Widespread northwest flow storms impacted a large portion of West Texas from late on the 25th through the early morning hours of the 26th. Several thunderstorms embedded within the widespread activity generated severe wind gusts measured by Texas Tech University West Texas mesonets.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Widespread northwest flow storms impacted a large portion of West Texas from late on the 25th through the early morning hours of the 26th. Several thunderstorms embedded within the widespread activity generated severe wind gusts measured by Texas Tech University West Texas mesonets.
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 Jun 25, 5:27 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 627 PM CDT Sun Jun 25 2017 .AVIATION... A storm complex is developing across ERN NM and the WRN OK Panhandle. This complex is expected to push across all three TAF sites later tonight. TAF amendments will be required if storms look to directly impact a terminal, otherwise, will stay with VCTS for now. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 306 PM CDT Sun Jun 25 2017/ DISCUSSION... Better convection chances will take place tonight with a number of better factors in place across the region. We will see more of our typical northwest flow summer time thunderstorms this evening through early Monday morning. The upper ridge will continue to buckle with the ridge axis shifting east. A more pronounced short wave aloft rotating around the upper ridge will dive down east-southeast tonight promoting increased overnight convection. Convection was already developing in central New Mexico this afternoon in response to this short wave. Clearing low stratus in eastern New Mexico will give way to healthy surface based instability this afternoon. During the evening and overnight hours locally, elevated instability will continue amidst continued moist southeasterly flow. Given a very unstable atmosphere, storms entering the region from the west will be capable of becoming severe with large hail and wind the primary threats. Monday and Tuesday continue to remain more questionable in terms of thunderstorm chances. An upper level low in southwestern Canada will continue to flatten the ridge. We will lose much of our upper level support with a decrease in jet level winds. After midweek, we will see mostly zonal flow aloft but rising heights/thickness values will boost temperatures back above seasonal averages. The upper low over southwest Canada will move into the Northern Plains and upper Midwest by late week sending a cold front down close to the region. However, models have been backing off with this front for Friday night/Saturday morning. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 99/99/74
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 258 PM CDT Sun Jun 25 2017 TXZ021>044-262000- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 258 PM CDT Sun Jun 25 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains...Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop over eastern New Mexico this evening and move into West Texas. A very unstable atmosphere may allow storms to become severe with wind gusts to 65 mph and hail up to golf ball size. Additionally, this activity may bring locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Muleshoe measured a wind gust to 72 mph at 2220 CST and then 82 mph at 2225 CST. Several windows were destroyed in a restaurant in Muleshoe.
The Automated Surface Observation System at Lubbock International Airport measured a wind gust to 60 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Brownfield measured a wind gust to 66 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near O'Donnell measured a wind gust to 61 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Graham measured a wind gust to 59 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2017
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: 697070, 697071, 697072, 697073, 697075.