A second consecutive day of isolated dryline storms occurred late on the afternoon of the 13th in the absence of a large scale storm system. One of these storms became severe as it moved over central Stonewall County producing a wind gusts up to 66 mph.
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A second consecutive day of isolated dryline storms occurred late on the afternoon of the 13th in the absence of a large scale storm system. One of these storms became severe as it moved over central Stonewall County producing a wind gusts up to 66 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 Apr 13, 5:26 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 626 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 623 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 - Fire weather concerns today and again on Tuesday west of a dryline. - Daily chances for showers and thunderstorms, some severe, are possible Tuesday through Friday, mainly off the Caprock. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 1233 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 A quiet afternoon was well underway after yesterday's round of spotty storms. Regional obs at noon showed the dryline was becoming better defined from just east of Childress down to Lake Alan Henry, but this shallow moisture will soon depart our forecast area ahead of breezy SW winds and deeper mixing. Although background ascent is largely muted this afternoon in SW flow, convective temps and/or any stronger dryline circulations could promote very isolated storms just S-E of Stonewall County. A richer and deeper influx of gulf moisture ensues tonight all the while the dryline retreats to near a Brownfield-Lubbock-Silverton line. Sizable CAPE above the nocturnal inversion looks difficult to tap into given neutral ascent in this layer, but we'll keep a sliver of 20 PoPs in/around Stonewall County overnight as a few CAMs support elevated convection with assistance from a 40 knot LLJ and modest isentropic ascent. NBM's PoPs were too generous in coverage and amounts overnight, so these were scaled lower. Tuesday's dryline is likely to mix off the Caprock and stall somewhere in our eastern zones thanks to thicker moisture and backed winds unfolding in the moist sector. These more southerly surface winds are in response to pressure falls farther west preceding an upper trough. As this trough lifts across the Four Corners on Tuesday, southwest winds at 500 mb tick up from about 40 knots today to 65 knots by noon Tuesday in concert with steady height falls. A fair bit of mid and high clouds will accompany this stronger flow, but should not hinder convective temps much as the EML is not progged to strengthen much, if any. So the pros outweigh the cons for a more active dryline Tuesday afternoon off the Caprock. Severe prospects, including a few supercells, are in play given up to 2000 J/kg of SBCAPE embedded with 40 knots of 0-6 km bulk shear. One positive consideration is that storm modes will be swift to the northeast which should keep our severe concerns limited to the first few hours following initiation. West of the dryline, another breezy and very warm afternoon awaits. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday night through next Sunday) Issued at 1233 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 Any remaining convection across the Rolling Plains late Tuesday night should be well east of the FA by sunrise Wednesday. The dryline will remain over the eastern Rolling Plains by sunrise Wednesday before pushing eastward as an upper shortwave trough moves over the region. This should help to keep most if not all convection east of the FA Wednesday afternoon and evening. An upper low will travel from the Pacific Northwest Wednesday southeastward to the Central Rockies by Friday morning. A surface lee low is progged to develop ahead of the upper low/trough late Thursday, allowing for breezy conditions to develop area wide. This will be further enhanced as a cold front begins pushing southward Friday afternoon and evening as the upper low/trough pushes eastward towards the Central Plains. A dryline is expected to precede the cold front, with the cold front moving south of the FA by late Saturday morning. Both the dryline and cold front are expected to be dry at this point, though critical to near extreme fire weather danger will be possible behind the dryline due to windy and dry conditions. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 623 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 Relatively strong southwest winds will continue for a few more hours this evening before weakening slightly after sunset. Some transient LLWS is possible overnight mainly at KCDS, but with magnitudes expected to be too weak for TAF mention. Surface winds will then increase once again by mid-morning Tuesday. Some MVFR stratus will also likely develop Tuesday morning, but should remain south of the TAF sites. VFR is expected to prevail otherwise. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 1233 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 A critical fire weather danger continues through 8 PM this evening for the far southwest TX Panhandle and northern South Plains. Southwest winds here of 20 to 25 mph with some gusts near 40 mph will push RFTIs up to 4 and 5. A bit less wind for Tuesday will support similar fire concerns for the same areas while locations off the Caprock face chances for afternoon and evening storms. A Fire Weather Watch remains in effect for portions of the South Plains and far southern TX Panhandle on Tuesday afternoon and evening. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning until 8 PM CDT this evening for TXZ021>024- 027>029. Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening for TXZ021>031-033>036-039-040. && SHORT TERM...93 LONG TERM....51 AVIATION...30
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1110 AM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 TXZ021>044-141615- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1110 AM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A Red Flag Warning is in effect for the far southwestern Texas Panhandle and northern Plains from noon until 8 PM CDT. A few thunderstorms with hail to quarter size are possible tonight in and near Stonewall County. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect from 12 PM CDT Tuesday through 8 PM CDT Tuesday. More fire weather concerns return Wednesday through Friday across portions of the far southern Texas Panhandle and South Plains. Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon and evening and will continue each evening thereafter through Friday, mainly off the Caprock. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Aspermont measured severe wind gusts from 1902 CST through 1903 CST. A peak gust of 66 mph was measured at 1902 CST.
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