Scattered thunderstorms developed for a second consecutive afternoon within a very moist and unstable environment. One of these storms was able to produce severe wind gusts in Hockley County.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed for a second consecutive afternoon within a very moist and unstable environment. One of these storms was able to produce severe wind gusts in Hockley County.
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, 7:49 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 849 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 .UPDATE... The earlier storm activity across the southern Rolling Plains has faded away. Attention now turns to the west where scattered t-storms across eastern New Mexico have been gradually congealing into a loosely organized complex - indicated by an expanding and cooling cloud shield in IR imagery - the leading cells of which are just east of the state line. With the strengthening nocturnal low-level jet and 1500 J/kg or so of MUCAPE across the forecast area, we expect the storms to generally maintain their coverage and intensity as they march eastward across our western counties, approaching the I-27/highway 87 corridor between 11 pm and midnight. Locally heavy rainfall will be the main threat with these storms, but we could also see a localized hail and wind threat early, transitioning to a wind threat as the storms move farther east. PoPs through 06 UTC have been reconfigured...raised across the west and lowered in the east. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 652 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016/ AVIATION... Convective outflow passing through KCDS at issuance time with gusty southeast winds. Otherwise main concern this TAF cycle is with potential MCS moving southeast out of NM late this evening into early Fri morning. Most short term models support convection impacting at least KLBB and KPVW around midnight. With additional upper support and continued positive moisture transport from the south went ahead and included mention of storms at all TAF sites. Convective overturning expected to keep stratus development at bay tonight but did include MVFR cigs with storms. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 259 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016/ SHORT TERM... Upper level low which has been responsible for the continued rain opportunities will move only a couple hundred miles between this evening and tomorrow as it makes its way across North Dakota. We will be situated in an on again/off again kind of rain environment. A ribbon of mid level vorticity is set to approach the TX Panhandle early Friday morning to help drive the cold front into the Panhandle. As has been the case with several fronts over the last month, uncertainty on just how far the boundary will make it will result in uncertainty on rain chances. Today's data seems to indicate that the boundary will push into the southern Panhandle before stalling. This will certainly assist with storm development across our northern two zones. One could infer that cold pool processes will help initiate convection further south. In essence, the forecast remains largely unchanged though rain chances this evening look as if they may be a bit more limited than some models suggest. Accordingly, have bumped POPs down in the first period and alloted increasing POPs over time. LONG TERM... Early this weekend will continue to carry good chances of rainfall with a strong drying out later in the weekend into early next week. Friday and Saturday evenings look to see more round of considerable thunderstorm development. This will primarily be due to weak short waves moving overhead along with an upper level jet streak near the area as well. A slow moving cold front will slide south through the panhandle on Friday evening which may supplement larger scale lift. Atmospheric moisture level will still be high through Saturday further promoting heavy rainfall and possible flooding. The cold front will likely stall out but remains uncertain on where and may even be masked by residual boundaries on Saturday. Southeasterly low level winds on Saturday will encourage thunderstorm development off the higher terrain of New Mexico drifting into the area during the evening and overnight. Subsidence and upper level ridging will return late in the weekend with a much more pronounced drying early next week. A trough diving down the west coast this weekend will cut off and remain nearly stationary off the coast of southern California due to stronger ridging locally. This low will eventually lift out and considerably weaken by the time it reaches West Texas mid week. && .LUB Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 24/33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 511 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 TXZ021>044-161015- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 511 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS AND THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY TURN SEVERE WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A RISK FOR MINOR FLOODING WILL PERSIST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONALLY, SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY COULD SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 551 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 TXZ044-152315- STONEWALL TX- 551 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN STONEWALL COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF PEACOCK...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASPERMONT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASPERMONT AND SWENSON. 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. && LAT...LON 3314 10051 3328 10013 3296 10010 3296 10052 TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 251DEG 23KT 3307 10041 SC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 605 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 TXZ043-152330- KENT TX- 605 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF LAKE ALAN HENRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY. 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. && LAT...LON 3297 10102 3310 10100 3330 10052 3296 10052 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 244DEG 16KT 3303 10087 SC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 636 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 TXZ043-160000- KENT TX- 636 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KENT COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF CLAIREMONT...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE ALAN HENRY... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 380 WEST OF CLAIREMONT. 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. && LAT...LON 3297 10069 3297 10102 3338 10099 3333 10053 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 198DEG 18KT 3313 10088 SC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 700 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 TXZ043-160045- KENT TX- 700 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 700 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAIREMONT...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF SPUR...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWEST KENT COUNTY. 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. && LAT...LON 3320 10099 3340 10097 3340 10064 3317 10078 TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 195DEG 16KT 3326 10087 SC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1017 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 TXZ027>029-033>035-160400- HALE TX-BAILEY TX-COCHRAN TX-LAMB TX-HOCKLEY TX-LUBBOCK TX- 1017 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCHRAN...SOUTHERN LAMB... SOUTHERN BAILEY...WESTERN LUBBOCK...HOCKLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1015 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM NEAR LEVELLAND IN HOCKLEY COUNTY TO JUST ENTERING COCHRAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LUBBOCK...LEVELLAND...LITTLEFIELD...HALE CENTER...MORTON... WOLFFORTH...SHALLOWATER...SUNDOWN...ANTON...SUDAN...AMHERST... COTTON CENTER...WHITHARRAL...MULESHOE WILDLIFE REFUGE...BULA...PEP... ENOCHS AND SPADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3398 10304 3419 10183 3339 10199 3339 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 265DEG 24KT 3371 10227
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:44 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 59 mph was measured at a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Anton.
A meteorologist with Texas Tech University estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. No damage was reported.
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