A cluster of thunderstorms with a large swath of high winds moved northeast from northern Dawson County into far southwest Lynn County before decaying a short while later.
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A cluster of thunderstorms with a large swath of high winds moved northeast from northern Dawson County into far southwest Lynn County before decaying a short while later.
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 3, 8:46 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 946 PM CDT Sun Jun 3 2018 .UPDATE... Severe Thunderstorm Watch 154 has been issued for the southern row of the forecast area and points further south into MAF and SJT forecast areas. A large scale MCS has been moving across central to eastern New Mexico this evening with additional development across the Permian Basin. Satelitte and radar trends are showing the northern end of the MCS struggling with such dry inflow air after having moved off the high terrain. The southern part of the forecast area marks the interface to significantly higher dew point temperatures and thus to the potential for severe weather and meaningful precipitation amounts. The HRRR seems to handle this evolution the best. Have updated the forecast to insert a severe mention co-located with the watch and to increase PoPs slightly. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 619 PM CDT Sun Jun 3 2018/ AVIATION... VFR conditions will continue for the next 24 hours. A line of showers and thunderstorms is expected to reach PVW and LBB around 05Z then clear to the east around 09Z. Did not include a TEMPO at CDS as confidence was not high enough that the storms will make it that far north and east. Winds will shift to the south-southwest late Monday morning. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 212 PM CDT Sun Jun 3 2018/ DISCUSSION... A shortwave trough, currently located just west of the CWA, will continue to move east-northeast across the CWA this evening. While the best support for thunderstorm development will be located in central and eastern NM, the shortwave could provide just enough forcing to help storms develop late in the day and slide SE into the South Plains. Most guidance ramps up convection and moisture levels during the latter part of the evening and moves a thunderstorm complex through the CWA overnight. Although, uncertainty continues to surround the exact timing of the development of the convection and how much precip will accumulate, we are fairly optimistic that much of the South Plains and southern Rolling Plains will see (much needed) rain. Thus, have gone a head and bumped up PoPs for these areas. Monday's forecast is tricky...one of two scenarios could play out and both will be highly dependent on what happens overnight in early Monday morning. The first scenario: should the convection develop this afternoon and track across the FA overnight as forecasted, then it is possible that in the wake of the convection the environment across the eastern Rolling Plains tomorrow afternoon will be too stable for afternoon convection. Second scenario: IF, the forecast does NOT play out as mentioned above then, it is possible that as the shortwave rounds the northeastern portion of the upper level ridge, thunderstorms could develop across the eastern Rolling Plains. MUCAPE, shear and PWs will ample enough that if storms do develop a few could become strong to severe and more organized with large hail and strong winds. By sunset tomorrow, any storms will be east of the CWA. Given the uncertainty surrounding today and tomorrow's forecast and progged soundings at KCDS showing the cap holding through the day tomorrow, have gone ahead and left PoPs where they stand. They may need to be increased or decreased as the forecast evolves overnight. Tuesday through the weekend the upper-level ridge will once again dominate the weather across the region. Another round of very hot and dry days with triple-digit heat is in store for the entire area. With highs of 103F-104F expected Wednesday and Thursday. Rain chances will be slim-to-none for the week but, as the ridge axis moves eastward late next weekend and an upper trough starts to develop across the Pacific, precipitation chances could return to the area. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 07
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 936 PM CDT Sun Jun 3 2018 TXZ021>044-041445- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 936 PM CDT Sun Jun 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Tonight A complex of thunderstorms will move out of New Mexico into the South Plains this evening. The storms will gradually weaken as they move eastward tonight but could make it into portions of the Rolling Plains by early Monday morning. Strong wind gusts up to about 70 mph will be possible with the storms, mainly south of a line from Morton to Brownfield. Some locally heavy rainfall is also possible, again mainly in the southwest South Plains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Isolated thunderstorms may be possible again across the Rolling Plains Monday afternoon and evening. After a brief reprieve, dangerous heat may return to the region Tuesday through the end of the week as an upper ridge builds more squarely over the area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three power poles were downed along Farm to Market Road 213.
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