An early morning upper level disturbance combined with moist upslope flow, aided by a nearby frontal boundary, to produce showers and thunderstorms. Portions of Parmer County in and around Bovina received between 4 to 6 inches of rainfall, with locally higher amounts estimated by radar.
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An early morning upper level disturbance combined with moist upslope flow, aided by a nearby frontal boundary, to produce showers and thunderstorms. Portions of Parmer County in and around Bovina received between 4 to 6 inches of rainfall, with locally higher amounts estimated by radar. High water plagued area roadways causing multiple reports of traffic related issues. Showers and thunderstorms regenerated during the late afternoon and early evening hours, mainly across portions of Yoakum County, in association with a mesoscale convective vortex in eastern New Mexico. Consistent moderate to heavy rainfall from Plains to Denver City caused street flooding and road closures.
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 Jul 2, 5:13 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 613 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 .AVIATION... BAND OF SCT TS FROM KLBB TO KCDS IN AN AREA OF MOIST MID LEVEL LIFT WILL WEAKEN AS MODEST LOW LEVEL DISSIPATES AFTER SUNRISE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LIFT MOVING IN FROM THE NW ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD RESULT IN TS PERSISTING PAST 15Z. LATER IN THE PERIOD CONFIDENCE IS LOW...BUT WITH MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW AND DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THE CHANCE FOR MORE TS LATE AFTN THRU EVENING EXISTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 349 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014/ SHORT TERM... UPPER PATTERN THIS MORNING HAS A RIDGE OVER AZ AND UTAH...A TIGHT AND COMPACT LOW MOVING QUICKLY SEWD OVER THE WRN NEBR...WEAK NWLY FLOW OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS...AND A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH SRN COLO AND NRN NM. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE WHERE THE SFC COLD FRONT IS...BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT A MOIST BUT WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW LIES ACROSS THE FCST AREA. MID LEVEL FLOW DEPICTS SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT THAT HAS INCREASED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH A 15-20 KT 850 MB FLOW DEVELOPING...AND IT IS THIS FLOW THAT HAS HELPED LIFT AND RELEASE THE MID LEVEL INSTABILITY RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDER ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE FCST AREA. SHOULD SEE THIS PRECIP DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AND SE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...LIKELY DISSIPATING MID TO LATE MORNING WHEN THE MODEST LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS. STILL POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTN LIKELY WITH THAT SUBTLE TROUGH OVER THE SRN ROCKIES MOVING SEWD /WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME PHASING WITH THE SWRN EXTENSION OF THE LOW OVER THE CNTL PLAINS/ AND INTERACTING WITH THE MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE FCST AREA. SET UP CERTAINLY JUSTIFIES AT LEAST HIGH END CHANCE AND/OR SCATTERED WORDING TODAY. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WITH PWATS ROUGHLY 1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES AND SLOW MOVING BUT UNORGANIZED CONVECTION. HOW PRECIP EVOLVES INTO TONIGHT REMAINS RATHER UNCERTAIN. FORCING FROM THE SHORT WAVE PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FCST AREA TODAY SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE. CONTINUED MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL PRECIP ACROSS ERN NM...BUT DIRECTION AND INTENSITY OF UPPER FLOW SUGGESTS IT MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING INTO THE FCST AREA. CERTAINLY ENOUGH MID LEVEL INSTABILITY TO REMAIN PRESENT TO MAKE ONE LEERY OF DROPPING POPS TOO MUCH OVERNIGHT SO CHANCE WORDING TO SUFFICE ATTM. LONG TERM... MID-LEVEL DRYING WILL BE THE THEME BEGINNING TOMORROW AND HEADING THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT TRENDS MORE ANTICYCLONIC DOWNSTREAM OF A BURGEONING RIDGE. LOWER TROPOSPHERIC WINDS ARE SET TO VEER MORE SOUTHERLY BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY AS A WEAK WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH AND TAKES A NARROW CORRIDOR OF ISENTROPIC LIFT NORTH WITH ITSELF. POPS WERE TAPERED BACK TO SLIGHT CHANCE AREA WIDE ON THURSDAY AS FORCING BECOMES MORE NONDESCRIPT AND WE LOSE A DEEPER EASTERLY FETCH OF UPSLOPE WINDS. SHORTWAVE RIDGING ALOFT MAY SUPPRESS PRECIP ALTOGETHER...BUT RESPECTABLE PWATS AROUND 1.5 INCHES AND AT LEAST SOME POCKETS OF DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION WARRANT KEEPING SOME POPS FOR NOW. DRYING OF THE COLUMN ENSUES RATHER QUICKLY THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH MID-LEVEL WARMING...SO INDEPENDENCE DAY LOOKS PERFECTLY QUIET WITH NEAR NORMAL HIGHS. THE MEAN SUBTROPICAL HIGH POSITION THROUGH NEXT WEEK SHOULD NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. AN EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THIS HIGH WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...SO SENSIBLE WX HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE SLIM TO NIL UNDER DRY N-NELY UPPER FLOW. THIS FLOW SHOULD KEEP ANY OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION IN NM AND CO WELL AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA. AT SOME POINT NEXT WEEK WE COULD SEE A FEW WEAK IMPULSES RETROGRADE ACROSS TX...BUT MODELS AND THE GFS ENSEMBLE SUITE ARE IN HEAVY DISAGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING... ORIGIN AND IMPACT OF THESE WAVES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 78 62 85 61 91 / 50 40 20 10 0 TULIA 79 62 84 63 91 / 50 40 20 10 0 PLAINVIEW 79 64 85 64 91 / 50 40 20 10 0 LEVELLAND 82 64 88 66 93 / 50 40 20 0 0 LUBBOCK 82 66 87 66 93 / 50 40 20 0 0 DENVER CITY 85 65 89 64 94 / 40 40 10 0 0 BROWNFIELD 83 65 89 65 94 / 40 40 20 0 0 CHILDRESS 85 68 86 67 95 / 50 40 20 10 0 SPUR 85 68 88 68 94 / 50 40 20 10 0 ASPERMONT 91 70 89 70 95 / 40 40 20 10 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 07/93/07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 558 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 TXZ021>044-031100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 558 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials reported standing water over Highways 60 and 86 in the vicinity of Bovina causing multiple vehicles to hydroplane off the road. One car was stranded in high water as rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches fell across much of town, with locally higher amounts.
Local law enforcement officials and trained spotters reported submerged roadways between Plains and Denver City, including Highway 214. A storm spotter measured 4.30 inches of rainfall in just a few hours near Plains.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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