Scattered thunderstorms blossomed late this evening throughout the far southeast Texas Panhandle. In addition to producing over one inch of rain, one of these storms produced a severe wind gust near Memphis.
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Scattered thunderstorms blossomed late this evening throughout the far southeast Texas Panhandle. In addition to producing over one inch of rain, one of these storms produced a severe wind gust near Memphis.
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 Sep 15, 5:34 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 634 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS IN PLACE AT BOTH TERMINALS THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...BUT MVFR CEILINGS MAY TRY TO DEVELOP BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME SHOWERS OVERNIGHT BUT COVERAGE AND TIMING REMAINS TOO UNCERTAIN TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS FOR NOW. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL LIKELY INCREASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT TIMING REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND WILL NOT INCLUDE IN THE TAF. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT KCDS AS WELL TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF KLBB. JORDAN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013/ SHORT TERM... CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE SHORTWAVE OF CONCERN OVER CENTRAL NM PUSHING SLOWLY EASTWARD. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BRING A FRONT CLOSE IF NOT BARELY INTO THE FA BUT SHOULD...OR AT LEAST HOPEFULLY...PROVIDE US WITH RAIN WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FORCING WILL BE WEAK...BUT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE COUPLED WITH UPPER LEVEL SPEED DIVERGENCE WITH A JET SHOULD HELP PROVIDE LIFT. STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAINING WITH THE FRONT STALLING AND HAVING A LLJ TO KEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FEEDING CONVECTION AND KEEPING THEM HAPPY. THE QUESTION OF DEEP MOISTURE AVAILABILITY IS STILL VALID...THO IT APPEARS THAT IT IS MAKING A SLOW CRAWL NORTHWARD LOOKING AT WV. ONE THING THAT REMAINS KNOWN IS THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO BE TAPPED...HURRICANE INGRID IN THE GOMEX AND TS MANUEL ALONG THE MX PACIFIC COAST SOUTH OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER THAN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AS MODELS...THE GFS IN PARTICULAR...HAVE COME TO A BETTER AGREEMENT ON HANDLING THE SITUATION. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND CONTINUED PRESENTS OF HIGHER DEW POINTS. LONG TERM... SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCE CLEARING TO THE NORTHEAST TUESDAY EVENING WILL ACCOUNT FOR LESSER MENTION OF SHOWER CHANCES OVERNIGHT. THE MOIST PLUME LIKELY LIKELY WILL THIN BUT CANNOT TOTALLY ELIMINATE SHOWER CONSIDERATION OVERNIGHT AND WILL RETAIN A LOW MENTION EVEN INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE A PRONOUNCED DRYING WITH BETTER MID LEVEL WESTERLY COMPONENT STEERS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY APPEAR WARM WITH DRY MOSTLY FAVORED THOUGH RENEWED TROPICAL PLUME SHOULD LIFT BACK NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY FAVORING EASTERN ZONES. A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WAVE EJECTING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL SEND A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD. INCONSISTENCIES IN TIMING THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND ALSO THE COLD FRONT WITH THE UPSTREAM PATTERN TENDING TO AMPLIFY OVER THE WEST AND THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN...SO NOT SURE NOW IF FRONT WILL BE IN BY LATE THURSDAY OR POSSIBLY EARLY FRIDAY INSTEAD. EITHER WAY...ITS ARRIVAL SHOULD ALLOW INTERACTION WITH THAT MOISTURE AND CONTRIBUTE TO ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS FAVORING THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY BEFORE BETTER INDICATIONS OF DRYING BY THE WEEKEND. EARLY INDICATIONS OF MOISTURE QUALITY NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM THE MORE IMMINENT EVENT EARLY THIS WEEK...DECENT PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS COULD LEAD TO SOME CONSIDERATION FOR HEAVY RAIN BUT TOO EARLY AT THIS POINT FOR MENTION. TEMPERATURES STILL EXPECTED TO DIP BY FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO SATURDAY AS WELL BEFORE RECOVERING A BIT LATER NEXT WEEKEND. RMCQUEEN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 60 81 59 83 59 / 40 50 30 40 20 TULIA 62 84 61 84 60 / 40 40 30 40 20 PLAINVIEW 63 85 61 84 61 / 30 40 30 40 20 LEVELLAND 62 85 61 83 60 / 20 40 20 40 20 LUBBOCK 66 87 63 85 62 / 20 40 20 40 20 DENVER CITY 62 85 61 83 60 / 20 40 20 40 20 BROWNFIELD 64 86 62 85 61 / 20 40 20 40 20 CHILDRESS 68 90 68 88 67 / 30 40 20 30 20 SPUR 66 90 66 88 65 / 20 40 20 30 20 ASPERMONT 68 91 68 90 67 / 10 30 20 30 30 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 14/93/14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 552 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 TXZ021>044-161100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 552 AM CDT SUN SEP 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TONIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station near Memphis.
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