Isolated thunderstorms that formed late in the afternoon and evening of the 11th persisted into the early morning hours of the 12th as they moved across the Rolling Plains. One of these storms produced wind damage in far northeastern Childress County underneath a very dry sub-cloud layer.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms that formed late in the afternoon and evening of the 11th persisted into the early morning hours of the 12th as they moved across the Rolling Plains. One of these storms produced wind damage in far northeastern Childress County underneath a very dry sub-cloud layer. Several power poles were snapped as well as a tipped over center pivot irrigation system.
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 Aug 11, 11:23 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1223 AM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Saturday) Issued at 237 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 A typical summertime like pattern will continue today and tomorrow. An upper level ridge centered over southeastern Texas will not budge much over the next 24 hours or so. Heights will be increasing over West Texas at the same time so the area will be void of any large scale lift to support storm development. A weak surface trough will be draped from northeast to southwest across the area this afternoon but convergence looks to be fairly weak along this boundary. Mid- level moisture will continue to linger overhead which will be the main driver of any convection today and tomorrow. A very deeply mixed boundary layer was in place today under very hot conditions. The deep mixing will lead to a relatively low amount of instability and high based convection. CAM guidance continues to be in good agreement in showing isolated storms later this afternoon. With the inverted-V type soundings, any storm will be capable of producing strong wind gusts. Fairly similar conditions are expected to unfold on Saturday. A very deeply mixed boundary layer will again develop under very hot surface temperatures. A rex block will begin to form along the west coast on Saturday as heights continue to climb locally. Mid-level moisture will still be riding around the periphery of the ridge and bend into the area from the west. The surface pressure trough will be located across eastern New Mexico on Saturday afternoon. So, high based isolated convection is again likely to form but may be focused more in eastern New Mexico into the southwestern Texas Panhandle. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday night through next Thursday) Issued at 237 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 Temperatures on Sunday remain well above normal despite the increased boundary layer moisture and precip chances. Overnight Sunday into early Monday will see the western portion of the persistent ridge begin to flatten and a bonafide surface cold front, extending from a deepening low over the Great Lakes, push south through our area by mid-morning. Precipitation chances mostly favor locations on the Caprock as the front moves through, where the surface moisture and frontal lift coincides with a modest fetch of midlevel monsoon moisture. Temperatures on Monday and Tuesday will be at or below normal seasonal values, before jumping back up to or near triple digits once again for the remainder of the work week in most locations across our area. No significant pattern change looks likely into the extended as another blocking pattern sets up across the CONUS, with high pressure over our area, and a tropical system brewing in the southeast Pacific. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1221 AM CDT Sat Aug 12 2023 Continuing VFR at all TAF sites. Scattered TSRA to the west and south of CDS will continue through the early overnight hours while remaining clear of PVW and LBB. LLWS also expected to persist at all sites through daybreak with modest southwest surface winds expected on Saturday. Check/monitor density altitude. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....55 AVIATION...30
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 905 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 TXZ021>044-130215- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 905 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the South Plains tonight. Some storms may be capable of producing locally strong wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a chance for thunderstorms mainly across the extreme southern Panhandle and western South Plains Saturday through Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated thunderstorm produced extensive wind damage in rural northeastern Childress County near the intersection of US Highway 62 and Farm to Market Road 1642. Several power poles were snapped and a center pivot irrigation system was overturned.
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