On the afternoon of the fourth, scattered thunderstorms developed in eastern New Mexico and moved into a very unstable atmosphere in the southwestern South Plains. One storm became severe as it moved over Plains (Yoakum County) generating a wind gust to 71 mph.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
On the afternoon of the fourth, scattered thunderstorms developed in eastern New Mexico and moved into a very unstable atmosphere in the southwestern South Plains. One storm became severe as it moved over Plains (Yoakum County) generating a wind gust to 71 mph.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Plains measured a wind gust to 71 mph.
Law enforcement officials reported minor street flooding in and around US Highway 87 near the intersection with US Highway 380.
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