On the afternoon of the ninth, scattered thunderstorms developed over the higher terrain of northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado. This complex of thunderstorms moved southeastward across the Texas Panhandle becoming a broken line of storms by the time it reached the extreme southern Texas Panhandle.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
On the afternoon of the ninth, scattered thunderstorms developed over the higher terrain of northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado. This complex of thunderstorms moved southeastward across the Texas Panhandle becoming a broken line of storms by the time it reached the extreme southern Texas Panhandle. The cool outflow from this broken line of thunderstorms that surged through the southern Texas Panhandle provided strong to severe wind gusts. While the thunderstorms were departing the region early on the tenth, a couple of decaying storms produced heat bursts. The first was near Olton (Lamb County) where a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet measured a wind gust of 61 mph along with a six Fahrenheit degree increase in temperature. At the same time, a heat burst near Childress (Childress County) caused considerable damage to a few structures. At 0045 CST on the tenth, a peak wind gust of 72 mph was measured by the Childress Municipal Airport Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS). Temperatures rapidly rose 11 Fahrenheit degrees with this wind gust along with a decrease in dew point and pressure.
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 9, 5:24 PM CST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 624 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022 .AVIATION... VFR conditions will prevail through the majority of this TAF cycle. Convection will continue to slowly move southeast towards the terminals this evening. This convection should impact both KPVW and KCDS between 04z and 07z this evening bringing the potential for northerly to northwesterly wind gusts up to 70 mph along with frequent lightning. This activity may temporarily reduce conditions at both terminals into the MVFR to IFR range due to limited visibility within heavy downpours. These thunderstorms should move east of the area by early Friday morning with light and variable winds continuing during the day on Friday. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 157 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022/ SHORT TERM... Models continue to indicate the possibility of another MCS pushing across the Texas Panhandle into the northern half of the FA later this evening into the early morning hours. Showers are beginning to develop across southcentral Colorado/northcentral New Mexico under a weakness in the upper high. Shower and thunderstorm activity is expected to increase through the afternoon as convective activity follows the upper flow east-southeastward before congealing into a MCS by the early evening. The MCS should propagate southeastward along outflow through late evening across the Texas Panhandle before reaching our far northern zones before midnight. The question remains of how far south the MCS will progress before dissipating. Storms should at least make it into the northern Rolling Plains before being outran by outflow. As with yesterday's MCS, damaging winds will be the primary threat in addition to brief heavy downpours. While localized flooding will be possible, an overall flooding threat is not expected due to the expectation of a fast moving MCS. Most if not all convection should be clear of the FA by sunrise. The upper high will build to our west over the Four Corners region. This will keep convection out of the FA thanks to northerly flow aloft. Increasing heights and thicknesses will bring hot temps to the region tomorrow with highs reaching near or over 100 area wide. LONG TERM... Good run-to-run and inter-model consistency suggest little to change in the forecast. Upper level pressure centered over Arizona and New Mexico will expand eastward and northward, likely shutting off precipitation chances through the weekend. The upper high is then expected to shift eastward allowing an upper trough over the Pacific northwest to move eastward over the northern Rockies on Monday and then out onto the northern Plains and the Prairie Provinces by Wednesday morning. The increased southwesterly mid- level flow should help sharpen the lee surface trough across eastern New Mexico/far western South Plains/Panhandle on Monday and Tuesday, and a weak cold front may move through the Panhandle Wednesday. So, a hot and dry forecast will continue. However, there are a few possible windows for storms to note. The NAM has introduced some QPF on the northeastern periphery of the upper ridge on Saturday along a low level confluence zone that is a remnant, retreating frontal/outflow boundary. The model then shifts the precip to the southeast during the overnight hours into the Rolling Plains. For now, this is a unique solution but one that is plausible and bears watch. Monday and Tuesday with the sharpening surface trough to the west is another window to consider, although model solutions are in good agreement in keeping the air mass capped. Wednesday potentially adds a weak frontal boundary to the equation, but as with the two previous days the question of cap strength remains. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && 58/51/07
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 716 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022 TXZ021>044-110030- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 716 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A line of severe thunderstorms is expected to move across the Texas Panhandle into the northern South and Rolling Plains tonight. A few swaths of damaging winds between 60 to 70 mph are likely with isolated, significant wind gusts up to 80 mph possible. Heavy rainfall will occur along the leading edge of the line, resulting in localized flash flooding, especially in low lying areas and in the canyons. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Excessive heat is possible across the southern Rolling Plains on Sunday afternoon as temperatures approach 110 degrees. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed tonight.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Lesley measured severe wind gusts from 2143 CST through 2146 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured at 2145 and 2146 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Turkey measured severe wind gusts from 2155 CST through 2156 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured at 2156 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Memphis measured severe wind gusts from 2202 CST through 2209 CST. A peak wind gust of 75 mph was measured at 2203 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Childress measured severe wind gusts from 2235 CST through 2239 CST. A peak wind gust of 60 mph was measured at 2235 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Olton measured severe wind gusts from 2350 CST through 2352 CST. A peak wind gust of 67 mph was measured at 2351 CST.
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