| Large hail and torrential rain fall in Lubbock and nearby communities 24 June 2019 |
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| Hail that fell near 82nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Lubbock on Monday evening (24 June 2019). The picture is courtesy of Dee Murdock and Nick Kraynok. | |
| A returning warm front brought an increase in heat and humidity through the day on Monday, June 24th. This combination resulted in the development of strong instability that would fuel intense thunderstorms by the evening across the South Plains. | |
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| Lubbock WSR-88D loop valid from 6:36 pm to 8:13 pm on 24 June 2019. Regional radar animation this evening can be found at: 5:08 pm to 6:18 pm on 24 June; and 8:18 pm to 9:28 pm on 24 June. | |
| Scattered strong and severe thunderstorms initially developed over the Permian Basin during the afternoon hours. One of these thunderstorms, an anticyclonic supercell, raced northward into the south-central South Plains during the evening. In advance of this storm, another storm developed over Lubbock and quickly became severe before splitting into two storms, one which moved northeast and another that moved southeast. Both storms became very intense, throwing baseball size hail and larger. | |
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| The Monday evening storm downed a wind turbine near Petersburg. The picture was taken by David Hipolito. | |
| The largest hail, baseball to softball size, fell southwest of Tahoka, in Wilson, in Slaton and east of New Deal. Many other locations in and around Lubbock recorded quarter to golf ball size hail during several rounds of hail. The north-most storm also generated very strong winds and toppled a newly installed wind turbine near Petersburg. | |
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| Large hail that fell in New Deal (left) and Wilson (right) on Monday evening. The pictures are courtesy of Jacob Riley and Eddie Castanon (right). | |
| As the storms moved away from Lubbock, the setting sun did make for a picturesque sky, though the damage was done. | |
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| Picture captured from the Overton in Lubbock just after sunset Monday, 24 June 2019. The view of the departing severe thunderstorm is courtesy of KAMC. | |
| Not to be forgotten, the slow moving and merging storms over Lubbock produced torrential rainfall in spots. The heaviest rain was concentrated over the southern part of Lubbock. The National Weather Service Office, located in the Science Spectrum, recorded 2.08 inches of rain, most of which fell in less than an hour. This resulted in extensive street flooding. The heaviest rain was relatively limited though, as the official observation located at the airport on the north side of town only recorded two tenth of an inch of rain. | |
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| 24-hour radar-estimated and bias-corrected precipitation, ending at 7 am on 25 June 2019. | |
| A listing of the preliminary storm reports for this active Monday evening can be found below. | |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
203 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM HAIL 7 SW TAHOKA 33.09N 101.88W
06/24/2019 E2.75 INCH LYNN TX EMERGENCY MNGR
0650 PM HAIL 7 SW LUBBOCK 33.50N 101.96W
06/24/2019 E1.50 INCH LUBBOCK TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0650 PM HAIL 5 SW LUBBOCK 33.52N 101.95W
06/24/2019 E1.50 INCH LUBBOCK TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0655 PM HAIL 3 WSW LUBBOCK SOUTH PLA 33.52N 101.97W
06/24/2019 M1.25 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN HALF DOLLAR HAIL NEAR QUINCY AND
82ND STREET IN LUBBOCK
0658 PM HAIL TAHOKA 33.16N 101.79W
06/24/2019 E1.75 INCH LYNN TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0658 PM HAIL LUBBOCK 33.58N 101.88W
06/24/2019 E1.25 INCH LUBBOCK TX PUBLIC
REPORTED ON THE 5500 BLOCK OF 100TH ST. IN LUBBOCK.
0702 PM HAIL 8 W LUBBOCK 33.58N 102.01W
06/24/2019 E1.75 INCH LUBBOCK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE AT
MILWAUKEE AND 43RD.
0714 PM HAIL 2 SSE BROADVIEW 33.61N 101.91W
06/24/2019 M1.00 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
HAIL RANGING FROM DIME TO SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN QUARTER
AT ERSKINE AND NORTH LOOP 289 IN LUBBOCK
0720 PM HAIL WILSON 33.32N 101.73W
06/24/2019 E3.00 INCH LYNN TX SOCIAL MEDIA
LARGE HAIL NOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
0720 PM HAIL 1 NNW WEST END PLACE 33.59N 101.96W
06/24/2019 M1.25 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL MEASURED AT 4TH STREET
AND MILWAUKEE AVENUE
0721 PM HAIL TEXAS TECH UNIV. 33.58N 101.86W
06/24/2019 E1.00 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
ONE INCH HAIL AT CARPENTER WELLS RESIDENCE HALL
0722 PM HAIL LUBBOCK 33.58N 101.88W
06/24/2019 E1.50 INCH LUBBOCK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
KLBB OBSERVER REPORTS PING PONG SIZE HAIL AT THE
AIRPORT.
0725 PM HAIL 3 SSE LUBBOCK 33.53N 101.86W
06/24/2019 M1.00 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
HAIL NEAR SOUTH LOOP 289 AND AVENUE U
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW LUBBOCK 33.53N 101.88W
06/24/2019 LUBBOCK TX NWS OFFICE
LARGE TREE BRANCH BROKEN OFF INTO PARKING LOT OF NWS
OFFICE
0730 PM HAIL 2 SSW LUBBOCK SOUTH PLA 33.50N 101.93W
06/24/2019 E1.50 INCH LUBBOCK TX PUBLIC
PING PONG SIZE HAIL NEAR 98TH STREET AND CHICAGO IN
LUBBOCK.
0732 PM HAIL LUBBOCK 33.58N 101.88W
06/24/2019 E1.00 INCH LUBBOCK TX EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 62ND ST AND KNOXVILLE.
0735 PM HAIL BUFFALO SPRINGS 33.53N 101.71W
06/24/2019 E1.50 INCH LUBBOCK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0739 PM HAIL SLATON 33.44N 101.64W
06/24/2019 E2.75 INCH LUBBOCK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT SLATON AIRPORT.
0745 PM HAIL 3 NW WOODROW 33.48N 101.88W
06/24/2019 E1.75 INCH LUBBOCK TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0745 PM HAIL LUBBOCK 33.58N 101.88W
06/24/2019 E1.00 INCH LUBBOCK TX PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT QUAKER AND 114TH ST.
0750 PM HAIL NEW DEAL 33.73N 101.84W
06/24/2019 M2.75 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER PICTURE OF MEASURED HAIL 2.75" IN DIAMETER
0755 PM HAIL 3 W BURRIS 33.52N 101.82W
06/24/2019 E2.75 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0759 PM HAIL 7 E NEW DEAL 33.73N 101.72W
06/24/2019 E3.00 INCH LUBBOCK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0801 PM HAIL 1 NE DOUD 33.56N 101.92W
06/24/2019 M1.00 INCH LUBBOCK TX SOCIAL MEDIA
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 34TH AND SLIDE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0826 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 NW PETERSBURG 33.96N 101.71W
06/24/2019 HALE TX SOCIAL MEDIA
DESTROYED WIND TURBINE RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR, PEAK WIND ON LOWEST SCAN 80
MPH.
0833 PM HAIL PETERSBURG 33.87N 101.60W
06/24/2019 E2.75 INCH HALE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
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