418

FXUS64 KLUB 040230

AFDLBB

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

930 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED DURING PAST HOUR AND SITUATION LOOKS TO 

BE EVOLVING INTO HEAVY RAIN THREAT WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET AND 

LOTS OF JUICY AREA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW HALF OF THE 

AREA. DRY LINE HAS RETREATED INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO WHILE COLD 

FRONT HAS REMAINED QUASI-STATIONARY FROM THE EASTERN PANHANDLE INTO 

THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. HAVE DECIDED TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAIN IN ZONE UPDATE WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS AIRMASS SLOWLY STABILIZES TOWARD 

MIDNIGHT. STILL A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



.LUB...NONE.



JAMES












418

FXUS64 KLUB 040230

AFDLBB

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

930 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED DURING PAST HOUR AND SITUATION LOOKS TO 

BE EVOLVING INTO HEAVY RAIN THREAT WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET AND 

LOTS OF JUICY AREA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW HALF OF THE 

AREA. DRY LINE HAS RETREATED INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO WHILE COLD 

FRONT HAS REMAINED QUASI-STATIONARY FROM THE EASTERN PANHANDLE INTO 

THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. HAVE DECIDED TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAIN IN ZONE UPDATE WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS AIRMASS SLOWLY STABILIZES TOWARD 

MIDNIGHT. STILL A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



.LUB...NONE.



JAMES