On the afternoon of the second, thunderstorms developed on the higher terrain of eastern New Mexico and moved into the South Plains of West Texas late in the evening through the early morning hours of the third. Cloudy skies kept conditions cool through the day but ample elevated instability existed which fueled these storms persisting through Friday morning.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
On the afternoon of the second, thunderstorms developed on the higher terrain of eastern New Mexico and moved into the South Plains of West Texas late in the evening through the early morning hours of the third. Cloudy skies kept conditions cool through the day but ample elevated instability existed which fueled these storms persisting through Friday morning. A portion of these storms became severe across the South Plains producing small hail and isolated severe wind gusts. Later in the morning of the third, a severe wind gust was produced within the trailing stratiform region of departing precipitation. A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Graham (Garza County) measured a wind gust to 59 mph in this stratiform precipitation region.
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 2, 11:36 PM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1236 AM CDT Fri Jun 3 2022 .AVIATION... Ceilings are expected to hover around MVFR for most of the overnight at KCDS and KPVW. Thunderstorms are expected be in the vicinity of KLBB and KPVW for until around sunrise, when any lingering storm activity should then be east of both terminals. More convection is expected to move ESE out of New Mexico with increasing storm chances again later this evening (Friday evening) especially for KPVW and KCDS initially. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 225 PM CDT Thu Jun 2 2022/ SHORT TERM... Mid/upper-level ridging continues to build into the region with a compact vorticity lobe detected on water vapor imagery over Las Vegas, Nevada. Dense, low-level overcast will persist into the overnight hours as winds remain out of the east and southeast from the departing surface anticyclone, resulting in a mild and damp night area-wide with lows in the upper 50s/lower 60s. A weak EML remains intact above the very moist boundary-layer, with the potential for isolated to widely-scattered convection developing across eastern New Mexico this evening and advecting eastward. Uncertainty exists with respect to the overall coverage of thunderstorms tonight, and have therefore kept a broad brush of PoP chances across most of the CWA. Severe-caliber hail is not expected overnight as the geopotential height rises increase the warm-cloud layer depth, despite convection being rooted above the PBL top. However, locally heavy rainfall will accompany the deepest cores which may result in localized ponding, though the mean storm motion is unfavorable for flash flooding. Convection that does propagate through the CWA overnight should dissipate and/or clear the east and southeastern zones by late Saturday morning with overcast gradually lifting by midday as surface winds veer to the south and the upslope flow component to the winds cease. Additional chances for convection return late tomorrow evening, and more on that is discussed below. Sincavage LONG TERM... Convection chances will continue through Friday evening as a weak short wave moves overhead. A weak speed max with this short wave will also be moving overhead during the evening hours providing some upper level divergence to initiate and sustain storms during the afternoon hours. The amount of available instability will depend on how much clouds can clear out in the afternoon. If clouds do clear out enough by late in the afternoon, strong instability will likely develop. Storms that move off the higher terrain of New Mexico will be moving into a very unstable environment. Relatively dry sub-cloud layer air will lead to DCAPEs in excess of 1000 J/kg supporting a damaging wind threat. Steep mid level lapse rates will lead to the strong instability producing a large hail threat as well. Short wave ridging will move overhead this weekend resulting in an increase in thickness values. Temperatures will respond by soaring into the 90s area wide through at least early next week. Conditions will likely be dry during this time as well. Our next chance of precipitation will be around the middle of next week as another cold front moves down south and stalls out somewhere near the region. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 55
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 210 PM CDT Thu Jun 2 2022 TXZ021>044-031915- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 210 PM CDT Thu Jun 2 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible across the South Plains region overnight. The severe weather threat is low, though heavy rainfall may result in localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorms are possible across the entire area Friday and Friday night. Some storms may become severe with damaging wind gusts and large hail. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1242 AM CDT Fri Jun 3 2022
TXZ033-034-039-040-030645-
Terry TX-Hockley TX-Cochran TX-Yoakum TX-
1242 AM CDT Fri Jun 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Cochran, Terry, Hockley and eastern Yoakum Counties through 145 AM
CDT...
At 1242 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Tokio, or 12 miles east of Plains, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Levelland, Brownfield, Denver City, Sundown, Tokio, Locketville,
Whitharral, Meadow, Smyer, Whiteface, Ropesville, Wellman and Opdyke
West.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 10300 3307 10288 3328 10275 3372 10256
3378 10209 3296 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 280DEG 28KT 3322 10261
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
55The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Sundown measured severe wind gusts from 2355 CST through 2357 CST on the second. A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured at 2355 CST.
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