An unseasonably cool and unstable weather pattern supported three rounds of strong and severe thunderstorms this day. The first severe storm developed early in the morning in southern Hale County and moved south accompanied by wind gusts of at least 50 to 60 mph.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
An unseasonably cool and unstable weather pattern supported three rounds of strong and severe thunderstorms this day. The first severe storm developed early in the morning in southern Hale County and moved south accompanied by wind gusts of at least 50 to 60 mph. A tractor-trailer traveling southbound on Interstate 27 in Abernathy was toppled by these winds; however, no injuries occurred. Although this storm weakened as it moved south into the city of Lubbock, winds at the Lubbock International Airport still peaked at 56 mph resulting in occasionally thick blowing dust along the gust front. By mid-evening, a lone supercell thunderstorm developed in Deaf Smith County and proceeded to drift southwest into Parmer and Castro Counties. This supercell produced marginally severe hail and wind gusts as high as 61 mph in and near Friona before later weakening. By late evening, a small complex of thunderstorms developed over the western South Plains and wandered southeast through the night resulting in one severe wind gust in southern Lynn 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 Jun 29, 5:20 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 620 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013 .UPDATE... A WEAK DISTURBANCE ROUNDING THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE WAS RAPIDLY PRODUCING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PANHANDLE AND MOVING SOUTH. THE DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO TAP INTO SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND GENERATE SOME FAIRLY ROBUST STORMS DURING THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. && .AVIATION... WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST TODAY AS A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS WEST OF THE TERMINALS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THIS SURFACE FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON WITH STORMS HAVING A GREATER CHANCE AT AFFECTING KLBB. A LARGER COMPLEX OF STORMS MAY DROP SOUTH OUT OF NEW MEXICO LATE THIS EVENING BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PLACE ANYTHING IN THE TAF AT THE MOMENT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013/ SHORT TERM... AS THE UPPER RIDGE MOVES WEST BRINGING UBER HOT TEMPERATURES TO THE WESTERN US...THE UPPER FLOW WILL TURN MORE FAVORABLE FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS WEST TEXAS. UPPER FLOW WILL TURN FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST BRINGING MORE FAVORABLE CHANCES OF STORMS. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN INCREASE IN JET LEVEL WINDS OVER THE AREA CIRCLING AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES. A WEAK FRONT/SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE ANCHORED OVER THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A POTENTIAL FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. MODEL CONSENSUS FAVORS THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WHERE THIS BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO BE LOCATED THIS AFTERNOON. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY ALONG WITH WEAK FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE UPSLOPE FLOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS BOUNDARY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL ENCOUNTER A MARKED JUMP TO BETWEEN 1.3 AND 1.4 INCHES. MODELS ALSO PROG A VERY WEAK TO NO CAP BY THE AFTERNOON WITH LOWEST CIN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND INSTABILITY VALUES BETWEEN 500 AND 1500 J/KG. A LOW LEVEL THETA-E AXIS WILL BE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE BOUNDARY AS WELL. LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT CONVECTION IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STILL APPEARS TO BE A BETTER CHANCE AT MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. A WEAK LOW LEVEL JET OVERNIGHT WILL NOT BE ANY HELP TO SUSTAIN STORMS. STRONGER SHEAR TODAY WITH VALUES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 KT WILL SUPPORT MORE OF AN ORGANIZED STORM THREAT. THE HIGHEST THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP ON TRUCKIN DOWNWARD THIS AFTERNOON AS THE RIDGE MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. JDV LONG TERM... UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFYING WILL BE WELL UNDERWAY TO OUR WEST LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...SENDING DEEP NORTH-NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL DOMINATE...WITH DAILY THUNDER CHANCES MOSTLY NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BORDER PERHAPS EDGING TOWARDS CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS ALTHOUGH LOW DEWPOINTS AND COOL TEMPERATURES SHOULD LIMIT EASTWARD EXTENT OF THE ACTIVE THUNDER RUNS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP QUITE A BIT...RECORD LOWS FOR EARLY JULY GENERALLY MID 50S AT KLBB AND NEAR 60 AT KCDS...SO SOMETHING WE WILL BE WATCHING. UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY EVENTUALLY EXPECTED TO RETROGRADE FAR ENOUGH WEST TO POSSIBLY DEVELOP CYCLONIC NORTHWEST FLOW COMPONENT BY MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK WITH POTENTIAL TO BOOST PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AS WELL. PATTERN TRENDS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN MODEL RUNS HOWEVER. THE IDEA OF A CLOSED NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AREA WOULD BE UNUSUAL WHILE A WEAKER TROUGH CERTAINLY WOULD SEEM A FAVORED SUMMER-FLOW EVENT. THIS IDEA PER MOST RECENT GFS SOLUTIONS IS FAVORED FOR LATER NEXT WEEK. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH MODEST WARMING LATER NEXT WEEK AND A LOW DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL DETAILS CAN BE TRUSTED. WESTERN U.S. UPPER RIDGE MAY UNDERGO ENOUGH RE-AMPLIFICATION BY NEXT WEEKEND TO RETURN TEMPERATURES NORMAL OR HIGHER AND PERHAPS LEAD TO DRYING ALTHOUGH THIS NEXT ITERATION OF RIDGE APPEARS DIRTIER AND LESS DRASTIC THAN CURRENT. RMCQUEEN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 94 62 86 59 81 / 20 30 10 30 30 TULIA 95 65 87 61 83 / 20 30 10 20 20 PLAINVIEW 95 64 87 62 82 / 20 30 10 20 20 LEVELLAND 96 67 88 62 82 / 20 30 10 30 20 LUBBOCK 96 67 89 64 83 / 20 30 10 20 20 DENVER CITY 99 68 90 64 84 / 20 20 10 30 30 BROWNFIELD 97 69 90 64 83 / 20 20 10 30 20 CHILDRESS 97 69 90 65 87 / 20 30 10 10 10 SPUR 98 71 90 65 85 / 20 20 10 20 20 ASPERMONT 99 73 92 67 87 / 20 20 10 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 403 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013 TXZ021>044-300915- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 403 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
831 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013
TXZ029-035-291400-
HALE-LUBBOCK-
831 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LUBBOCK AND SOUTHEAST
HALE COUNTIES...
AT 829 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THESE
WINDS WERE LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERNATHY...AND MOVING SOUTH
AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AND BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
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.
LAT...LON 3366 10157 3365 10182 3379 10194 3402 10180
3394 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 014DEG 33KT 3389 10172
MCZSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 857 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013 TXZ035-291415- LUBBOCK- 857 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY... AT 855 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST LUBBOCK COUNTY...LOCATED WELL AHEAD OF ANY PRECIPITATION AND LIGHTNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHALLOWATER TO IDALOU...AND WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH AND SOME BLOWING DUST CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PASSES THROUGH. AT 840 AM CDT...A WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION NEAR ABERNATHY RECORDED A GUST TO 54 MPH. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE SEEKING SHELTER. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRECEDE RAIN AND THUNDER BY SEVERAL MILES. LAT...LON 3383 10195 3383 10156 3340 10156 3340 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 013DEG 37KT 3373 10193 3364 10160 MCZ
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:01 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm winds of at least 60 mph overturned a tractor-trailer on Interstate 27 in Abernathy near mile marker 21. The driver was unharmed.
Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station near Friona.
The public estimated quarter size hail in Friona. No damage was reported.
Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station near O'Donnell.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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