A weak short wave aloft moving overhead created pulse type convection on the afternoon of the third. Several of these thunderstorms developed severe wind gusts across the western South Plains.
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A weak short wave aloft moving overhead created pulse type convection on the afternoon of the third. Several of these thunderstorms developed severe wind gusts across the western South Plains.
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 Jul 3, 12:55 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 155 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2019 .DISCUSSION... Weak impulse continuing slowly east through the area with enough moisture and low level convergence to generate at least low chance of thunder through the evening. Shear and instability relatively weak, but a few briefly strong pulse storms are likely with strong surface heating. Upper heights still expected to spring back about 40-50 meters higher at the 500 millibar level by late Thursday as anticyclonic curvature spreads back overhead. Moisture slightly depleted most areas but appears will remain just adequate for low thunder chances again late Thursday starting western South Plains perhaps spreading slightly east or southeast towards central South Plains but unclear if activity will make it that far before dissipating. Additional height building Friday will push the ridge close to 594 decameters which more or less will hold Saturday. Just enough moisture still in our far western areas for slight thunder chances. Solutions in fair agreement showing a wave ejecting through the Rockies late Sunday and early Monday perhaps brushing western areas and lowering heights slightly before additional ridge building around Tuesday. Latest ECMWF and GFS in fair agreement showing this as a persistent ridge now at least through next Wednesday while the Canadian is still holding on to the old idea of west coast ridging. Solutions still have some coming together in the long term. We will side towards drier than most guidance and warm early to middle of next week. RMcQueen && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 05/99
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 139 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2019 TXZ021>044-040645- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 139 PM CDT Wed Jul 3 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A few strong thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon and tonight mainly across the southern Texas Panhandle and South Plains. Wind gusts near 50 mph will be the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday A threat of a few pulse severe storms will exist each day. Wind gusts and low-end severe hail will be the primary threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be unlikely.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Morton measured a wind gust to 62 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured a wind gust to 59 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Denver City measured a wind gust to 59 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Plains measured a wind gust to 70 mph.
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