Another round of thunderstorms developed across the Texas South Plains region late in the afternoon on Easter, with the activity increasing in the evening and continuing much of the night. Several of these storms became severe dropping large hail and locally heavy rain, with various storm motions noted. Hail up to the size of tennis balls was reported across portions of Swisher County with the most intense storm that also produced a funnel cloud. Very heavy rain also caused some flooding across Terry and Lynn Counties where storms trained over the area. Check the Local Storm Report summary below to see all the severe weather reports obtained by our office.
The image below highlights some of the areas that received heavy rainfall from the thunderstorm activity. The dark red to purple and bright blue areas indicate radar-estimated rainfall around three to four inches. The Co-op station in Brownfield reported 3.37 inches of rain. Check the daily temperature and precipitation summary below for more rainfall totals across the area.
In addition to the wind and hail, the West Texas Mesonet site just north of Childress captured a Heat Burst as the activity was winding down during the early morning hours of the 17th. At 4 am the temperature jumped to 81°, the RH plummeted and shortly thereafter the wind changed direction and gusted to 30 mph. The heatburst is easily visible in the graph below:
Below are two images taken by the new GOES-16 satellite. Click on the images to view a large version. The image on the left is taken from a visible channel and shows the severe thunderstorm complex over the southern South Plains. The image on the right is from an infra-red channel and shows the severe storms near Caprock Canyons State Park late Sunday night. The GOES-16 data is considered experimental and not operational at this time.
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| GOES-16 Satellite images from 4/16/2017. Left: Visible satellite image at 7 pm CDT, Right: Infrared image at 11 pm CDT. click on the images to view large versions. | |
A listing of the preliminary local storm report and the COOP precipitation (and temperatures) can be found below.
DAILY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
924 AM CDT MON APR 17 2017
THE FOLLOWING DATA ARE FOR THE PREVIOUS 24 HRS (8AM - 8AM)
HIGHS TYPICALLY FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY. LOW CAN BE EITHER DAY.
7-8AM
24 HOUR TODAY 24HR SNOW SNOW
LOCATION HI LOW 7-8AM PCPN FALL DEPTH
Abernathy 84 52 53 0.07
Aspermont 84 59 59 0.03
Big Spring AWOS 83 58 58
Brownfield 86 50 50 3.37
Childress 84 59 59 0.31
Childress ASOS 82 60 61 0.28
Crosbyton 84 54 54
Denver City 86 53 53
Dimmitt 78 47 47
Floydada 84 55 55 T
Friona 80 47 48
Guthrie 85 57 57
Hart 80 46 49
Jayton 87 59 59
Lamesa 83 52 52
Lake Alan Henry M M M M
Levelland 83 52 52 0.04
Littlefield 5SE 86 48 50
Lubbock 84 52 53 T
Matador 82 54 60 M
Memphis 81 60 60 T
Morton 86 52 53
Muleshoe 82 44 48
Muleshoe Refuge M M M
Olton 83 51 51 T
Paducah 82 58 61
Paducah 15S (Grow) 81 59 60
Plainview Wtr Plnt 83 52 52 0.30
Plainview Dly Hrld 85 53 54 0.32
Plains 87 50 53
Post 87 55 56 1.15
Silverton 81 49 56 1.09
Snyder 81 58 59
Spur 83 54 54 0.03
Tahoka 85 53 54 1.12
Tulia 80 49 49 0.18
Turkey 85 54 59 0.60
Vigo Park 82 58 59 0.38
White River Lake 82 55 58
AUTOMATED STATIONS HIGH LOW 7AM RAIN
Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge 83 42 50
Caprock Canyons State Park RAWS 84 54 56 0.99
Jayton RAWS 83 59 59
The following mesonet data show 24hr highs and lows
and precipitation 8am-8am.
Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet...
24-HR 8AM 8AM-8AM
HI LOW
Abernathy 5NE 84 52 53 0.07
Aiken 3WSW 85 51 54 0.18
Amarillo 7SSE 79 46 51
Amarillo 9NNE 80 46 48
Amarillo 15NNW 79 50 51
Amherst 1NE 83 48 51
Andrews 2NE 86 54 56 0.06
Anton 6S 85 50 54
Aspermont 3NE 85 59 61 0.03
BBNP Persimmon Gap 91 54 58 0.95
Big Lake 1WNW 79 55 55 0.09
Bootleg 11WNW 77 45 52
Boys Ranch 1WSW 75 48 51
Brownfield 2S 84 54 57 0.78
Canadian 6E 80 56 56 0.22
Caprock Canyons 84 51 54 1.23
Childress 2NNE 82 59 60 0.56
Clarendon 2WSW 82 49 55
Claude 12SW 81 50 52 0.14
Clyde 2WNW 77 63 63
Coyanosa 92 55 56
Crowell 1E 82 60 60
Dell City 1N 89 42 46
Denver City 7W 86 49 52
Dimmitt 2NE 78 48 50
Dora NM 2SW 82 51 54
Dozier 2W 81 60 62
Floydada 2NE 84 50 51 0.09
Fluvanna 3W 82 56 58
Fort Chadborne M M M M
Fort Lancaster 82 56 57
Fort Lewis CO 66 33 40
Fort McKavett 79 56 56 0.30
Friona 2NE 76 46 48
Gail 2SE 84 53 55
Goodlett 3W 83 58 61 0.04
Goodnight 84 50 54 0.18
Graham 5SW 82 54 57 0.76
Guadalupe N.P. 80 48 49
Guthrie 10W 83 58 60
Hart 3N 82 48 50
Haskell 1NW 81 62 62 0.33
Hereford 2NW 76 47 50
Hobbs NM 5NW 89 55 56
Jayton 1S 82 58 59
Junction 1SSW 81 58 60 0.06
Knox City 3NW 82 58 59
Lake Alan Henry 1NW 85 56 58 0.41
Lamesa 2SE 83 53 54
Levelland 4S 83 49 53
Lomax 1SSE 86 57 57 0.05
Lubbock (TX Tech) 84 51 53
Lubbock (Reese Ctr) 82 50 52
McLean 1E 80 58 60
Memphis 1NE 81 59 60
Menard 2NWE 77 58 59 0.02
Mertzon 3NNE 79 55 56 0.04
Morton 1NE 85 53 55
Muleshoe 2S 82 44 48
New Home 84 51 52 0.07
Northfield 1S 83 57 58 0.87
O`Donnell 1N 83 53 54 0.03
Olton 6S 83 49 50 0.18
Odell 4ENE 81 60 64
Paducah 10SW 82 59 60
Palo Duro Canyon Rim 82 51 53 0.21
Palo Duro Cnyn Floor 87 52 52 0.32
Pampa 2E 81 52 53
Panhandle 1SSW 80 49 55
Plains 3N 86 51 54
Plainview 1S 83 51 54 0.28
Post 1NE 84 56 58 0.92
Ralls 1SE 81 53 54
Roaring Springs 3N 82 54 60 0.03
San Angelo 7NW 79 57 58
Seagraves 1SW 85 53 57
Seminole 2N 87 52 54
Seymour 3NW 82 60 64
Sierra Blanca 1SSE 86 56 56
Silverton 7E 83 50 53 0.90
Slaton 2NE 81 52 54 0.03
Snyder 3E 84 57 59
Snyder 3SSW (WTC) 82 57 59
Spur 1W 82 55 55 0.02
Stamford 5ESE 83 61 64 0.01
St Lawrence 5SW 84 55 56 0.08
Sterling City 4WNW 82 56 58 0.02
Sundown 8SW 85 49 53 0.03
Sweetwater 11SW 80 58 59
Tahoka 3NE 84 51 55 0.61
Tarzan 2WNW 86 56 56 0.08
Tatum NM 2SW 86 48 51
Throckmorton 1SW 82 63 65
Tulia 2NE 82 48 51 0.11
Turkey 2WSW 84 54 56 0.98
Umbarger 3NNE 78 47 51
Vigo Park 82 46 53 0.38
Wall 1E 82 58 59 0.22
Weinert 2NNE 84 59 62
Welch 86 55 57
White River Lk 6NW 83 56 59
Wolfforth 6SW 83 52 53 0.01
SUPPLEMENTAL PRECIPITATION..
Childress USDA (Childress Cnty) 0.31
Childress 7NW (Childress Cnty) 1.95
Dodson 5S (Childress Cnty) M
Kirkland 1W (Childress Cnty) M
Dumont (NW King County) M
Floydada 9SE (Floyd County) 0.02
Flomot 2E (NW Motley County) 0.08
Flomot 4NE (NW Motley County) 0.22
Lubbock 9N (Lubbock County) 0.04
Lubbock 7WSW (77TH NR Iola) M
Lubbock 7SW (90TH NR Slide) 0.03
Lubbock 7SW #2 (103RD NR Slide) M
Northfield (NE Motley County) 0.71
Roaring Springs (Motley County) T
Ropesville 6NNW(Hockley County) 0.29
Shallowater (Lubbock County) 0.04
Slaton (Lubbock County) T
Tell 3S (Childress Cnty) 0.75
Woodrow 3W (154th & Indiana) M
..Automated USGS RAIN-ONLY Gauges..
Brice 6SW (Hall County) 0.77
Childress 10N(Childress County) 0.02
Justiceburg(Garza County) 0.45
Lake Alan Henry (Garza County) 0.35
Mackenzie Lake (Briscoe County) 1.36
Wayside (Armstrong County) 0.08
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