Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed well out ahead of an upper level storm system in northern Mexico on the afternoon of the 24th. Late in the evening on the 24th through early in the morning on the 25th, these storms congealed into a broken line as they moved across the South Plains.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed well out ahead of an upper level storm system in northern Mexico on the afternoon of the 24th. Late in the evening on the 24th through early in the morning on the 25th, these storms congealed into a broken line as they moved across the South Plains. A portion of the line became severe as it moved over the southern portion of the city of Lubbock (Lubbock County) producing a severe wind gust of 68 mph.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site on the south side of Lubbock measured a wind gust of 68 mph.
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