Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 24, 2019

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 24, 2019
Start: 2019-06-24T17:25
End: 2019-06-24T19:30
Location: Texas

June 24, 2019 · NWS LUB · 9 events in 3 counties and zones

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.

The evening of the 24th saw very large hail in Lubbock and Lynn Counties as well as a wind turbine completely destroyed near Petersburg (Hale County). Low level moisture streamed into the region early in the morning with low stratus covering the region. However, this low stratus deck burned off quickly which lead to rapid destabilization of the atmosphere. By late in the afternoon, surface based CAPE was analyzed at values between 4000 and 5000 Joules per kg. Despite very little deep layer shear available in the atmosphere, large hail still developed with the substantial amount of instability. Isolated thunderstorms initially developed over the Permian Basin with one of these storms moving northeast into Lynn County. The first storm in Lynn County produced baseball size hail. While baseball size hail was dropping in Tahoka (Lynn County), an isolated thunderstorm rapidly developed over southwestern Lubbock County. This initial thunderstorm moved to the northeast producing hail up to golf ball size. Additional thunderstorms developed along the outflow of this initial thunderstorm. One of these storms moved from the south part of the city of Lubbock to Slaton producing baseball size hail. Another storm developed near New Deal (Lubbock County) and moved northeast into southeastern Hale County. This storm produced hail up to three inches in diameter east of New Deal. However, the most incredible damage from this storm occurred near Petersburg in Hale County. A newly installed wind turbine was completely destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds.

What forecasters said that day

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 24, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
245 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019

.DISCUSSION...
Decent Cu field has been going up across portions of the Rolling
Plains and Big Country this afternoon as seen on visible satellite.
Mesoscale analysis reveals this area has already built up
3000-5000 J/kg of CAPE and 30KT of shear. A retreating warm front
should aid in kicking off thunderstorms late this afternoon into
the early evening hours as the Cap erodes. Shear is expected to
increase slightly over the Rolling Plains this evening, so areas
mainly off the Caprock will be the primary concern for severe
weather...though it's possible a few storms may make it up onto
the Cap. Sounding profiles indicate storms tonight will be hailers
and exhalers. Golf ball sized hail and wind gusts to 70 should be
expected. Shear appears to be insufficient for tornadoes tonight.

Tuesday shows the potential for a more widespread thunderstorm event
as the dryline moves eastward. CAPE will be big again tomorrow but
shear will be lacking greatly for much of the day at 20KT or less.
Capping could also be a problem. Attm, we have kept with general
thunder across most of the FA for tomorrow evening.

By Wednesday, we begin to see the subtropical high slowly build into
the weekend. This means NM will start seeing their daily monsoonal
thunderstorms. As is common this time of year, some of those storms
manage to meander into our west and northwestern counties, if the
upper flow is just right. As such, we have included slight chance
PoPs on a few days for this forecast package.

&&

.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 10:47 AM CST, 6 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1147 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019

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Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-
Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1147 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated severe thunderstorms will be possible late this
afternoon into this evening, primarily along and east of the
Interstate 27 and Highway 87 Corridor. Damaging wind gusts to 70
mph, golfball size hail and locally heavy rainfall will be the
primary threats with the most intense storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Thunderstorm chances, including the risk of strong to severe
thunderstorms, will increase for much of the area by Tuesday
evening.

Otherwise for Wednesday through Sunday, thunderstorm activity
will be much more limited, primarily confined to parts of New
Mexico to our west. Storms forming over the higher terrain in New
Mexico could move into the southwest Panhandle or extreme western
South Plains on any particular day, but probabilities for
hazardous weather are low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested late this afternoon into this
evening.

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.

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Event by event

8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lynn

When: June 24, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Lynn County, 6.15 mi WSW of Skeen
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 33.090, -101.880

An emergency manager in Lynn County reported baseball size hail. No damage was reported.

Hail, Lubbock

When: June 24, 5:50 PM CST to 6:32 PM CST
Where: Lubbock County, 7 mi SW of Lubbock to Lubbock Intl Arpt
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 33.508, -101.936

Numerous reports were received of hail up to golf ball size in the city of Lubbock. The reports in the city of Lubbock were from one of many severe thunderstorms that developed in Lubbock County. Several severe thunderstorms developed off of the outflow of the initial thunderstorm in southwestern Lubbock County. Additionally, a large tree branch was broken off of a tree in the parking lot of the NWS office.

Hail, Lynn

When: June 24, 5:53 PM CST
Where: Lynn County, Tahoka
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.180, -101.780

A spotter in Tahoka reported hail up to golf ball size. No damage was reported.

Hail, Lubbock

When: June 24, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Lubbock County, 3.91 mi N of Posey
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.536, -101.711

A trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail at Buffalo Springs Lake. This hail was from one of several severe thunderstorms that developed off of the outflow of the initial thunderstorm in southwestern Lubbock County.

Hail, Lubbock

When: June 24, 6:39 PM CST
Where: Lubbock County, Slaton Muni Arpt
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.480, -101.670

A spotter at the Slaton Municipal Airport reported baseball size hail. This hail was from one of several severe thunderstorms that developed off of the outflow of the initial thunderstorm in southwestern Lubbock County.

Hail, Lubbock

When: June 24, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Lubbock County, 4.89 mi N of Slide to 3 mi NW of Woodrow
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 33.491, -101.905

Hail up to the size of golf balls were reported on the south side of the city of Lubbock. This hail was from one of several severe thunderstorms that developed off of the outflow of the initial thunderstorm in southwestern Lubbock County.

Hail, Lubbock

When: June 24, 6:50 PM CST to 6:59 PM CST
Where: Lubbock County, New Deal to 7 mi E of New Deal
Measured: 3 in hail
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 33.730, -101.830

A picture posted to social media depicted hail up to the size of baseballs at 1850 CST in New Deal. At 1859 CST, three inch hail was reported seven miles east of New Deal by a trained spotter. This hail was from one of several severe thunderstorms that developed off of the outflow of the initial thunderstorm in southwestern Lubbock County.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hale

When: June 24, 7:29 PM CST
Where: Hale County, 5.62 mi NNW of Petersburg
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: Utility Company
Coordinates: 33.948, -101.629

Substantial damage occurred to a wind turbine near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 37 and County Road BB in Hale County. A wind turbine was completely destroyed as strong outflow winds moved through. This wind turbine had installation completed only one month prior to its destruction.

Hail, Hale

When: June 24, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Hale County, Petersburg
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.870, -101.600

Law enforcement in Petersburg reported baseball size hail. No damage was reported.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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Sources

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: 826824, 826932, 826937, 826935, 826936, 826934, 826816, 826961, 826933.