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Local Weather History For September 17th...
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2005 (17-18th): A series of severe thunderstorms, a few particularly intense, developed across the South Plains region
this Saturday afternoon. A large ridge of high pressure was situated across southeast Texas channeling a pacific stream of moisture over the area. This moisture interacted with sultry temperatures in the upper 90s. In fact, the high temperature at Lubbock reached 98° which tied the previous record set in 1997. Severe thunderstorms first developed in Lamb County at 4:05 PM where penny and larger size hail fell. Similar reports continued southeast into Lubbock County, however in Slaton the ground was covered by hail ranging in size from golf balls to tennis balls, with even a few baseball size stones measured. Between 9:30 PM and 1:30 AM, a second round of thunderstorms moved northeast over Terry, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Garza and Crosby counties; however, these storms were dissipating during this time and culminated in strong winds estimated up to 70 mph due to numerous heat bursts. The temperature in Slaton and at the NWS office rose 15° in a short period of time during these high winds. All told, the hail and winds resulted in varied amounts of damage across the area. Large trees and tree branches were downed, structural damage to car ports and porch overhangs were observed, thousands of acres of crops were destroyed, automobiles, roofing and related structures were damaged. Damage to automobiles and windows also occurred as nearby gravel was lofted by the strong wind. Total property damages throughout the region likely approached $0.5M. |
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