A moist and unstable environment led to the development of an isolated storm in northeastern Hockley County. This storm persisted for several hours through the mid to late afternoon and early evening, causing a brief stint of severe winds southwest of Anton as well as flooding issues from Anton to east of Levelland.
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A moist and unstable environment led to the development of an isolated storm in northeastern Hockley County. This storm persisted for several hours through the mid to late afternoon and early evening, causing a brief stint of severe winds southwest of Anton as well as flooding issues from Anton to east of Levelland.
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 3, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 253 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 .SHORT TERM... A DEFINITE DOWNTURN IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS BEGINS TO EXPAND EASTWARD INTO WEST TEXAS WITH 500 MB RISE OF 3 DM PROGGED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ALSO A CONSIDERABLE DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE WITH PWAT AT KLBB FALLING FROM 1.3" TO 0.90" BY LATE FRIDAY. ALSO FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TO SOUTH IS WASHING OUT...AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE WILL BE MUCH HARDER TO COME BY AS SLY LOW LEVEL FLOW INCREASES BY FRIDAY MORNING AS SURFACE LEE TROF DEEPENS ACROSS EASTERN CO AND WESTERN KS. KEPT ISOLATED POPS IN FCST THIS EVENING GIVEN MOIST UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND ONGOING SHOWERS ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. BELOW MENTION POPS OVERNIGHT IN ALL BUT THE EASTERN ROLLING PLAINS. FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY...SHOULD BE DRY WITH SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 10-20 MPH...AND HIGH TEMPS BACK INTO THE 90S FOR MOST LOCALES. JAMES && .LONG TERM... ALTHOUGH MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THE LONG TERM FORECAST...A MINOR DISTURBANCE MAY INTERRUPT THIS ON SATURDAY EVENING. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT SHOWING A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING AROUND THE RIDGE MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS WITH THIS FEATURE AFTER 00Z ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...THERE WILL NOT BE QUITE AS MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AS OBSERVED OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. THE BEST CHANCES WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM AREAS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTHWARD. OTHERWISE...CONVECTION WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO FRIDAY EVENING AND THEN JUST ABOUT EVERY EVENING BEYOND SATURDAY. THIS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL NOT LIKELY REACH THE FA WITH NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 62 90 62 91 64 / 20 10 0 10 20 TULIA 63 89 64 91 66 / 20 10 0 10 10 PLAINVIEW 65 88 65 91 66 / 20 10 0 0 10 LEVELLAND 65 90 68 93 68 / 20 10 0 0 10 LUBBOCK 67 90 68 93 68 / 20 10 0 0 10 DENVER CITY 66 92 68 94 68 / 20 10 0 0 10 BROWNFIELD 67 91 68 94 69 / 20 10 0 0 10 CHILDRESS 67 92 70 95 69 / 20 10 0 10 10 SPUR 67 91 70 94 70 / 20 10 0 0 10 ASPERMONT 69 92 72 95 73 / 20 10 0 0 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 06/01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 550 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 TXZ021>044-041100- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 550 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY WILL CREATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH A THREAT FOR MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet station southwest of Anton measured severe winds for a 10 minute period, peaking at 64 mph.
Fire department officials observed flooding near and around Anton, including Farm to Market Road 1294 to 168 as 3 to 5 inches of rain fell over the area. Areas east of Levelland to Opdyke West also reported minor flooding on area roadways, including Highway 114.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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