A complex of thunderstorms that initially developed over eastern Colorado and western Kansas around midnight, grew in size and strength as it accelerated southward across much of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles during the predawn hours. The main impact was widespread intense winds that it generated as it plunged southward.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
A complex of thunderstorms that initially developed over eastern Colorado and western Kansas around midnight, grew in size and strength as it accelerated southward across much of the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles during the predawn hours. The main impact was widespread intense winds that it generated as it plunged southward. The leading edge of the winds raced out of the southern Texas Panhandle and across the South Plains and Rolling Plains between 0630 CST and 0900 CST, lofting dust and causing damage in spots. The strongest winds were measured near Turkey (Hall County) and Matador (Motley County), where tree damage was reported. The wind also lofted copious amounts of blowing dust, creating a haboob as the leading edge of the outflow raced south and east of the South and Rolling Plains. Visibility briefly dropped very low as the initial gust front and wall of dust moved through. Farther west on the South Plains, high winds were created by the outflow boundary with no convection along this portion of the outflow. The automated surface observing system at Lubbock International Airport measured a wind gust of 64 mph. A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Anton (Hockley County) measured a wind gust of 58 mph while a mesonet near Graham (Garza County) measured a gust of 59 mph.
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 8, 5:02 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 602 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 .AVIATION... Both low CIGS and visbys have filled in at all TAF sites behind a cold front early this morning. It is unclear on how long these conditions will persist for but best guess is that they will hang on for several more hours before dissipating. There is a small chance that sub-VFR will persist for much of the day at KCDS and possibly KPVW/KLBB. Additionally, a complex of thunderstorms was moving southward through the Texas Panhandle but are expected to mostly dissipate before reaching the KCDS terminal. Although chances are not zero that they will be impacted by a storm. && .UPDATE... The forecast has been updated to reflect the possibility of a complex of thunderstorms moving into the extreme southern Texas Panhandle later this morning. Short term solutions/CAMs have been slow to pick up on this highly outflow dominant activity. Conditions will become less favorable for sustaining convection the farther south the outflow travels but still may impact the extreme southern Texas Panhandle in a few hours. Because of this, low stratus may hang on in the southern Panhandle for much of today and may possibly lead to much cooler than expected conditions. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 321 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022/ SHORT TERM... Convective chances are not too clear for this afternoon into the evening. Overnight convection in the extreme southern Texas Panhandle has mostly fizzled before reaching the South Plains with the only effect being some isolated light rain showers. Convection in the northern Texas Panhandle into southwestern Kansas will give a cold front a bonus boost this morning and is expected to push through the FA later this morning. This front will likely limit our convective chances for the rest of the day. Overall forcing will be weak with an upper ridge in close proximity to the area. Any convection will be driven primarily by daytime heating and well into eastern New Mexico into the Permian Basin in easterly upslope flow and south of the surface boundary. Steep mid level lapse rates will lead to strong instability this afternoon but strong capping will be in place north of the surface boundary which will encompass the entire FA. If any storm were to happen to propagate into the area this evening, it would have the potential to produce strong wind gusts. Otherwise, the cold front will keep low level moisture levels high and temperatures on the cool side of seasonal averages. LONG TERM... Precipitation chances tomorrow continue to dwindle as warm mid- level temperatures of ~14-15C at H70 and ~27-28C at H85 provide a formidable blockade for convection moving off the higher terrain in eastern New Mexico to overcome and move into our area. We've seen this unfold the last couple of nights and there's no reason at this point to believe it won't happen again. The expanding upper level ridge to our west on Friday will begin to slowly migrate east, as temperatures begin to approach or exceed triple digits area wide by Saturday. Breezy south-southwest winds surface winds on Sunday will see temperatures peak between 100-105F in the afternoon on the Caprock and 105-110F east of the escarpment across the Rolling Plains. A deepening trough across western CONUS will help moderate temperatures somewhat by the middle of next week, with a notable dryline possible on Tuesday. A weak signal for possible dryline convection Tuesday afternoon/evening is too low for mentioning in the official forecast at this point, so otherwise dry and hot conditions expected through the long term. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 01
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 338 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 TXZ021>044-090845- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 338 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A low chance of storms will exist across the southwest Texas Panhandle and South Plains from late this afternoon through the evening. The primary concern for any storms will be damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Excessive heat on Sunday afternoon will approach 110F across the southern Rolling Plains. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:31 UTC.
19 thunderstorm wind, 3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Happy measured severe wind gusts from 0631 CST through 0633 CST. A peak wind gust of 63 mph was measured at 0631 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Lesley measured a wind gust of 63 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Silverton measured severe wind gusts from 0659 CST through 0724 CST. A peak wind gust of 66 mph was measured at 0701 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site at Caprock Canyons State Park measured severe wind gusts from 0705 CST through 0706 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured at 0705 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Turkey measured severe wind gusts from 0710 CST through 0721 CST. A peak wind gust of 82 mph was measured at 0712 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Childress measured a wind gust of 60 mph.
The automated surface observing system at Childress Municipal Airport measured a wind gust of 58 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near South Plains measured severe wind gusts from 0714 CST through 0716 CST. A peak wind gust of 62 mph was measured at 0715 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Memphis measured a severe wind gust of 60 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Aiken measured a wind gust of 59 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Floydada measured severe wind gusts from 0732 CST through 0740 CST. A peak wind gust of 62 mph was measured at 0740 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Roaring Springs measured severe wind gusts from 0743 CST through 0749 CST. A peak wind gust of 81 mph was measured at 0744 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near McAdoo measured severe wind gusts from 0750 CST through 0804 CST. A peak wind gust of 76 was measured at 0754 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured 59 mph wind gusts from 0758 CST through 0759 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Ralls measured severe wind gusts from 0800 CST through 0803 CST. A peak wind gust of 60 mph was measured at 0803 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near White River Lake measured severe wind gusts from 0806 CST through 0808 CST. A peak wind gust of 71 was measured at 0808 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Guthrie measured severe wind gusts from 0810 CST through 0828 CST. A peak wind gust of 70 mph was measured at 0818 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Spur measured a wind gust of 62 mph.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Jayton measured a wind gust of 62 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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