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| Giant hail (3.5" diameter) that fell just southeast of Memphis, Texas, late Tuesday afternoon (31 May 2022). The picture is courtesy of Randy Jennings. | |||||
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The final day of May brought a return of rich Gulf moisture to West Texas, more typical of humidity levels usually found well downstate. The abundant moisture, in combination with strong daytime heating, provided the fuel for robust thunderstorm development along and quasi-stationary front located across the southern Texas Panhandle late Tuesday afternoon (31 May 2022). |
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Strong instability and moderate wind shear allowed the storms which formed to quickly become severe and gain mid-level rotation. The rotating t-storms were efficient at generating hail, including very large hail at times. Several locations near Memphis and Tulia reported hail as large 3 to 3.5 inches in diameter. The giant hail, bigger than baseballs, busted windshields on numerous vehicles on Highway 287 just southeast of Memphis. |
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| "RGB-True Color" 1-minute satellite imagery valid from 6:07 to 6:28 pm on 31 May 2022. | |||||
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The above satellite imagery shows thunderstorms erupting along the frontal zone from southeastern Kansas into western Oklahoma and the southern Texas Panhandle. Storm also fired across the higher terrain of Far West Texas, but clouds failed to grow to "storm status" along the dryline which extended from north-to-south over the central and western South Plains. |
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| Wildfire that started near Memphis Tuesday evening (31 May 2022). The picture is courtesy of Victor Gensini. | |||||
| Early on, lightning likely ignited a fire near Memphis. However, the rain and hail that followed helped suppress the fire shortly thereafter. Intense storms developed westward into the south-central Texas Panhandle through the early evening, then continued to train eastward over the southeast Texas Panhandle and eventually the northern Rolling Plains through the evening and early morning. | |||||
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| Lubbock WSR-88D radar animation valid from midnight to 6:00 am on 1 June 2022. | |||||
| The intense and excessive rainfall flooded out a number of roadways across the southeast Texas Panhandle, including in and around Memphis. Below is what remains of portions of FM 2472 southwest of Memphis. | |||||
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| Washed out road in Hall County southwest of Memphis (FM 2472) Wednesday morning (1 June 2022). The image is courtesy of Childress TXDOT. | |||||
| On the positive side, the thunderstorms dropped widespread significant rain. Many locations from Plainview eastward to north of Paducah to Wellington received over an inch of rain, with several spots seeing 3+ inches. Officially Childress recorded 1.18 inches, while over 3 inches were measured at the Aiken, Memphis, Goodlett and Odell West Texas Mesonet sites. | |||||
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| Runoff from the heavy rain resulted in a significant spike in the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River north of Childress. The river peaked at 10.3 feet, just above flood stage early Wednesday morning, but quickly dropped back under flood stage shortly afterwards. | |||||
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| Plot of the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River 10 miles north of Childress during late May and the beginning of June 2022. | |||||
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The preliminary storm reports collected over this active last day of May can be found below. In addition, more limited severe weather and rainfall occurred the following day, June 1st. The preliminary storm reports for June 1st can also be viewed below. |
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
339 AM CDT WED JUN 01 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0449 PM HAIL 3 SE MEMPHIS 34.69N 100.50W
05/31/2022 M3.50 INCH HALL TX STORM CHASER
PHOTO FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING A HAILSTONE MEASURED
APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER THE CORE WENT THROUGH
THIS AREA. NUMEROUS VEHICLES HAVE HAD WINDSHIELDS BUSTED
OUT ON US 287 AS WELL.
0504 PM HAIL 5 E MEMPHIS 34.73N 100.45W
05/31/2022 M2.50 INCH HALL TX STORM CHASER
AVERAGE HAILSTONES WERE 2" IN DIAMETER BUT A FEW UP TO
2.5" IN DIAMETER.
0554 PM HAIL MEMPHIS 34.73N 100.54W
05/31/2022 M2.00 INCH HALL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
0642 PM HAIL TULIA 34.54N 101.77W
05/31/2022 E1.75 INCH SWISHER TX PUBLIC
SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
0646 PM HAIL 6 E NEWLIN 34.60N 100.33W
05/31/2022 E1.50 INCH CHILDRESS TX CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGEST HAIL WAS PING PONG SIZED
0731 PM HAIL 7 ESE TULIA 34.50N 101.66W
05/31/2022 E2.00 INCH SWISHER TX STORM CHASER
0807 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S PLASKA 34.59N 100.65W
05/31/2022 HALL TX EMERGENCY MNGR
A PORTION OF FM 2472 NEAR PLASKA HAS BEEN WASHED OUT
FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
0811 PM HAIL SILVERTON 34.47N 101.30W
05/31/2022 E2.75 INCH BRISCOE TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL WINDSHIELDS REPORTED BROKEN AS WELL.
0815 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 SE MEMPHIS 34.67N 100.48W
05/31/2022 HALL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
US 287 NEAR FM 1619 IS FLOODED.
0817 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SW MEMPHIS 34.71N 100.56W
05/31/2022 HALL TX TX DOT
A PORTION OF FM 1041 WAS REPORTED WASHED OUT NEAR
HIGHWAY 256 DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
1010 PM HAIL PLAINVIEW 34.19N 101.72W
05/31/2022 M1.50 INCH HALE TX SOCIAL MEDIA
PHOTO OF PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL SHARED ON TWITTER.
1014 PM HAIL PLAINVIEW 34.19N 101.72W
05/31/2022 E2.00 INCH HALE TX BROADCAST MEDIA
1022 PM HAIL LOCKNEY 34.12N 101.44W
05/31/2022 E1.75 INCH FLOYD TX BROADCAST MEDIA
1225 AM HAIL 1 NE MATADOR 34.02N 100.81W
06/01/2022 E1.75 INCH MOTLEY TX CO-OP OBSERVER
MOST HAIL STONES WERE THE SIZE OF QUARTERS, BUT LARGEST
WERE GOLFBALLS.
1257 AM HAIL FLOYDADA 33.98N 101.34W
06/01/2022 E1.00 INCH FLOYD TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
BROADCAST MEDIA ALSO RELAYED REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE
HAIL IN FLOYDADA.
0109 AM HAIL 9 SE FLOYDADA 33.89N 101.23W
06/01/2022 E1.75 INCH FLOYD TX CO-OP OBSERVER
0134 AM TSTM WND GST 2 W CHILDRESS 34.43N 100.28W
06/01/2022 M61 MPH CHILDRESS TX ASOS
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