000 NOUS44 KLUB 070155 PNSLUB TXZ021>044-070230- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 855 PM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 ...NWS CONDUCTS DAMAGE SURVEY FOLLOWING MAY 3 2006 SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS... ON WEDNESDAY MAY 3 2006...A SERIES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WERE RECEIVED FROM ACROSS THE AREA INCLUDING HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM PENNY TO BASEBALL...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH. IN FACT...THE TEXAS TECH WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION IN KENT COUNTY - ONE MILE SOUTH OF JAYTON - MEASURED AN 82 MPH WIND GUST IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MOVING OVER THE AREA. OUT OF THE TWENTY-FOUR COUNTIES SERVICED BY NWS LUBBOCK...TEN WERE IMPACTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING... LUBBOCK...CROSBY...HOCKLEY...HALE...DICKENS...KENT...BRISCOE... HALL...STONEWALL AND GARZA. ON THURSDAY MAY 4 2006...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK DISPATCHED AN ASSESSMENT TEAM TO INVESTIGATE DAMAGE REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS. THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS A SUMMARY OF THE TEAMS FINDINGS. THE ASSESSMENT TEAM...COMPRISED OF JOHN HOLSENBECK...NWS LUBBOCK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER...AND BRIAN LAMARRE...NWS LUBBOCK WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST INVESTIGATED SEVEN MAIN AREAS. THESE AREAS WERE THE PRIMARY ZONES OF DAMAGE RESULTANT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... ANTON...PETERSBURG...NORTHEAST LUBBOCK COUNTY...FLOYDADA...POST... CLAIREMONT AND JAYTON. DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS INDICATED EVIDENCE OF CLASSIC STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE IN DAMAGE PATTERNS OF ANY CIRCULATION OR TORNADIC OCCURRENCES. 1. ANTON /HOCKLEY COUNTY/ - ALL DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A WEST AND WEST/NORTHWEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 615 PM AND 700 PM...A NARROW SWATH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED. DAMAGE IN THE ANTON AREA WAS CONFINED TO A THREE MILE RADIUS IN AND AROUND THE CITY. UPON TRAVELING NORTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 84...ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANTON...A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION UNIT WAS BLOWN OVER IN A FIELD FROM WEST TO EAST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY. DAMAGE WAS MORE WIDESPREAD AROUND TOWN. SEVERAL TREES AND STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED. ADDITIONAL...AND MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE... OCCURRED TO UTILITY POLES AND AREA STRUCTURES. MANY ROOFS WERE EITHER PEELED BACK OR TORN OFF...SEVERAL HAY BALES /APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 1000 POUNDS EACH/ WERE ROLLED ACROSS BUSINESS 84 AND OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS...ALONG WITH OTHER SCATTERED DEBRIS. MANY HIGHWAY...RAILROAD AND AREA BUSINESS SIGNS WERE ALSO DAMAGED AND PUSHED TOWARD THE EAST. A STORAGE SHED TO AN AREA BUSINESS COLLAPSED AS SEVERE WINDS PENETRATED THE STRUCTURE...AND A NEARBY CHUTE TO A GRAIN BIN SILO WAS SNAPPED FROM ITS BOLTING TO A CONCRETE PAD. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS...DAMAGE CONTINUED. A GRAIN TRAILER WAS TOPPLED OVER AND AN AREA STORAGE FACILITY EXPERIENCED ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 65 AND 70 MPH PRODUCED THE DAMAGE. THE TEXAS TECH WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION LOCATED SIX MILES SOUTH OF ANTON MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 63 MPH AT 625 PM AND 71 MPH AT 700 PM. * 2. PETERSBURG /HALE COUNTY/ - ALL DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A WEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 615 PM AND 715 PM...ONE TO TWO MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF PETERSBURG ALONG AND JUST TO THE WEST OF FM-789... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND SNAPPED AN OLD UTILITY POLE...AS WELL AS MANY TREE LIMBS. ONE LARGE CEDAR TREE LIMB WAS SNAPPED FROM WEST TO EAST WITH ADJACENT TREE LIMBS LEFT UNDISTURBED. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH PRODUCED THE DAMAGE. * 3. NORTHEAST LUBBOCK COUNTY - ALL DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A WEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 700 PM AND 800 PM...ALONG FM-789 JUST TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF CR-5000...DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. LESS THAN A MILE NORTH OF CR-5000...A LARGE CEDAR TREE LIMB WAS SNAPPED. JUST TO THE NORTH OF CR-5100 ALONG FM-789...A TREE LIMB WAS SNAPPED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION UNIT WAS BLOWN OVER APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE ROADWAY. TWO VEHICLES BECAME STRANDED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM-789 AND CR-5100 AS POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ON THEIR VEHICLES. MOTORISTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICIALS. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH PRODUCED THE DAMAGE. * 4. FLOYDADA /FLOYD COUNTY/ - ALL DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A WEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND. AROUND 800 PM...JUST TO THE EAST OF CR-151...OR OVER A MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 62/207...FIFTEEN MEDIUM VOLTAGE UTILITY POLES WERE SNAPPED UP TO TEN FEET FROM THE BASE OF THE POLE. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 75 MPH PRODUCED THE DAMAGE. * 5. POST /GARZA COUNTY/ - ALL DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A WEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 745 PM AND 815 PM...APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 15 MILES EAST OF POST ALONG HIGHWAY 380...SEVERAL MEDIUM TO LARGE MESQUITE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 60 MPH PRODUCED THE DAMAGE. * 6. CLAIREMONT /KENT COUNTY/ - ALL DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A NORTHWEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 845 PM AND 915 PM...ALONG HIGHWAY 380... MULTIPLE MESQUITE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAIREMONT. UP TO ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF CLAIREMONT... SEVERAL WINDOWS AND SLIDING GLASS DOORS WERE BLOWN OUT OF A LOCAL BED AND BREAKFAST WITH A LARGE TREE UPROOTED ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ADJACENT TO THE BUSINESS. A SMALL SILO WAS BLOWN OVER AND CAVED IN ON THE NORTHWEST FACING SIDE OF THE SILO. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 65 TO 70 MPH PRODUCED THE DAMAGE. * 7. JAYTON /KENT COUNTY/ - ALL DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A NORTHWEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 915 PM AND 930 PM...MANY TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN...APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF JAYTON... HALF OF A FREE-STANDING DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS FLIPPED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. A MEDIUM SIZED TREE NEARBY WAS SNAPPED ABOUT SIX FEET FROM THE GROUND AND SHINGLES WERE TORN OFF A RESIDENCE. * A WIND GUST OF 82 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 925 PM WAS MEASURED BY THE TEXAS TECH WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION...LOCATED ONE MILE SOUTH OF JAYTON AT THE KENT COUNTY AIRPORT. THIS PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRENCE WAS EXTREMELY LOCALIZED AS TREES AND STRUCTURES IN THE VICINITY WERE NOT IMPACTED. DAMAGE SURVEYED IN THE AREA WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF WIND GUSTS IN THE 60 TO 70 MPH RANGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONSE OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MEDIA AFFILIATES...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA CHASERS...AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE AREA FOR PROVIDING INVALUABLE INFORMATION DURING THE WARNING PROCESS. $$ BRIAN LAMARRE WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - LUBBOCK TX