Scattered thunderstorms developed across the eastern Texas Panhandle on the afternoon of the second. These storms moved to the south with one of them producing a severe wind gust near Memphis (Hall County).
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Scattered thunderstorms developed across the eastern Texas Panhandle on the afternoon of the second. These storms moved to the south with one of them producing a severe wind gust near Memphis (Hall County). Although the storms were brief in nature, they brought intense rainfall. Minor street flooding was reported in and around Memphis due to the high rainfall rates.
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 Sep 2, 1:47 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 247 PM CDT Wed Sep 2 2020 .SHORT TERM... Convection has exited to our east and clouds have begun to scatter becoming mostly clear. There could still be a stray shower or two before 00Z, but it would be very light at best. Tonight should be quiet and cool (compared to recent days) with lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Overall skies should remain clear, but with recent rainfall (in addition to light wind and clear skies) there could be some fog/low stratus before sunrise tomorrow morning. Tomorrow will be quiet. Temps should rise back into the 90s tomorrow as the upper currently across the Pacific Coast pushes slightly eastward. .LONG TERM... Current analysis shows an upper-level trough over the area and an upper-level ridge over southwestern CONUS with an upper low centered over the NUNAVUT and the western Hudson Bay. The trough will begin to move out of the southern Plains by late Thursday. This will allow the ridge over the southwestern CONUS to build/expand to the east. As the ridge begins to build, it will bring northeasterly winds aloft to the area drying the mid-levels and limiting storm chances through the weekend. Late this weekend, the aforementioned upper low over northern Canada will begin to dive south, bringing a cold front with it. In advance of the front, our temperatures will likely increase into the mid to upper 90s on Sunday and Monday, in part to pre-frontal compressional warming. At this point, the models tend to fall out of agreement as the ECMWF digs the trough into the western CONUS, and previous versions of the GFS dig it into the Plains. With this divide, two different precipitation scenarios will be possible for the forecast area. With the trough to the west, moisture will be allowed to be advected into the low- and mid-levels and could provide multiple chances of precipitation to the area for the early and middle parts of next week. The cold air would also be delayed about a day from the GFS. For previous versions of the GFS, the cold air would still make it into the area but the precipitation chances would be greatly diminished as we quickly get dryslotted. HOWEVER, the latest run of the GFS has edged the trough westward a bit, which may slightly increase our chances of precipitation. Maybe we can get lucky, and future runs of the GFS will dig the trough farther to the southwest. Either way, a significant temperature drop is expected with highs in the 80s, perhaps only 70s (or 60s?) by the middle of next week. The end of the period is as muddy as the beginning of next week as the GFS begins to push the trough out of the Plains, and the ECMWF still has the trough over the western CONUS. Kendrick && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 51/10
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1153 AM CDT Wed Sep 2 2020 TXZ021>044-031700- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1153 AM CDT Wed Sep 2 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon, quickly diminishing this evening. The most intense activity will be capable of producing brief heavy rainfall and wind gusts to 50 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Memphis measured a wind gust to 59 mph.
A trained spotter reported flooded streets in the town of Memphis. A nearby Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet measured 0.79 of rainfall in only 15 minutes.
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