During the afternoon of the 21st, several isolated storms developed across the South Plains and Rolling Plains along a stalled out frontal boundary. One of these storms became severe as it developed over northwest Lubbock County producing quarter size hail.
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During the afternoon of the 21st, several isolated storms developed across the South Plains and Rolling Plains along a stalled out frontal boundary. One of these storms became severe as it developed over northwest Lubbock County producing 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 Jun 21, 5:20 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 620 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012 .AVIATION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED -SHRA/-TSRA PERSISTED EAST OF KLBB AND SOUTH OF KCDS EARLY THIS EVENING. COVERAGE OF STORMS APPEAR TO BE CONTAINED SOUTH OF KCDS AND WILL THEREFORE OPT TO NOT HAVE A PRECIP MENTION ATTM. HOWEVER...COULD SEE STORMS MOVE NEAR/ACROSS KLBB LATER THIS EVENING. HAVE THEREFORE INSERTED A TEMPO FOR THIS PROBABILITY. COMPUTER MODELS HINT AT THE PRECIP ACTIVITY WANING SHORTLY AFTER 22/00Z. THEREAFTER...VARIABLE WINDS WILL RETURN TO A MORE SOUTHERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY COMPONENT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 241 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012/ SHORT TERM... DESPITE A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AS WELL AS A WEAK COLD FRONT IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY STORMS GOING OTHER THAN A FEW IN THE CHILDRESS AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. CAP IS OBVIOUSLY HOLDING ACROSS THE AREA WITH UPPER RIDGE NOSING INTO THE AREA WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIRE ACROSS WRN OKLAHOMA WHERE AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH ROUNDING THE ERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE AND ITS COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WEAKEN THE CAP. MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED TO POSSIBLY SCATTERED TSRA DEVELOP ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS LATE THIS AFTN...BUT ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THEY SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 00Z. FOR THE MOST PART MODELS ARE PRECIP-FREE FOR FRIDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA...MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN SEEN TODAY...BUT LACK OF A LOW LEVEL FOCUS AND AN UPPER LEVEL WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE SUGGESTS WARM TEMPS AND POPS BELOW MENTION REMAIN IN ORDER. IF STORMS DO GO THE HIGHEST POSSIBILITY SHOULD BE ACROSS THE NERN ZONES WHERE CAP EXPECTED TO BE THE WEAKEST. AS FOR HIGH TEMPS...MOS GUIDANCE SHOWING A PRETTY GOOD SPREAD. GIVEN STRENGTH OF THE UPPER RIDGE...INCREASING LOW LEVEL TEMPS...A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS...VEERING WINDS...AND LESS CLOUD COVER... WILL FAVOR THE WARMER MET NUMBERS. LONG TERM... SAME STORY WILL CONTINUE FOR THE LONG TERM FORECAST. A TYPICAL SUMMER TIME PATTERN WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS WEEK AND HANG AROUND THE AREA FOR A WHILE. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD AND BE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. HEIGHTS AND THICKNESSES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THICKNESSES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK WHILE HEIGHTS DECREASE SLIGHTLY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES AND WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR MAX TEMPERATURES. MONSOONAL MOISTURE FLOW WILL MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO BUT NO STORMS OR PRECIPITATION WILL BE AROUND WEST TEXAS. THE RIDGE MAY FLATTEN A BIT BY LATE NEXT WEEK BUT WITH LITTLE RELIEF IN TEMPERATURES. JDV && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 63 92 66 97 64 / 10 10 10 0 0 TULIA 65 90 67 96 67 / 10 10 10 0 0 PLAINVIEW 66 92 68 95 68 / 10 10 10 0 0 LEVELLAND 66 93 68 97 71 / 10 10 0 0 0 LUBBOCK 68 93 69 96 71 / 10 10 10 0 0 DENVER CITY 66 93 70 96 71 / 10 10 0 0 0 BROWNFIELD 67 94 70 96 72 / 10 10 0 0 0 CHILDRESS 69 94 71 99 71 / 10 10 10 0 0 SPUR 70 93 70 98 71 / 10 10 10 0 0 ASPERMONT 70 95 73 99 72 / 10 10 10 0 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 29
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1100 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2012 TXZ021>044-221600- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1100 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE FAIRLY WEAK WINDS ALOFT...ENOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS TO POSSIBLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. FAIRLY RICH MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND AN EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT TO THE STORM SUGGEST A THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY TO BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 502 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012 TXZ042-043-212245- GARZA-KENT- 502 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GARZA AND KENT COUNTIES... AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL KENT COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE 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. LAT...LON 3298 10099 3325 10117 3340 10085 3312 10071 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 061DEG 10KT 3327 10089
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
554 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012
TXZ036-037-212345-
CROSBY-DICKENS-
554 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CROSBY AND DICKENS COUNTIES...
AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CROSBY COUNTY...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE 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.
LAT...LON 3340 10081 3339 10115 3359 10124 3372 10096
3356 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 062DEG 7KT 3356 10106SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
719 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012
TXZ035-220100-
LUBBOCK-
719 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY...
AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES EAST OF ABERNATHY AND 5 MILES NE OF
SHALLOWATER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
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.
LAT...LON 3354 10207 3356 10208 3382 10208 3384 10188
3383 10161 3374 10158 3364 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 057DEG 13KT 3377 10170The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An off duty NWS employee reported quarter size hail in Shallowater persisting for ten minutes. No damage was reported.
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