NWS Lubbock, TX, April 17, 2007 Hail and Tornado Event

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

338 PM CDT WED APR 18 2007

...UPDATED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOOON...

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

1150 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NE PLAINVIEW          34.22N 101.69W
04/17/2007                   HALE               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE REPORTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 400 AND 788. NO EVIDENCE OF
            TORNADO TOUCH DOWN. EVENT DURATION 1150-1205PM.

0125 PM     TORNADO          5 NNW SHALLOWATER       33.76N 102.03W
04/17/2007                   LUBBOCK            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF AN INTERMITTENT TORNADO BETWEEN
            ROUNDUP AND SHALLOWATER. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. EVENT
            DURATION 125-135PM.

0140 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/17/2007  E1.00 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN
            SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK. MULTIPLE REPORTS. EVENT DURATION
            140-150PM.

0140 PM     TORNADO          2 WNW SLATON            33.45N 101.67W
04/17/2007                   LUBBOCK            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A TORNADO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN OPEN FIELDS BY A LOCAL
            BROADCAST MEDIA AFFILIATE. EVENT DURATION 140-150PM.

0144 PM     HAIL             IDALOU                  33.66N 101.68W
04/17/2007  E1.50 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0157 PM     TORNADO          2 SW COTTON CENTER      33.97N 102.02W
04/17/2007                   HALE               TX   PUBLIC

            A TORNADO UPROOTED TWO LARGE TREES AND DAMAGED A CENTER
            PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

0200 PM     TORNADO          LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/17/2007                   LUBBOCK            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR UNIVERSITY AND
            KENT...AND NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 84 AND QUAKER IN LUBBOCK. A
            WALL PANEL WAS BLOWN OFF OF A LARGE MEDAL BUILDING AND
            TREE LIMBS WERE BROKEN. EVENT DURATION 200-203PM.

0203 PM     TORNADO          3 ESE LUBBOCK INT. AIRP 33.64N 101.77W
04/17/2007                   LUBBOCK            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED A 50 YARD WIDE
            TORNADO IN OPEN FIELDS JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF
            U.S. HIGHWAY 62/82 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1729. NO
            DAMAGE REPORTED. EVENT DURATION 203-204PM.

0205 PM     TORNADO          11 SSW FRIONA           34.49N 102.80W
04/17/2007                   PARMER             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS OF A TORNADO
            NEAR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. FUNNEL VISIBILE BETWEEN
            200-215PM...BUT TORNADO TOUCH DOWN WAS BRIEF. NO DAMAGE
            REPORTED.

0221 PM     HAIL             7 NW POST               33.26N 101.47W
04/17/2007  E0.88 INCH       GARZA              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS COVERED THE GROUND ALONG
            U.S. HIGHWAY 84 NORTHWEST OF POST. SNOW PLOWS WERE USED
            TO CLEAR UP TO 5 INCH HAIL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE
            HIGHWAY.

0230 PM     TORNADO          10 N POST               33.34N 101.38W
04/17/2007                   GARZA              TX   PUBLIC

            THE PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHED A BRIEF TORNADO OVER OPEN
            COUNTRY. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

0242 PM     HAIL             12 N POST               33.36N 101.38W
04/17/2007  E0.75 INCH       GARZA              TX   PUBLIC

PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF STORM REPORTS FOLLOWING 4/17/2007. 
REPORTS ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY/NEAR REAL-TIME REPORTS AND SUBJECT
TO CHANGE AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS GATHERED.

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