S. Highway 84 southeast of Lubbock and damaged an industrial roof.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Late this afternoon, a wet downburst crossed U.S. Highway 84 southeast of Lubbock and damaged an industrial roof.
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 Aug 10, 2:03 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 303 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016 .SHORT TERM... High pressure remains situated well to our southeast over the Caribbean Sea with a weakness edging onto the Western Gulf coastline. To our west, respectable trough axis is allowing the upper jet to dip into the desert southwest before swinging into the Northern Plains. As a result, we are seeing a nice monsoonal fetch over Chihuahua through West Texas and into the Central Plains. Thunderstorms have already begun to fire across the area with the most intense concentration out over the Rolling Plains. We should see more development further west through the remainder of the afternoon though whether or not it makes it as far west as the NM state line is questionable. CAPE/shear profiles suggest that pulse- type strong storms will be possible and a low probability for severe is possible. .LONG TERM... Changes in our weather pattern are still coming at the end of this week. Broad troughing over much of the US will send a cold front into the area during the second half of the day on Friday. This will set up a possible brief heavy rain event from Friday night through early Saturday. The front will then move through well south of the area by late Saturday shifting best precipitation chances out of the region. Until this front arrives, we will see a steady increase in mid and upper level Pacific moisture under southwest flow aloft. This upper flow will be able to tap into moisture from what is left of tropical depression Javier off of Baja California. By late in the weekend, the GFS is starting to come around to the model consensus of drying out the atmosphere quicker. With the unseasonably strong cold front, temperatures will finally be below seasonal averages by likely a long way. Much cooler temperatures will be short lived with troughing departing and upper ridging making a return. && .LUB Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 26/01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 238 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016 TXZ021>044-111945- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 238 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS AND THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A RISK OF STRONG TO PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY EAST OF A BROWNFIELD TO TULIA LINE BEFORE 10 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A THREAT OF FLOODING MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
415 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
TXZ025-026-102145-
CHILDRESS TX-HALL TX-
415 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHILDRESS AND
NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 415 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF TELL...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHILDRESS...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILDRESS AND ESTELLINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3442 10000 3439 10046 3454 10056 3475 10051
3475 10034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 202DEG 30KT 3452 10047
JGDThe Lubbock radar (KLBB), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A portion of the roof to the Coors Distributors main office was blown off during a wet downburst. The extent of rain damage to the office's contents was not known.
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