS THIS TO THE NEXT SHIFTS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. RMCQUEEN && .LONG TERM... HIGHLY AMPLIFIED FLOW...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS NEARBY...WILL DOMINATE THE EXTENDED FORECAST EARLY ON. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND MINIMAL STORM CHANCES LATE THIS WEEK AND EARLY INTO THE WEEKEND. OF NOTE THOUGH...THE RIDGE IS NOT THAT STRONG NOR CENTERED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD...SO IT MAY NOT FULLY SUPPRESS ALL STORM CHANCES. WRF-NAM CONTINUES TO BE THE OUTLIER AND ADVERTISE POTENTIAL ISOLATED ACTIVITY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS...ON THE OTHER HAND...IS DRY THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH PROGGED SOUNDINGS DEPICTING MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY WARMER /MID-LEVEL INVERSION A BIT STRONGER/ THAN THE WRF-NAM. REGARDLESS...IF ANY ISOLATED ACTIVITY DOES DEVELOP...RELATIVELY MODEST "SKINNY" CAPE AND MINIMAL WIND SHEAR WOULD KEEP CONVECTION UNORGANIZED AND BRIEF. HENCE...HAVE KEPT POPS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 10 PERCENT...WHICH IS LIKELY OVERSTATING ANY POTENTIAL COVERAGE. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST AND BREAK DOWN BY LATE IN THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS THE WESTERN CONUS TROUGH LIFT OUT TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL LEAVE WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA...BECOMING MORE ZONAL BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHED THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...THE LEE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN IN EASTERN NM AND MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION LATE SATURDAY. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS APPRECIABLE STORM CHANCES MAY STAY WEST OF THE CWA. THEN...AS THE SYSTEM EJECTS INTO THE DAKOTAS AND SOUTHERN ALBERTA/MANITOBA...THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS NOW IN DECENT AGREEMENT THAT AN OUTFLOW AIDED COLD FRONT WILL DIP INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH LATE SUNDAY OR MEMORIAL DAY. IT APPEARS ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE TO RESULT IN A CHANCE OF STORMS. THUS...HAVE BUMPED UP POPS AND ADDED A MENTION OF STORMS ACROSS THE NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND AREA-WIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL OUT AND LIFT NORTH MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT...TAKING THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION WITH IT. HOWEVER...A DRYLINE WILL LIKELY REESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE CWA ON TUESDAY AND MAY BE THE IMPETUS FOR MORE CONVECTION CHANCES...THOUGH ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY TO INSERT IN THE FORECAST JUST YET. THE END OF THE FORECAST...BY THE MIDDLE TO END OF NEXT WEEK...BECOMES EVEN LESS CLEAR. THERE IS A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT A LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL BUILD IN ADVANCE OF A LARGE EASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH...BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THIS RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES OR CLOSER TO HOME. THE FORMER WOULD MEAN NORTHWEST FLOW AND A POSSIBLE FROPA WITH AN INCREASE CHANCE OF STORMS WHEREAS THE LATTER WOULD EQUAL WARM AND DRY WEATHER. FOR NOW HAVE MAINTAINED THE STATUS QUO WITH A WARM AND DRY FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 58 86 60 87 58 / 10 10 10 10 10 TULIA 59 87 62 90 61 / 10 10 10 10 10 PLAINVIEW 61 87 62 90 62 / 10 10 10 10 10 LEVELLAND 61 88 63 89 62 / 20 10 10 10 10 LUBBOCK 64 88 64 89 63 / 20 10 10 10 10 DENVER CITY 61 88 64 90 63 / 10 10 10 10 10 BROWNFIELD 62 89 64 90 64 / 20 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 66 91 66 90 66 / 20 10 10 10 10 SPUR 65 88 66 91 66 / 20 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 67 89 68 91 68 / 30 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1140 AM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 TXZ021>044-271645- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1140 AM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS DUE TO AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHWEST OUT OF OKLAHOMA. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...STORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. THE OVERALL THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL DECREASE TODAY...HOWEVER INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A RISK OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY OR MID EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIM CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 325 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 TXZ038-262100- KING- 325 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KING COUNTY... AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL KING COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 430 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 TXZ030-031-262200- FLOYD-MOTLEY- 430 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FLOYD AND MOTLEY COUNTIES... AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF MATADOR...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 506 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 TXZ028-034-262230- HOCKLEY-LAMB- 506 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HOCKLEY AND LAMB COUNTIES... AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WIND SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH...BRIEF 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. MEADOWS
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:10 UTC.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Skywarn spotters reported pea to nickel size hail just south of Littlefield just before 16:15 CST.
Multiple reports of large hail were received from the Ransom Canyon area of eastern Lubbock County around 18:00 CST. Initial reports indicated that nickel size hail covered the ground at 17:53 CST. By 18:06 CST, the storm had intensified and hailstones grew to the size of quarters.
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