A complex of thunderstorms developed over the plains of eastern New Mexico late in the day on the 4th and moved southeastward over the western and central South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours. The storms, occasionally accompanied by cloud-to-ground lightning, produced at least one localized severe wind gust in Lubbock County.
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A complex of thunderstorms developed over the plains of eastern New Mexico late in the day on the 4th and moved southeastward over the western and central South Plains of west Texas during the evening hours. The storms, occasionally accompanied by cloud-to-ground lightning, produced at least one localized severe wind gust in Lubbock 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 4, 7:31 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 731 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO ADD ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN BORDER ZONES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. MODEST REFLECTIVITY CORES UP TO 50 DBZ NEAR CLOVIS WITH EVEN BETTER ORGANIZED CONVECTION CURRENTLY NEAR TUCUMCARI AS UPPER LOW ROTATES SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS REGION. SHOWERS HAVING CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY SATURATING LOWER LEVEL DRY LAYERS FURTHER EAST OVER THE EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PANHANDLE...BUT EXPECT WITH TIME AT LEAST A FEW SHOWERS WILL MAKE IT FURTHER EAST TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES...MEANWHILE...NOT COOLING VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING. COLDER AIR STILL FURTHER NORTH OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. RMCQUEEN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 540 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011/ AVIATION... WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY OUT OF THE NORTH AT BOTH TAF SITES THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH A SECONDARY COLD FRONTAL PUSH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS TO BOTH TAF SITES THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER WITH THIS OCCURRENCE AT KLBB THAN AT KCDS. CIGS WILL LIKELY BECOME MVFR AT KLBB AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH POSSIBLE UPPER END IFR CONDITIONS. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH OF A RESTRICTION TO THE VISBYS WITH THE RAIN. AND DO NOT EXPECT RESTRICTIONS AT THE KCDS TERMINAL. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 302 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011/ SHORT TERM... IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE PREVAILED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. STILL...WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE 60S TO LOW 70S AREA-WIDE BY MID AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE BRISK WINDS...WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY RUNNING 10-15 DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...RH VALUES HAVE REMAINED ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS TODAY. THE DRIEST CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN/SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WHERE RH VALUES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 15-20 PERCENT RANGE...WHILE MOST OTHER LOCATIONS HAVE REMAINED BETWEEN 20-30 PERCENT. A RANG-ELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN ZONES FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS GIVEN THE EXTREMELY DRY FUELS...BORDERLINE CRITICAL RH VALUES...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS. THESE ELEVATED CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH ONCE DUSK ARRIVES. OVERNIGHT...A POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SHOVE EASTWARD OUT NEW MEXICO...DRIVING ANOTHER FRONTAL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA. MODELS HAVE CONSTANTLY SHOWN PRECIPITATION SIGNALS ALONG AND IN WAKE OF THIS FRONTAL SURGE WITH ONLY MINOR TIMING DIFFERENCES. LOWERING CLOUD DECKS AND LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES LATER THIS EVENING AND PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...BUT AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE ADVECTION OF COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THIS PRECIPITATION...THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW TO MIX WITH THE RAIN EXISTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN ZONES WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLDEST. THE NAM-12 PARTICULARLY SUPPORTS THIS THINKING AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES FALL A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW FREEZING DURING THIS TIME. THUS...HAVE ADDED A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE GRIDS AFTER 06Z TO REFLECT THIS THINKING. AFTER 12Z...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND DRY...COOL AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE DAY. GIVEN THE COOL AIR THAT WILL HAVE FILTERED INTO THE REGION...HIGHS TOMORROW ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 50S. LONG TERM... WIND AND FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ON TUESDAY THE FOCUS OF THIS FCST CYCLE. CLOSED MID AND UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION TO EJECT ONTO THE CNTL HIGH PLAINS WHILE A 85-90 KT 500 MB JET MOVES ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. THAT COMBINATION WITH DEEP...EFFICIENT MIXING WILL SET THE STAGE FOR 30 KT WINDS AND RH BELOW 15 PCT. ATTM THIS SETUP DOES NOT LOOK AS STRONG AS THE ONE THAT AFFECTED THE AREA SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. OTHERWISE A PROGRESSIVE UPPER PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AND GENERALLY LOW AMPLITUDE OTHER THAN THE AFOREMENTIONED CLOSED LOW AND THE UPPER RIDGING TO ITS WEST. THAT RIDGING WILL HELP KEEP COOL AIR IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW TUESDAY AND EVEN SOME INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE FLATTENING FLOW ALOFT AND SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW RESULT IN TEMPS PUSHING 70 ONCE AGAIN BY FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 30 53 27 66 33 / 30 0 0 0 0 TULIA 32 55 25 64 33 / 30 10 0 0 0 PLAINVIEW 33 55 26 65 34 / 20 10 0 0 0 LEVELLAND 35 57 27 67 35 / 20 10 0 0 0 LUBBOCK 36 57 28 67 36 / 20 10 0 0 0 DENVER CITY 36 58 29 67 37 / 20 10 0 0 0 BROWNFIELD 36 58 27 66 35 / 20 10 0 0 0 CHILDRESS 36 58 29 65 36 / 20 10 0 0 0 SPUR 37 59 30 66 36 / 20 10 0 0 0 ASPERMONT 38 59 30 67 38 / 20 10 0 0 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 638 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 TXZ021>044-060045- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 638 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS MONDAY. DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AS STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AND BLOWING DUST IMPACT THE AREA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 849 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 TXZ021-050315- PARMER- 849 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARMER COUNTY... AT 842 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR RHEA AND BOVINA. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SHOULD BE EXPECTED 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.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site at Reese Center recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at 21:40 CST. No damage was reported.
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