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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Lubbock, TX

July 5, 1994Lamb County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 6:17 PM CDT for Lamb County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min.

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Issued
Jul 5, 1994, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lamb County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 236 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 857 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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