After the morning complex of storms and associated flash flooding northeast of the South Plains, an outflow boundary from these storms surged west onto the Caprock ahead of strong easterly winds and widespread blowing dust. This dust became thick enough to reduce visibilities occasionally below 1/4 mile in some areas.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
After the morning complex of storms and associated flash flooding northeast of the South Plains, an outflow boundary from these storms surged west onto the Caprock ahead of strong easterly winds and widespread blowing dust. This dust became thick enough to reduce visibilities occasionally below 1/4 mile in some areas. By mid-afternoon, a lone supercell storm developed along this boundary in southeast Cochran County and later produced a 20-minute EF-2 tornado in southwest Hockley County. Although this tornado remained over mostly undeveloped land, some oil field equipment, metal buildings, and power poles were heavily damaged or destroyed. The parent supercell also produced very large hail slightly larger than three inches in diameter that damaged some homes and vehicles. Farther west, scattered storms exited east-central New Mexico and produced a few instances of sub-severe wind gusts in Parmer and Bailey Counties along with marginally severe hail near Muleshoe. As these storms continued east and moved into more stable air behind the outflow boundary, they quickly weakened but still managed to generate locally heavy rainfall.
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 19, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 333 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 .SHORT TERM... WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DIRTY RIDGE AXIS NEAR NEW MEXICO BORDER. PLENTY OF MOISTURE UP THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH SQUEEZE FROM APPROACHING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OUT OF THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS HELPING GENERATE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID EVENING ALONG OR NEAR BOUNDARY...FAVORING OUR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. BULK OF AREA HAS BEEN CLEARED OUT BY THE OUTFLOW WITH MUCH COOLER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS. PERHAPS AREAS INTO REMAINDER OF WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS CAN RECOVER BY LATE THIS EVENING FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER SPREADING TOWARDS THE I-27 CORRIDOR. AIRMASS SHOULD SETTLE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY WITH UPPER RIDGE AXIS EXPECTED TO NUDGE SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST ALLOWING DEEP MOISTURE ON BACK SIDE OF RIDGE TO CONTINUE UP ACROSS WESTERN ZONES. SOLIDIFIED SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST WESTERN AREAS WITH RETURN TO WARMER TEMPERATURES AS AIRMASS SHOULD RECOVER MORE FULLY BY AFTERNOON. RMCQUEEN && .LONG TERM... NO MEANINGFUL ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST GIVEN THE ACTIVE WEATHER DAY TODAY. UPPER RIDGE STILL PROGGED TO AMPLIFY OVER THE PLAINS THROUGH LATE WEEK...THOUGH THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE AXIS SHOULD BE TO OUR EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHILE THE SOUTH PLAINS IS POSITIONED ON THE FRINGE OF SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS PATTERN WILL SUPPORT WARM CONDITIONS WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS EACH DAY CLIMBING WELL INTO THE 90S. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG HEATING COMBINED WITH A SFC TROUGH...POSSIBLE WEAK DISTURBANCES GRAZING BY AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE FETCH MAY BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT LOW THUNDER CHANCES ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES...PERHAPS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ATTM...FORECAST HAS MENTIONABLE POPS ACROSS THE WEST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. RIDGE WILL THEN LIKELY BUILD WESTWARD EARLY/MID NEXT WEEK...KEEPING HOT TEMPERATURES IN PLACE THOUGH BRINGING ANY LOW THUNDER CHANCES INTO QUESTION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 66 94 65 93 65 / 20 20 20 20 20 TULIA 66 94 67 94 66 / 10 20 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 68 94 68 94 67 / 10 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 69 96 69 95 68 / 30 20 20 10 10 LUBBOCK 71 96 69 95 68 / 20 10 10 10 10 DENVER CITY 69 98 69 97 68 / 30 20 20 10 10 BROWNFIELD 69 97 68 96 68 / 30 10 10 10 10 CHILDRESS 71 98 71 98 71 / 10 10 10 0 10 SPUR 70 96 71 96 70 / 10 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 72 98 72 98 72 / 10 10 10 0 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1150 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TXZ021>044-201700- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1150 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH A THREAT FOR GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND LOCAL FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
153 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0101 PM FLOOD 15 NE PADUCAH 34.17N 100.12W
06/19/2013 COTTLE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FM 104 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL PLACES
&&
EVENT NUMBER LUB1300379
GDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
159 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1152 AM TSTM WND DMG FLOMOT 34.23N 100.99W
06/19/2013 MOTLEY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOMOT AREA HAS NUMEROUS TREES AND ONE POWER LINE DOWN.
TIME OF DAMAGE ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LUB1300380
GDSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
208 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
TXZ044-191945-
STONEWALL-
208 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH STONEWALL COUNTY...
AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL STONEWALL COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...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.
LAT...LON 3295 9999 3296 10022 3297 10040 3327 10031
3321 9998 3296 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 289DEG 22KT 3313 10024
05PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
211 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM FLASH FLOOD 13 E SILVERTON 34.47N 101.08W
06/19/2013 BRISCOE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HEAVY RAIN HAD CAUSED A ROCK SLIDE ON TO HIGHWAY 256
EAST OF SILVERTON.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LUB1300381
GDSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 403 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TXZ033-034-192130- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 403 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO WIND AND HAIL...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND A SLOW STORM MOTION WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. LAT...LON 3381 10231 3341 10238 3341 10282 3383 10279 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 298DEG 7KT 3367 10268 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 439 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 TXZ033-034-192200- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 439 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING COCHRAN AND HOCKLEY COUNTIES... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF LEVELLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...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. LAT...LON 3375 10227 3345 10220 3343 10270 3370 10261 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 255DEG 16KT 3357 10252
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A SKYWARN spotter estimated quarter size hail two miles southeast of Whiteface. No damage was reported.
A NWS employee and storm chaser observed hail of tennis ball size to just over three inches in diameter. The most destructive hailswath occurred from about five miles northwest of Sundown to four miles north-northeast of Sundown. Video indicated the very large hail fell for nearly six minutes at one location. Vehicles and buildings throughout the hailswath sustained various degrees of damage.
A supercell thunderstorm spawned an EF-2 tornado in far southwest Hockley County resulting in damage to oil field equipment, outbuildings, power poles, and storage tanks. Although the parent storm moved very slowly east throughout the tornado's life, a strong rear flank downdraft and occluding mesocyclone caused the tornado to veer sharply northward early in its life. This tornado began about 4 miles west-northwest of Sundown and moved northward for just over 5 miles in length before ending about 4.2 miles southeast of Whiteface. Photos and video from a storm chaser captured the evolution of this tornado. The tornado began as a compact debris cloud that became weak and diffuse just minutes before a narrow, fully condensed tornado emerged within wrapping rain curtains. At this point, a satellite funnel was observed along the periphery of the tornado, but this funnel is not believed to have become tornadic. After being largely obscured in rain for nearly five minutes, the tornado re-emerged as a fully condensed cone shape just before crossing FM Road 1585 and finally dissipating north of the road. The end time of the tornado was approximated from NWS Lubbock radar data. A NWS storm survey discovered scattered damage throughout portions of the tornado's track - the most intense of which was rated EF-2 over the southern portion of its path. Specifically, in excess of one dozen power poles were snapped at their base and a free-standing metal tower at a well site was bent. In a surrounding field, a wide swath of mesquite trees with branches of 1 to 3 inches in diameter were sheared off. This damage suggested maximum wind speeds were likely around 115 mph. Farther north at the abandoned Oxy facility located on FM 1585 west of Sampson Post Road, a large portion of a metal roof was removed and a nearby metal building was shifted off its foundation. Also, a large tree on the property was uprooted. This portion of damage was rated EF-0. North of the Oxy facility, EF-0 damage was noted to two fiberglass tank batteries with the top of one completely removed. The NWS in Lubbock would like to thank Hockley County emergency management for assisting with this storm survey.
Law enforcement personnel estimated quarter size hail on Farm-to-Market Road 1731 about one mile southwest of Muleshoe. No damage was reported.
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