Isolated thunderstorms tracked northeast across the Rolling Plains late this evening. One storm intensified to severe levels in Cottle County where it produced hail up to golf ball size in Paducah.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms tracked northeast across the Rolling Plains late this evening. One storm intensified to severe levels in Cottle County where it produced hail up to golf ball size in Paducah.
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 18, 8:29 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 929 PM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017 .UPDATE... Minor update to extend the isolated thunderstorm mention to encompass the far eastern zones through the remainder of the evening hours. Current small but occasionally fairly robust convective cores have continued to persist and even expand in coverage this evening. They may continue right into the eastern Rolling Plains. Given the trends, have expanded the mentionable PoPs eastward this evening. More recent iterations of the RAP, HRRR and TTU-WRF also indicate potential isolated activity redeveloping further west over the South Plains tonight. Given modest moistening seen upstream in the water vapor imagery, decent residual elevated instability that will be in place and a developing southerly LLJ, additional (albeit likely isolated at best) convection appears possible late tonight into the early morning hours Tuesday. Given this we have also added a minimal thunder mention for much of the CWA in the 06-12Z time-frame. No other significant adjustments were made to the forecast at this time. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 632 PM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017/ AVIATION... VFR conditions are expected through Tuesday. Isolated showers with a bit thunder should remain south of the terminals this evening. Without the cool post-convective air mass ala last night, restrictions to visibility and/or ceilings are unlikely. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 320 PM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017/ DISCUSSION... Two weak areas of surface convergence, one along the northern borders of Garza to Stonewall counties and the other across southeastern Briscoe county, and a dryline currently in eastern NM will be the main areas of focus for potential convective development later this afternoon and evening. The timing of initiation should line up with a jet maxima pushing northeastward out of Chihuahua. Currently the FA is located along the exit region of the jet maxima which is aiding in some subsidence. Storm chances should decrease after sunset as the jet pushes east of the FA. Some storms could become severe and produce damaging winds up to 70 mph and hail up to one inch. Rain chances will be low tomorrow into Thursday and Friday as flow remains mostly zonal aloft. By late weak an upper low will dig southward across the western CONUS placing the region back under southwesterly flow aloft. A lee trough will allow surface winds to be out of the southeast transporting Gulf moisture into the FA ahead of the approaching upper low. Rain chances will increase from the west as the low moves slowly towards the FA by Friday into Saturday. The 12z model runs have slowed down the eastward progression of the upper low which would delay the timing of lift moving into the region. Previously models were showing decent lift pushing into the FA by late Friday into Saturday but are now holding off until late Saturday/early Sunday. Given the slower model guidance pops will continue to be kept below the likely category with higher chances favoring our northwestern zones. Chances will increase as a front pushes southward into West Texas early next week. As ample moisture will be in place and the low will be slow moving heavy rain could very well be possible, but it is still too early to tell. Temps, however, should be cooler and more fall like as the front moves through and cloud cover remains. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 23/07
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 333 AM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017 TXZ021>044-190845- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 333 AM CDT Mon Sep 18 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains...Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening. The strongest storms will be capable of producing winds to 70 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Increasing chances of widespread thunderstorms will return from Thursday through Sunday. Heavy rainfall and flooding will be possible, especially this weekend.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
858 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
TXZ042-043-190230-
Kent TX-Garza TX-
858 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KENT AND SOUTHEASTERN GARZA
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
At 857 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Lake Alan Henry, moving northeast at 30 mph. A second
strong thunderstorm was located near Lake Alan Henry, also moving
northeast at 30 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Lake Alan Henry and Clairemont.
LAT...LON 3325 10120 3340 10096 3340 10077 3309 10057
3297 10077 3296 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 224DEG 28KT 3320 10101
23Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lubbock TX 915 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017 TXZ031-032-037-038-190245- Dickens TX-Motley TX-King TX-Cottle TX- 915 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN DICKENS...NORTHWESTERN KING...SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN COTTLE COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... At 915 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Afton, or 14 miles northeast of Dickens, moving northeast at 25 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Dickens, Finney, Delwin, Afton, Dumont and Roaring Springs. LAT...LON 3353 10088 3379 10102 3412 10051 3375 10031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 244DEG 20KT 3380 10071 23
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
932 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
TXZ031-190300-
Motley TX-
932 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MOTLEY COUNTY UNTIL 1000
PM CDT...
At 931 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Matador, moving east at 35 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Matador and Roaring Springs.
LAT...LON 3383 10092 3383 10098 3391 10104 3404 10104
3425 10062 3405 10052 3395 10052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 247DEG 31KT 3396 10093
23Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
944 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
TXZ032-190315-
Cottle TX-
944 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN COTTLE COUNTY UNTIL 1015
PM CDT...
At 944 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Delwin, or 13 miles southwest of Paducah, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Paducah and Delwin.
LAT...LON 3392 10009 3383 10038 3384 10052 3401 10052
3416 10024
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 243DEG 26KT 3391 10050
23Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
953 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
TXZ037-038-043-190330-
Dickens TX-Kent TX-King TX-
953 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KENT...DICKENS AND
SOUTHWESTERN KING COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
At 952 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Dickens, moving northeast at 30 mph. A second small but strong storm
was located near Girard, also moving northeast at 30 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Spur, Dickens, Girard and Dumont.
LAT...LON 3340 10046 3340 10052 3336 10052 3324 10073
3362 10097 3383 10067 3384 10052 3350 10028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 241DEG 25KT 3359 10079
23Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1007 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
TXZ031-032-190330-
Motley TX-Cottle TX-
1007 PM CDT MON SEP 18 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOTLEY AND COTTLE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
At 1006 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles east of Matador, moving northeast at 30 mph. A second strong
thunderstorm was located near Paducah, also moving northeast at 30
mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Paducah, Delwin, Cee Vee and Swearingen.
LAT...LON 3384 10070 3411 10078 3431 10037 3431 10034
3424 10005 3386 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 245DEG 28KT 3407 10065
23The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to golf ball size fell in Paducah for about five minutes. Damage information was not available.
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