A weak dryline formed during the day of the 30th and mixed eastward to the edge of the caprock. Convergence along the dryline, a weak short wave trough, and very hot temperatures contributed to convective initiation by mid-afternoon across the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle and northern Rolling Plains.
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The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.
A weak dryline formed during the day of the 30th and mixed eastward to the edge of the caprock. Convergence along the dryline, a weak short wave trough, and very hot temperatures contributed to convective initiation by mid-afternoon across the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle and northern Rolling Plains. Storms repeatedly trained over Hall County producing intermittent severe winds gusts near Lesley (Hall County) for over an hour. Late in the afternoon additional thunderstorms developed in eastern New Mexico in the drier air and moved eastward into the South Plains. A very dry sub cloud layer allowed these storms to produce several severe wind gusts as they marched eastward towards the Interstate 27/US Highway 87 corridor. By the time storms reached Lubbock County late in the evening, they were moving very slowly which produced heavy rainfall over the city of Lubbock (Lubbock County). Numerous city roads on the south side of the city of Lubbock were inundated with water.
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 30, 11:08 AM CST, 3 hours earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1208 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1157 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 - Scattered thunderstorms remain expected today, generally along and west of I-27. A few storms may become severe. - Storm chances continue Wednesday evening. - Hot and dry conditions will prevail late in the week and into the weekend, followed by a slight cooldown with overnight rain chances. && .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Wednesday) Issued at 1157 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 An upper trough continues to pivot across the west while a strong upper ridge remains in place over the eastern US. A southerly plume of moisture will again be advected into the region through the afternoon. The pattern looks almost identical as yesterday with much of the shortwave activity and low-level wind shear ahead of the aforementioned trough not occurring until the evening hours. CAMs again indicate convective development near the TX/NM border before gradually moving northeastward through the evening. Much of it should remain along and west of I-27 where the greatest forcing and moisture parameters will be present. A few storms could become severe producing strong winds and up to quarter sized hail. These should taper off by early Wednesday morning. Mostly cloudy skies and elevated southerly winds will keep lows mild overnight, ranging from the mid 60s to mid 70s. Subtle upper height falls during the day as the ridge to the east weakens will bring highs down to near 90 on the Caprock, however highs off the Caprock will remain in the mid-to- upper 90s. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday night through next Monday) Issued at 1157 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 Isolated thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday night into Thursday morning as daytime heating and moisture will allow for some convective initiation, mostly in the western half of the forecast area. Following this, rising height values associated with the high pressure system to our east will gradually increase high temperatures and decrease humidity throughout the week and into the weekend, with temperatures in the high 90s and dry conditions expected on the 4th of July. Temperatures will decrease slightly post-Independence day, but still remain well into the 90s each afternoon. There exists a chance for overnight showers early next week, though the amount of rain is uncertain. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1157 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible at KPVW and KLBB later this evening, however confidence is not high enough to include in the TAFs. Breezy southerly winds will persist outside of strong and erratic winds within any thunderstorms. VFR will continue. && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...19 LONG TERM....RMS AVIATION...19
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1209 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 TXZ021>044-011715- Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 1209 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling Plains, and the far Southern Texas Panhandle. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms remain possible from late this afternoon through this evening, mainly along and west of I-27. Some of these storms may become severe and will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph quarter sized hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Thunderstorm chances will continue Wednesday afternoon and evening, especially for areas on the Caprock. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:05 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Lesley measured severe wind gusts from 1408 CST through 1419 CST. A peak gust of 73 mph was measured at 1411 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Lesley measured severe wind gusts from 1455 CST through 1521 CST. A peak gust of 69 mph was measured at 1521 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Brownfield measured severe wind gusts of 61 mph from 1912 CST through 1913 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Olton measured severe wind gusts from 1955 CST through 1958 CST with a peak gust of 69 mph at 1955 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Reese Center measured a wind gust to 68 mph at 2001 CST. At 2032 CST, an off duty NWS employee reported that several power poles were blown over south of Wolfforth.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hart measured severe wind gusts from 2003 CST through 2005 CST. A peak gust of 64 mph was measured at 2003 CST.
A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Brownfield measured severe wind gusts from 2006 CST through 2011 CST. A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured at 2008 CST.
A slow moving complex of thunderstorms moved over the city of Lubbock late in the evening on the 30th. Rain fall across the city of Lubbock was on the order of up to two inches per hour over a short time frame. Several reports were received of standing water over numerous roads throughout the southern portion of the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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