Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the Rolling Plains along the dryline in association with an approaching disturbance aloft. One storm produced severe wind gusts in Childress with no notable damage reported.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the Rolling Plains along the dryline in association with an approaching disturbance aloft. One storm produced severe wind gusts in Childress with no notable damage reported.
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 May 7, 5:49 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 649 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 .AVIATION... MAIN CONCERN IS PROSPECT FOR CONVECTION AT THE TERMINALS THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED HIGH-BASED CONVECTION WAS ALREADY IN THE VICINITY OF KCDS AS OF 2340Z...AND OTHER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THERE...WITH AN UPWARD TREND IN COVERAGE/STRENGTH STILL POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE DRYLINE RETREATS WESTWARD AND ENCOUNTERS GREATER UPPER SUPPORT ALONG WITH AN ADVANCING PACIFIC FRONT. THERE IS A REMOTE CHANCE CONVECTION TONIGHT COULD FLIRT WITH KLBB...BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS IS TOO LOW TO MENTION IN THE TAF. STORM CHANCES ARE HIGHER AT KCDS...BUT ASIDE FROM THE CURRENT CONVECTION AFFECTING THE TERMINAL...CONFIDENCE IN A DIRECT IMPACT REMAIN SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. THUS...HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A VICINITY THUNDER MENTION AT KCDS THROUGH 09Z...AND WILL AMEND AS NEEDED. THE STRONGEST CONVECTION WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. OUTSIDE OF ANY STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING WILL BECOME WESTERLY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY BEHIND THE FRONT...THEN BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014/ SHORT TERM... AT 3 PM CDT...A DRYLINE WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS....ROUGHLY FROM EAST OF SNYDER TO EAST OF CHILDRESS. WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION WAS DEVELOPING ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE DRYLINE...ALTHOUGH THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN STRUGGLING AS CONVERGENCE WAS WEAK AND THE DEEPER MOISTURE WAS DISPLACED FARTHER EWD. SFC WINDS ARE ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF BACKING AS THE LOW-LVL FLOW BEGINS TO RESPOND TO THE APPROACHING TROUGH TO OUR WEST. ALOFT...DIVERGENCE WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA AND WEST TEXAS SHOULD BE POSITIONED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE ULJ THIS EVENING AND MUCH OF TONIGHT. THROUGH EARLY TO MID EVENING...WE SHOULD SEE ADDITIONAL T-STORM DEVELOPMENT AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE ABLE TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS DESPITE THE ENVIRONMENT OF LIMITED MOISTURE. HIGH LCL/S WILL RESULT IN ABOUT 1000 J/KG OF MLCAPE AND 30 KTS OR SO OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR. AND THIS SHOULD SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS. SHORT-RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO NOT GIVE MUCH CONSISTENCY REGARDING HOW FAR WEST THE DRYLINE WILL RETREAT THIS EVENING AND WHERE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL T-STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOUND WHEN THE LARGE SCALE ASCENT COUPLES WITH LOW-LVL LIFT ON THE DRYLINE AND THE INCOMING-PACIFIC TYPE FRONT INTERSECTION. IN THE MOST WESTWARD SOLUTIONS...THE DRYLINE MAKES IT TO ABOUT A BROWNFIELD TO TURKEY LINE WITH STORMS FIRING A LITTLE TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE. AND WE DO FAVOR THIS WWD POSITION OF THE DRYLINE DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE INCOMING SYSTEM WHICH WE THINK WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW THE MOISTURE FARTHER WEST THAN MUCH OF THE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. EVEN SO...IT APPEARS LUBBOCK WILL BE ON THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF THE THREAT AREA. IN ANY CASE...GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT INDICATING THAT WE SHOULD SEE THE T-STORM ACTIVITY FILL IN ALONG THE FRONT/DRYLINE AND MARCH EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT COVERAGE FOR SOME WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AS THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF MUCAPE AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR TO WORK WITH. THE PRIMARY THREAT SHOULD SHIFT TO LARGE HAIL AFTER DARK...BUT SOME DOWNDRAFTS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PUNCH THROUGH THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION AND PRODUCE SOME SEVERE WIND GUSTS. THE PACIFIC FRONT WILL WORK EAST ACROSS THE CWA THURSDAY MORNING...WITH RAIN CHANCES SHIFTING EAST. WE HELD ONTO A SLIVER OF POPS IN ERN STONEWALL COUNTY AFTER 12 UTC. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FIRST LOBE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND HIGHS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S IN THE FAR SW TX PANHANDLE TO NEAR 90 IN THE SRN ROLLING PLAINS. THE TRAILING LOBE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL ADVANCE INTO THE SRN ROCKIES DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CAUSE THE SFC WINDS TO BACK AND PICK UP AGAIN...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS RETURNING ON THE CAPROCK BY AFTERNOON...WITH STRONGEST WINDS IN THE FAR SRN TX PANHANDLE. LONG TERM... MAIN CHANGES TO THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST INCLUDED HEATING UP MAX TEMPS THIS WEEKEND FOLLOWED BY COOLING TEMPS OFF MARKEDLY FOR MON AND TUE BEHIND A STOUT CANADIAN FRONT. FOLLOWING CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW THU NIGHT AND EARLY FRI...THE PATTERN WILL FLATTEN TEMPORARILY UNTIL A RATHER VIGOROUS NORTHERN PACIFIC TROUGH DIVES SEWD ON SUNDAY AND REACHES THE FOUR CORNERS. THE GFS HAS BEEN BEHIND THE CURVE WITH THIS SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE REMAINING GLOBAL MODELS FOR TWO DAYS...SO OUR FORECAST IS WEIGHTED MORE TOWARD THE ECMWF WHICH FEATURES A MORE AMPLIFIED AND SLOWER TROUGH BY LATE THIS WEEKEND. THIS SCENARIO LENDS SUPPORT TO RICHER MIXING RATIOS ADVECTING NORTH BY SUN MORNING BEFORE A SHARP DRYLINE UNFOLDS SUN AFTN NEAR OR JUST EAST OF OUR COUNTIES IN THE ROLLING PLAINS. EVEN WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH SUN EVNG AND OVERNIGHT AND AN INEVITABLE TRIPLE POINT/DRYLINE INTERSECTION SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE ERN TX PANHANDLE...IT/S TOO SOON TO ENTERTAIN PRECIP CHANCES AS THE DRYLINE COULD EASILY MIX MUCH FARTHER EAST IN THIS PATTERN LEAVING OUR CWA LEFT FOR DRY DURING COLD FROPA SUN NIGHT. REGARDLESS...A RETURN TO HOT AND BREEZY CONDITIONS IS A GOOD BET SATURDAY AND ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE DRYLINE ON SUNDAY AS A LL THERMAL RIDGE AMPLIFIES AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. DESPITE THIS CLASSIC PATTERN OF WARMING TEMPS BY SUN...MEX GUIDANCE INSISTS SUNDAY WILL BE COOLER THAN SAT...BUT WE ARE NOT HAVING ANY OF THIS. MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS BY MONDAY BEHIND THE CANADIAN FRONT WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOSS OF CONTINENTAL GULF MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE LONE STAR STATE...SO EVEN WITH AN UNSETTLED NWLY FLOW REGIME UNFOLDING BY MID-TO-LATE NEXT WEEK...PROSPECTS FOR PRECIP APPEAR VERY SCANT AS ANY RETURN FLOW SHOULD BE OF LOW QUALITY. FIRE WEATHER... OBSERVATIONS FROM THE WEST TEXAS MESONET SHOW MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FIRMLY IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS OF RH VALUES NEAR 10 PERCENT AND SW WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TO BE FOUND ACROSS THE FAR SRN TX PANHANDLE INTO THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. THE DRYLINE WILL RETREAT INTO THE CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS TONIGHT...WITH GOOD MOISTURE RECOVERY TO THE EAST AND POOR TO THE WEST. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF EVENING AND OVERNIGHT T-STORMS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE DRYLINE BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME DRY LIGHTNING FIRE STARTS. DRY WESTERLY BREEZES ON THURSDAY WILL ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER AGAIN. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SLOW TO COME UP...THEY COULD APPROACH RED FLAG CRITERIA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SW TX PANHANDLE AND NW SPLNS. WE DON/T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT THIS TIME...BUT A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT LOOKS LIKELY FOR AT LEAST MOST OF THE CAPROCK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 48 77 45 79 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 TULIA 50 81 48 81 52 / 0 0 0 0 0 PLAINVIEW 51 82 51 82 53 / 10 0 0 0 0 LEVELLAND 50 82 51 83 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 LUBBOCK 53 84 52 84 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 DENVER CITY 50 81 52 83 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 BROWNFIELD 51 83 53 84 55 / 10 0 0 0 0 CHILDRESS 62 90 55 85 56 / 30 0 0 0 0 SPUR 57 87 54 87 55 / 40 0 0 0 0 ASPERMONT 65 90 56 88 59 / 60 10 0 0 0 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ021>037-039>042. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ021>025-027>030-033-034-039. && 23/07/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1118 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 TXZ021>044-081630- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1118 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...THOUGH CONFIDENCE INCREASES LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. HAIL TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 65 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. FIRE WEATHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST FROM STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. LOCAL VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST OF LESS THAN A MILE ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY TODAY. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SPARKS OR FLAMES IS DISCOURAGED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS AND FAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Automated Surface Observing System at Childress Municipal Airport measured a wind gust to 63 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2014
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: 505508.