Late in the afternoon, thunderstorms developed off of the higher terrain of eastern New Mexico. As these thunderstorms moved into West Texas, they began to weaken, however, one produced a severe wind gust to 59 mph near Dimmitt (Castro County).
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Late in the afternoon, thunderstorms developed off of the higher terrain of eastern New Mexico. As these thunderstorms moved into West Texas, they began to weaken, however, one produced a severe wind gust to 59 mph near Dimmitt (Castro County).
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, 5:37 PM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 637 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019 .AVIATION... VFR conditions in place all three TAF sites with the main uncertainty once again being possibility of strong thunderstorms at KLBB and KPVW. Storms are already ongoing across eastern New Mexico and these should continue to push towards KLBB/KPVW through the evening. However, many computer models dissipate the storms after sunset so confidence is low on the timing if storms are able to hold together. Outside of the window for storms, expect VFR conditions to continue into tomorrow. Only other issue would be potential for MVFR ceilings towards sunrise Tuesday but confidence is too low to include at this time. Jordan && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 228 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019/ DISCUSSION... The setup today is looking similar to the last couple of days with modest and moist southerly low level flow that will likely back a bit with sunset ahead of increasing convection on the high terrain of central New Mexico. Upper flow will want to steer convection to the northeast but as convection congeals movement should begin to turn into the south/southeast low level flow. This will favor storms getting into the forecast area again tonight, probably favoring the southwestern third to half of the forecast area. The pattern begins to shift Tuesday as the upper trough that has been parked over the west coast and has played a role in how convective evolution has played out the last several days begins to open up and move eastward. Increasing ascent ahead of the low as it moves over western New Mexico Tuesday night should bring more widespread thunderstorms to most if not all of the forecast area. Pretty good precip chances should continue into Thursday, especially for the northern half of the area as the closed low moves across the Panhandle/South Plains region Wednesday night and Thursday. Things begin to dry out and warm up Friday through the weekend as upper level ridging shifts westward to the western Gulf of Mexico and then onshore over central Mexico, aplifying over the southern Plains as it does so. A sharp increase in heights and thicknesses point to above normal temperatures. How much above will depend upon 1) how much the low level flow if able to veer and in turn dry the low levels out and 2) the timing of a cold front through the forecast area in the Sunday/Sunday evening time frame. It is at this point of the forecast that models begin to diverge enough to lower confidence. Will stick with model blend at this point in the cycle. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 99/99/99
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1125 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019 TXZ021>044-040430- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1125 AM CDT Mon Jun 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 Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected again tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to develop across eastern New Mexico and then move into the South Plains area. The primary threats will be wind gusts to 70 mph and local flooding from intense downpours and slow moving storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday and Wednesday, primarily during the evening and overnight hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Dimmitt recorded a wind gust to 59 mph.
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