Storms developed during the early evening in a moist and unstable airmass. A surface trough positioned near the Texas and New Mexico state line served as the lifting mechanism for these storms, which produced wind gusts up to 65 mph.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Storms developed during the early evening in a moist and unstable airmass. A surface trough positioned near the Texas and New Mexico state line served as the lifting mechanism for these storms, which produced wind gusts up to 65 mph. Following this initial activity, a wake low developed. This feature kept gusty conditions in place across the far southern panhandle and northern South Plains into the early overnight hours.
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 20, 5:18 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 618 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 .AVIATION... LOW VISBYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS WINDS REMAIN STOUT OUT OF THE SOUTH. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE AT THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY TO THE WEST OF KLBB TO AFFECT THAT TAF SITE LATER THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW AT THE MOMENT TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF. SIMILAR WINDS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RESTRICTIONS TO THE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013/ SHORT TERM... STRONG SURFACE HEATING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON IN MODEST MOIST SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND WEAK YET SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. MOST SOLUTIONS DEVELOP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY OVER NORTH-NORTHWEST ZONES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN SEND OUTFLOW SOUTHWARD WHICH MAY SERVE AS FOCUS FOR STORMS OVER SOUTHERN AREAS BY EARLY EVENING. ACTIVITY SHOULD ALSO BE INFLUENCED AGAIN BY APPROACHING STORMS THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO. MINOR CHANGES TONIGHT THOUGH INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SLIGHTLY AND CONTINUED BLOWING DUST MENTION CENTRAL AREAS INTO THE EVENING AS SURFACE WINDS SHOULD STAY ELEVATED JUST ENOUGH. STILL ALSO ANTICIPATING AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT WITH CAPES FROM 1500 TO 2500 JOULES PER KILOGRAM THOUGH WINDS ALOFT DO NOT APPEAR STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT WELL ORGANIZED SYSTEMS TONIGHT. SOME CONCERN HOWEVER THAT SHOULD AN OUTFLOW DEVELOP AS EXPECTED IT MAY SERVE AS ADDITIONAL FOCUS. ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE OVERNIGHT THEN CLEAR OUT EARLY MORNING WITH A POSSIBLE REPEAT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MINOR CHANGES FRIDAY AS WELL. RMCQUEEN LONG TERM... LITTLE CHANGE IN THINKING THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH THE SOUTH PLAINS REGION TO BE POSITIONED ON THE FRINGE OF SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL OCCUR AS AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS STRETCHES FROM NORTHERN MEXICO OFF TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST AND A COUPLE OF ITERATIONS OF A WESTERN CONUS TROUGH EVOLVE. THIS PATTERN WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND TOASTY TEMPERATURES AS SFC TROUGHING PERSISTS IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO TOP OUT EACH DAY SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE...WITH LOWS ON THE WARM SIDE OF AVERAGE AS WELL. REGARDING THUNDER CHANCES...BETWEEN THE WESTERN TROUGH AND EASTERN RIDGE A PLUME OF SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL STREAM OVER FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND COUPLED WITH STRONG HEATING...CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SFC TROUGH POSITIONED SOMEWHERE NEAR/IN THE WESTERN ZONES AND PERHAPS EVEN WEAK UPPER SUPPORT OCCASIONALLY GRAZING THE AREA...IT DOES APPEAR AT LEAST THE WESTERN ZONES WILL SEE A CHANCE OF LATE AFTN/EVENING STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THE SOUTHWESTERLY STEERING FLOW...ANY ACTIVITY WILL TRY AND MAKE SOME PROGRESS EASTWARD THOUGH INCREASED CAPPING WILL TEND TO THWART THIS EFFORT SOMEWHAT. HENCE...HAVE MAINTAINED POPS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTN/EVENING SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CAPROCK AND ALSO INSERTED LOW POPS ON SUNDAY AFTN/EVENING TOO. MODEST INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR EACH AFTERNOON COULD ALSO SUPPORT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. IN ADDITION...THE BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS EACH DAY COUPLED WITH ALL THE FINE DUST SITTING ON THE TOP SOIL WILL LIKELY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...LIKE WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST TWO DAYS...AND HAVE ADDED A MENTION IN THE GRIDS. THIS PATTERN COULD PERSIST INTO MONDAY...BUT THE GFS PROGS THE SFC TROUGH AND BETTER THUNDER CHANCES TO SHIFT A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST/NORTHWEST AND FOR THIS REASON HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY THEN. AFTER THAT...UPPER RIDGING IS FORECAST TO RETROGRADE WESTWARD AND AMPLIFY OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES HOT THOUGH LIKELY BRING AN END TO THUNDER CHANCES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 64 91 64 93 65 / 40 20 30 20 20 TULIA 66 91 66 94 67 / 40 20 20 10 20 PLAINVIEW 68 92 68 93 68 / 40 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 67 93 68 94 68 / 40 20 20 10 20 LUBBOCK 68 92 69 94 70 / 40 10 20 10 10 DENVER CITY 67 94 67 95 67 / 40 20 20 20 20 BROWNFIELD 68 93 68 95 68 / 40 20 20 10 10 CHILDRESS 70 95 70 96 70 / 20 10 10 10 10 SPUR 71 95 70 97 71 / 20 10 10 10 10 ASPERMONT 72 95 71 98 72 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1156 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 TXZ021>044-211700- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1156 AM CDT THU JUN 20 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 RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY WEST OF A CHILDRESS TO POST LINE...WITH GREATEST CONCERN ACROSS THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. MAIN THREATS WILL BE BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE NEAR THE STATE LINE BY MID AFTERNOON THEN EDGE EAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 504 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 TXZ027-033-202230- BAILEY-COCHRAN- 504 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN AND BAILEY COUNTIES... AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND MAPLE AND ENOCHS. 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 3399 10291 3390 10261 3366 10281 3373 10301 TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 202DEG 18KT 3378 10287 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 520 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 TXZ027-033-202245- BAILEY-COCHRAN- 520 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN AND BAILEY COUNTIES... AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULESHOE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 55 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 3422 10304 3426 10270 3373 10268 3378 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 266DEG 30KT 3394 10317 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 546 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 TXZ027-028-033-202315- BAILEY-COCHRAN-LAMB- 546 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN...LAMB AND BAILEY COUNTIES... AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND ENOCHS...THE MULESHOE WILDLIFE REFUGE AND MAPLE. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...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 3410 10280 3393 10251 3371 10276 3383 10297 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 213DEG 21KT 3385 10282 05
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A local broadcast media outlet relayed a report from a schoolnet weather station in Lazbuddie of a 63 mph wind gust.
A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station in Dimmitt recorded a 65 mph wind gust.
A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site in Friona measured a 59 mph wind gust.
A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station in Plainview recorded a 61 mph wind gust.
A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site near Olton measured a 59 mph wind gust as high winds continued behind a wake low.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 447751, 447752, 447753, 447754, 447755.