Scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and evening hours with the highest concentration of storms in the Texas Panhandle. A couple of these thunderstorms became severe producing severe wind gusts in the extreme southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon and evening hours with the highest concentration of storms in the Texas Panhandle. A couple of these thunderstorms became severe producing severe wind gusts in the extreme southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours.
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 Aug 7, 5:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 600 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019 .AVIATION... Ongoing convection across the region could affect all three terminals before 04z. The main threat from this convection is gusty winds up to 55 mph, though isolated gusts over 60 mph is not out of the question. Outside of convection VFR conditions will persist through the duration of the TAF cycle. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 229 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019/ DISCUSSION... Upper ridge axis just west of the area will move overhead later tonight through Saturday. Considerable moisture continues within the ridge and is contributing to this afternoons isolated weak thunderstorms where favorable low level convergence exists as well. As the ridge axis shifts overhead, there should still be enough deep moisture for mention of thunder favoring northern and western areas at times into the weekend. This is quite similar to our previous forecast. And, for that matter, the situation late weekend into next week has not changed significantly. We still expect the notable upper low off the west coast to swing through the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies by Monday before weakening and scooting east along the US/Canadian border early to mid week. This will cause the upper ridge to flatten with the axis just east enough for more southwest flow and to allow further shifting east of a thinning monsoonal moisture plume towards our area. In addition, a weak subtropical wave moving west-northwest along the western coast of Mexico is expected to steer northward into the southwest and eventually turn northeast across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains perhaps Monday night into Tuesday. This may provide increasing favorable convergence and lift in addition to the monsoonal moisture plume and supports at least a low mention for thunder. A weak frontal boundary appears also may enter the area from the Panhandle about this same time. Temperatures likely remaining quite warm until then, returning possibly closer to normal by Tuesday and Wednesday. Heat and humidity combination still comes up a little shy for Heat Advisory consideration in our area through the weekend. RMcQueen && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 51/99/99
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 259 AM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019 TXZ021>044-072000- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 259 AM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Childress measured a wind gust to 72 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Muleshoe measured a wind gust to 64 mph.
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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: 842561, 842563.