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Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week's end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northern Gulf Coast from the western Florida Panhandle to southeastern Louisiana through tonight. Read More >

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

1033 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 ENE MORTON            33.73N 102.74W
12/30/2010  M65 MPH          COCHRAN            TX   MESONET

0719 PM     WILDFIRE         7 W LEVELLAND           33.58N 102.49W
12/30/2010  E2000 ACRE       HOCKLEY            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            DOWNED POWER LINES CREATED A WILDFIRE APPROXIMATELY 7
            MILES WEST OF LEVELLAND THAT CONSUMED ROUGHLY 2000 ACRES
            OF GRASSLAND. NO STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. START TIME IS
            ESTIMATED.

0719 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 W LEVELLAND           33.58N 102.49W
12/30/2010                   HOCKLEY            TX   FOREST SERVICE

            AT LEAST FOUR POWER POLES SNAPPED. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.

0720 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSW MULESHOE          34.20N 102.74W
12/30/2010  M58 MPH          BAILEY             TX   MESONET

0735 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NE AMHERST            34.02N 102.40W
12/30/2010  M76 MPH          LAMB               TX   MESONET

0750 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 S OLTON               34.09N 102.14W
12/30/2010  M59 MPH          LAMB               TX   MESONET