| Severe Thunderstorm bring lots of Wind and a little Rain 8-9 March 2019 |
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| Lubbock radar animation valid from 11:13 pm on Friday, 8 March, to 7:04 am on Saturday, 9 March 2019. |
| A powerful upper level storm system brought a little bit of rainfall and an excess of wind to the South Plains Friday night into Saturday morning (8-9 March). This system was moisture-starved, which allowed evaporation of the rainfall to enhance the winds, while limiting the rainfall. An initial band of showers developed across the South Plains and Rolling Plains Friday evening. Rain totals with this activity were very light, from a trace to a few hundredths, but the showers did provide many strong wind gusts and a couple of severe gusts. |
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| Maximum wind gusts measured by the West Texas Mesonet on 9 March 2019. The maximum sustained wind speeds can be VIEWED HERE. |
| Not to be outdone, a narrow band of showers and thunderstorms developed in eastern New Mexico late Friday evening and then raced across the Texas Panhandle and central and northern South Plains early Saturday morning. This activity generated very strong winds, with gusts of 55 to 65 mph being common. The Turkey West Texas Mesonet recorded a rogue 80 mph wind gust at 2:45 am. |
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| 48-hour radar-estimated and bias-corrected rainfall ending at 1 pm on 10 March 2019. A regional view of this same information can be FOUND HERE. Observed rain totals from the West Texas Mesonet can also be VIEWED HERE. |
| Unfortunately, the rain totals were on the light side, from a trace to a tenth of an inch. These light totals, combined with the strong and dusty winds, only managed to dirty exposed vehicles before drying back up. Gusty westerly winds continued behind the narrow band of showers and thunderstorms into the day on Saturday before gradually weakening during the afternoon hours. |
| The Preliminary Storm Reports for this first round of severe thunderstorms in 2019 are available below. |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
631 AM CST SAT MAR 09 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 S BROWNFIELD 33.15N 102.27W
03/08/2019 M59 MPH TERRY TX MESONET
0839 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 9 WSW EARTH 34.19N 102.56W
03/08/2019 M58 MPH LAMB TX MESONET
1255 AM TSTM WND GST 2 NE FRIONA 34.65N 102.69W
03/09/2019 M60 MPH PARMER TX MESONET
MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0110 AM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW MULESHOE 34.21N 102.74W
03/09/2019 M67 MPH BAILEY TX MESONET
MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0120 AM TSTM WND GST 9 WSW EARTH 34.19N 102.56W
03/09/2019 M61 MPH LAMB TX MESONET
MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0140 AM TSTM WND GST 3 N HART 34.42N 102.11W
03/09/2019 M59 MPH CASTRO TX MESONET
MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0150 AM TSTM WND GST 6 S OLTON 34.09N 102.12W
03/09/2019 M58 MPH LAMB TX MESONET
MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0155 AM TSTM WND GST 2 ENE TULIA 34.54N 101.74W
03/09/2019 M66 MPH SWISHER TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0204 AM TSTM WND GST VIGO PARK 34.65N 101.50W
03/09/2019 M65 MPH SWISHER TX MESONET
ALSO GUSTED TO 60 MPH AT 205 AM. MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS
MESONET.
0210 AM TSTM WND GST 4 S LEVELLAND 33.53N 102.36W
03/09/2019 M65 MPH HOCKLEY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0210 AM TSTM WND GST 1 S PLAINVIEW 34.18N 101.71W
03/09/2019 M62 MPH HALE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0215 AM TSTM WND GST 1 S PLAINVIEW 34.16N 101.72W
03/09/2019 M62 MPH HALE TX AWOS
0215 AM TSTM WND GST 6 SSW ANTON 33.73N 102.19W
03/09/2019 M64 MPH HOCKLEY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0225 AM TSTM WND GST 7 ESE SILVERTON 34.45N 101.19W
03/09/2019 M61 MPH BRISCOE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0229 AM TSTM WND GST 3 ENE SOUTH PLAINS 34.24N 101.26W
03/09/2019 M60 MPH FLOYD TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0230 AM TSTM WND GST 5 ENE ABERNATHY 33.88N 101.76W
03/09/2019 M62 MPH HALE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0230 AM TSTM WND GST 7 ESE SILVERTON 34.45N 101.19W
03/09/2019 M59 MPH BRISCOE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0233 AM TSTM WND GST 6 NNE LUBBOCK 33.67N 101.82W
03/09/2019 M59 MPH LUBBOCK TX ASOS
0235 AM TSTM WND GST CAPROCK CANYON SP 34.41N 101.06W
03/09/2019 M63 MPH BRISCOE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0235 AM TSTM WND GST 2 S BROWNFIELD 33.15N 102.27W
03/09/2019 M59 MPH TERRY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0240 AM TSTM WND GST 6 SSW WOLFFORTH 33.42N 102.05W
03/09/2019 M58 MPH LUBBOCK TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0241 AM TSTM WND GST 2 S LESLEY 34.65N 100.81W
03/09/2019 M66 MPH HALL TX MESONET
GUSTS OF 60 TO 66 MPH FROM 241 AM TO 245 AM. MEASURED
BY WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0245 AM TSTM WND GST 2 WSW TURKEY 34.38N 100.93W
03/09/2019 M80 MPH HALL TX MESONET
SUSTAINED 53 MPH. MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET.
0305 AM TSTM WND GST 1 S NORTHFIELD 34.27N 100.60W
03/09/2019 M60 MPH MOTLEY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0316 AM TSTM WND GST 2 W CHILDRESS 34.43N 100.28W
03/09/2019 M71 MPH CHILDRESS TX ASOS
0320 AM TSTM WND GST 6 NW WHITE RIVER LAKE 33.53N 101.17W
03/09/2019 M59 MPH CROSBY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0320 AM TSTM WND GST 2 NNE CHILDRESS 34.46N 100.20W
03/09/2019 M60 MPH CHILDRESS TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0325 AM TSTM WND GST 6 NW WHITE RIVER LAKE 33.53N 101.17W
03/09/2019 M67 MPH CROSBY TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
0344 AM TSTM WND GST 2 SSE HACKBERRY 33.90N 100.13W
03/09/2019 M60 MPH COTTLE TX MESONET
WEST TEXAS MESONET
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EVENT NUMBER LUB1900086 LUB1900087 LUB1900088 LUB1900089 LUB1900090
LUB1900091 LUB1900092 LUB1900093 LUB1900094 LUB1900095 LUB1900096
LUB1900097 LUB1900098 LUB1900099 LUB1900106 LUB1900100 LUB1900101
LUB1900103 LUB1900102 LUB1900104 LUB1900105 LUB1900108 LUB1900107
LUB1900109 LUB1900110 LUB1900111 LUB1900112 LUB1900113 LUB1900114
Shortly before 1 AM CST, a squall line raced east across the far
southern Panhandle and northern South Plains at speeds up to 60 mph,
with isolated to scattered showers and storms farther south. Numerous
severe wind gusts of 58 mph or more accompanied these storms, with a
peak gust to 80 mph measured at a West Texas mesonet station near
Turkey.
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