Lubbock, TX
Weather Forecast Office
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 447 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/07/14 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT .OVERVIEW... A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM CAUSED A PATH OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST SOUTH PLAINS BETWEEN MULESHOE AND SUDAN LATE SATURDAY EVENING. AN NWS SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT OF THE SUPERCELL...ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRACK OF THE MESOCYCLONE. .THUNDERSTORM WIND PEAK_WIND/ESTIMATED/: 80-90 MPH PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 12 MILES PATH WIDTH/MAXIMUM/: 1760 FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START_DATE: JUNE 7...2014 START_TIME: 9:46 PM CDT START_LOCATION: 2 ENE MULESHOE/BAILEY COUNTY/TX START_LAT/LON: 34.235/-102.686 END_DATE: JUNE 7...2014 END_TIME: 10:10 PM CDT END_LOCATION: 12 SE MULESHOE/BAILEY COUNTY/TX END_LAT/LON: 34.120/-102.516 SURVEY SUMMARY: U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE TRACK OF STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM...OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT. THE DOWNDRAFT WINDS ORIGINATED JUST EAST OF THE MULESHOE CITY LIMITS AND ENDED NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF SUDAN. MAXIMUM WINDS...BASED ON STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE TRACK DAIRY AND SURROUNDING HOMES AND EQUIPMENT...WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 80 AND 90 MPH. MOST OF THE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO HUMANS BUT EIGHT HEAD OF CATTLE AT THE FEEDLOT PERISHED FROM INJURIES DUE TO IMPACT BY DEBRIS. AN ADDITIONAL 30-40 HEAD OF CATTLE WERE ALSO INJURED. SOME DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME...HORSE BARN...AND FARM EQUIPMENT OCCURRED ALONG FM 3269 WEST OF THE DAIRY. DAMAGE APPEARED TO BEGIN WHERE TREE LIMBS FROM 1-3" IN DIAMETER WERE BROKEN ALONG U.S. 70 EAST OF MULESHOE. MUCH OF THE SUPERCELL PATH WAS THROUGH RURAL AREAS WITH FEW IF ANY VISUAL DAMAGE INDICATORS MAKING ANY ATTEMPT AT ADDITIONAL CIRCULATION OR TORNADO DAMAGE INCONCLUSIVE. THE DAMAGE PATH OF THE WIND ENDED NORTH OF SUDAN ALONG FM 303 WHERE A CENTER PIVOT WAS OVERTURNED. NOTE: INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THIS EVENT/S/ AND PUBLICATION IN STORM DATA. $$ SCOBB/BHAYNIE
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Lubbock, TX
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Lubbock, TX 79423-1400
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