Evening severe thunderstorms on the 10th brought much needed rain to the South Plains and Rolling Plains but also produced damaging straight-line winds. Storms developed along a cold front stretched across the region with storms initially forming in the Permian Basin.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Evening severe thunderstorms on the 10th brought much needed rain to the South Plains and Rolling Plains but also produced damaging straight-line winds. Storms developed along a cold front stretched across the region with storms initially forming in the Permian Basin. As the storms moved into the South Plains they intensified. A strong gust front from the initial storms created a haboob that moved across several counties. There was no damage or injuries reported with the haboob. Lightning from these storms also started a wildfire in Motley county. The most significant damage was in King and Cottle Counties as a new complex of thunderstorms developed in Crosby and Dickens Counties and moved northeastward. Strong outflow winds caused damage from Dumont (King County) to Paducah (Cottle County). Paducah High School sustained significant damage from these straight-line winds. A wake low over Garza county created high wind gusts locally enhanced by the Caprock escarpment. These winds were measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet.
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 10, 2:54 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 354 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 .SHORT TERM... A SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED FROM ABOUT DENVER CITY TO IDALOU TO PADUCAH AND REST OF THE FORECAST IS STILL ON TRACK FOR EXPECTED EVENING CONVECTION. MOST MODELS CONTINUE TO CONVECT AROUND 21 TO 22Z ON THE CAPROCK AND SHIFT CONVECTION OFF THE CAPROCK THIS EVENING. CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS AND OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS. SURFACE INSTABILITY HAS BEEN INCREASING TO BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS AND OVER THE ROLLING PLAINS WITH THE CAP ERODING FROM THE WEST. A FEW MID LEVEL RETURNS HAVE BEEN NOTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THUS FAR. WILL EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE DRAWS CLOSER. PROSPECTS FOR CONVECTION ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON LOOK TO BE DECREASED. A MUCH LESS DEFINED UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL TAKE A SIMILAR TRACK TODAYS WAVE BUT LIFT WILL BE STRONGER OVER THE PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SURFACE DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE 50S OVER A MORE WIDESPREAD AREA BUT VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN LEAD TO HIGH LCLS. WILL LIMIT SLIGHT CHANCES OF CONVECTION OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. JDV && .LONG TERM... AS MENTIONED ABOVE...CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE REGION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT LOOK TO BE FAIRLY SLIM AS BETTER LIFT CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE REGION AND HAVE REMOVED POPS AS A RESULT. STILL APPEARS THAT A RETURN TO HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL THEN ENSUE FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. ONLY HOPE FOR A CHANGE IN THE PATTER WILL BE BY WEDNESDAY AS THE ECMWF AND CMC BOTH CONTINUE TO BRING A FRONT INTO THE REGION...WHILE THE 12Z GFS HAS BACKED OFF AND HOLDS THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES. ALSO HOPE THAT THE ECMWF AND CMC CONTINUE THE TREND OF TRYING TO BUILD THE RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WHICH MAY FINALLY BRING US SOME NORTHWEST FLOW. GOOD NEWS IS THAT HEIGHTS WILL DECREASE SOME TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD HELP TO COOL TEMPS SOMEWHAT...BUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE MODELS EVOLVE SINCE THE SEEMINGLY EVER-PRESENT RIDGE AXIS NEARBY MAY NOT SHIFT FAR ENOUGH WEST TO REDUCE TEMPS BY MUCH. JORDAN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 61 93 62 97 65 / 10 20 20 10 10 TULIA 63 97 65 100 68 / 40 20 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 62 95 67 98 68 / 40 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 64 98 68 100 69 / 20 20 20 10 10 LUBBOCK 65 99 70 101 70 / 30 20 20 10 10 DENVER CITY 63 100 68 102 69 / 10 20 20 10 10 BROWNFIELD 63 98 68 100 69 / 10 20 20 10 10 CHILDRESS 70 97 73 103 73 / 60 20 20 10 10 SPUR 67 98 71 102 72 / 50 20 20 10 10 ASPERMONT 72 98 74 103 74 / 50 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01/14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1111 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 TXZ021>044-111615- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1111 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THE COMBINATION OF A COLD FRONT AND DRYLINE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 27 AND HIGHWAY 87 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 404 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 TXZ040-041-102130- LYNN-TERRY- 404 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TERRY AND LYNN COUNTIES... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. AP/GS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 418 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 TXZ036-042-102145- CROSBY-GARZA- 418 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GARZA AND CROSBY COUNTIES... AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF POST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AP/GS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 424 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 TXZ035-102200- LUBBOCK- 424 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY... AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF SLATON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Brownfield recorded a gust to 61 mph. No damage was reported.
A city official from the city of Idalou reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. No damage was reported.
Law enforcement personnel estimated wind gusts to 70 mph in Ralls. There was a report of one dozen power poles downed south of Lorenzo as well as a center pivot irrigation system destroyed.
A trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts to 70 mph as well as wind damage |in Dumont. The spotter reported damage to trees and roof damage to a mobile home. There was also substantial damage to a barn. Small hail also accompanied the severe winds.
A storm severely impacted the area near and south of Paducah. The Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site 10 miles southwest of Paducah measured a wind gust to 80 mph. A schoolnet site in Paducah measured a wind gust to 64 mph 11 minutes later. There were also multiple reports of thunderstorm wind damage especially at Paducah High School. The Paducah fire department reported utility poles downed 10 miles south of Paducah. Minor structural damage was reported at Paducah High School including severe damage to the press box at the football field. Additionally, the garage door was blown in at the High School agricultural building with accompanying tree damage in the area.
The ASOS at Childress Municipal Airport (KCDS) reported severe wind gusts for several minutes. No damage was reported.
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